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  • January 17, 2024 | Legaltech News

    Legal Tech's Predictions for Emerging Technologies, Tech Costs & Market Consolidation in 2024

    The legal industry makes its predictions for what we will see in the areas of emerging technologies, technology costs, the economy, market consolidation and more in 2024.

    13 minute read

  • January 17, 2024 | Law.com

    In Partner Comp, Is Ignorance Bliss?: The Morning Minute

    The news and analysis you need to start your day.

    4 minute read

  • January 5, 2024 | Litigation Daily

    A Two-Week Edition of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

    Thompson Hine, Akin, Freshfields, Gibson Dunn, Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert, Paul Weiss, Bartlit Beck and Squire Patton Boggs all take home runners-up honors this week.

    7 minute read

  • Sunder Energy, LLC v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2024-01-01
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Chad M. Shandler, Steven J. Fineman, Kelly E. Farnan, Kevin M. Gallagher, Christine D. Haynes, Alexander M. Krischik, Sara M. Metzler, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joshua Berman, Jackson Herndon, Paul C. Gross, Ben Nicholson, Michael H. Rover, Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Timothy R. Dudderar, Aaron R. Sims, Abraham C. Schneider, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Maureen M. Stewart, Foley & Lardner LLP, Tampa, FL; Jordan C. Bledsoe, Tyler Dever, Bryce W. Talbot Foley & Lardner LLP, Salt Lake City, UT; Paul J. Lockwood, Jenness E. Parker, Jessica R. Kunz, Matthew R. Conrad, Eric M. Holleran, Mallory V. Phillips, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Karen Hoffman Lent, Evan R. Kreiner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2023-0988-JTL

    Court granted certification of denial of preliminary injunction for interlocutory appeal where such an appeal would facilitate prompt and final resolution of controlling legal issues in the case.

  • December 22, 2023 | Litigation Daily

    One Last Batch of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up for 2023

    We're done shouting for the year, so everybody gets a runner-up spot this week.

    7 minute read

  • December 21, 2023 | Litigation Daily

    Encore! One Last Look at 2023's Litigators of the Week

    With one more LOTW set to be named tomorrow, a familiar firm has already clinched the most top spots for the year.

    16 minute read

  • December 20, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Calif. Appellate Court Declares Delaware Exclusive Forum Provision Unenforceable

    Publicly traded corporations increasingly adopted exclusive forum provisions to reduce the risk of burdensome and costly multijurisdictional stockholder litigation. State and federal courts around the country regularly enforced the provisions, dismissing cases not brought in the specified jurisdiction.

    5 minute read

  • December 18, 2023 | Delaware Law Weekly

    Entire Fairness Doctrine, Oversight Liability & More: Four Lessons Del. Corporate Litigators Should Have Learned in 2023

    The Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court hammered home several key points multiple times throughout 2023, signaling to litigators that they may want to keep them in mind as they head into the new year.

    7 minute read

  • December 18, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Four Lessons From Delaware Corporate Litigation You Should Have Learned in 2023

    The Court of Chancery and Delaware Supreme Court hammered home several key points multiple times throughout 2023, signaling to litigators that they may want to keep them in mind as they head into the new year.

    7 minute read

  • Saba Capital CEF Opportunities 1 LLC v. Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund

    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard C. Wesley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees: Jacob W. Buchdahl, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Mark P. Musico, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund, Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund, Nuveen Short Duration Credit Opportunities Fund, Nuveen Global High Income Fund, and Nuveen Senior Income Fund: Parker Rider-Longmaid, Kyser Blakely, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC; Scott Musoff, Boris Bershteyn, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY; Eben Colby, Emily Jennings, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Boston, MA, on the Brief, Shay Dvoretzky, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellants Terence J. Toth, Jack B. Evans, William C. Hunter, Albin F. Moschner, John K. Nelson, Judith M. Stockdale, Carole E. Stone, Margaret L. Wolff, Robert L. Young, and Matthew Thornton III, in their capacity as Trustees of the Nuveen Trusts: Robert A. Skinner, Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Amy D. Roy, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA. For Amicus Curiae The Investment Company Institute in Support of Defendants-Appellants: Susan Olson, Dorothy Donohue, Kenneth Fang, The Investment Company Institute, Washington, DC; Steven A. Engel, David A. Kotler, Michael H. McGinley, Dechert LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Bulldog Investors, LLP in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees: Aaron T. Morris, Andrew W. Robertson, Morris Kandinov LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 22-407

    Firm's Bylaws Amendment Violates ICA as Restriction on Shareholders, Not on Shares