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  • Turnbull v. Klein

    Publication Date: 2025-02-18
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor David
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Jenkins, Richard D. Heins, Tiffany Geyer Lydon, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Donald J. Enright, Elizabeth K. Tripodi, Brian D. Stewart, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, Washington, D.C; Blake A. Bennett, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Palestina, Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC, New Orleans, LA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Jaclyn C. Levy, Callan R. Jackson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen H. Lee, Joseph D. Cohen, Christopher G. Wawro, Porter Hedges LLP, Houston, TX; J. Clayton Athey, David C. Skoranski, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Edward Han, Alyssa K. Tapper, Paul Hastings LLP, Palo Alto, CA; April M. Ferraro, Noah H. Brown, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael C. Holmes, Jeffrey Crough, Virginia DeBeer, Megan Cloud, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.
    Case Number: 2023-1125-BWD

    Shareholder's voting power was insufficient by itself to give rise to an inference of a controller position and company's formation of a special committee weighed against, not in favor of, finding controller status.

  • Maffei v. Palkon

    Publication Date: 2025-02-18
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, J. Matthew Belger, Jaclyn C. Levy, Christopher D. Renaud, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew W. Close, Jonathan B. Waxman, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Abby F. Rudzin, Asher Rivner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP; John A. Neuwirth, Evert J. Christensen, Jr., Stefania D. Venezia, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew E. Blumberg, Mae Oberste, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE, Kimberly A. Evans, Lindsay K. Faccenda, Robert Erikson, Block & Leviton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Christopher Windover, Lindsay La Marca, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY, Jason Leviton, Nathan Abelman, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA; D. Seamus Kaskela, Adrienne Bell, Kaskela Law LLC, Newtown Square, PA for appellees.
    Case Number: 2023-0449-JTL

    Jurisdictional conversion was reviewable under business judgment rule rather than entire fairness standard when plaintiffs failed to identify past conduct leading to concrete risk of liability for defendants that would be abrogated by the conversion.

  • Court of Appeals: February 18, 2025

    Publication Date: 2025-02-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Motions released on: February 13, 2025

  • February 17, 2025 | The American Lawyer

    These Am Law 100 Firms Are Making Their Move Toward Alternative Business Licensing in England

    As KPMG waits on Arizona to decide its fate in the U.S., several Am Law giants are already seizing the opportunity in England.

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  • February 17, 2025 | The American Lawyer

    Baker McKenzie Global Chair To Step Down As Firm Prepares For Elections

    Three partners are being touted as potential candidates to lead the firm.

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  • February 17, 2025 | New York Law Journal

    Divorce Litigation: A Team Sport

    This article focuses on divorce litigation.

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  • Gopalan v. Marsh

    Publication Date: 2025-02-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Triana
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 03-22-00649-CV

    The parties married in 2009, bought a house in early 2010 using funds contributed by both parties, and have two children.

  • Lincoln Prop. Co. v. Herrera

    Publication Date: 2025-02-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Peña
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 13-23-00276-CV

    Appellee, the representative of her mother's estate, brought a premises liability claim against appellants, Lincoln Property Company, SP II Limited Partnership and the San Antonio Housing Authority Foundation, after her mother was injured when she tripped and fell due to an uneven sidewalk at a public housing facility.

  • State of Texas v. United States

    Publication Date: 2025-02-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Immigration Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-40653

    In 2021, the district court held that Texas has standing to challenge the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and that DACA is procedurally and substantively unlawful.

  • February 14, 2025 | The Recorder

    Litigators of the Week: Kirkland Team Wins Wins Key Fair-Use Fight Over AI for Thomson Reuters

    In an early test case for copyright holders bringing claims related to content used to train artificial intelligence, a Kirkland & Ellis team led by Dale Cendali, Joshua Simmons and Miranda Means secured a summary judgment ruling finding ROSS Intelligence infringed on 2,243 Westlaw headnotes.

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