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Publication Date: 2022-06-07
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Food and Beverage | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Jenkins, Richard D. Heins, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Donald J. Enright, Elizabeth K. Tripodi, Brian D. Stewart, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, Washington, D.C.; D. Seamus Kaskela, Kaskela Law LLC, Newtown Square, PA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Brock E. Czeschin, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John P. Stigi III, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, & Hampton LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
Case Number: D69840
Breach of fiduciary claims not dismissed where director who later pled conflict of interest continued to participate in board discussions over merger.
Publication Date: 2022-05-18
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Supreme Court, Queens
Judge: Justice Lance Evans
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff By: Christopher M. Mckniff, Esq., Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, Elmsford, NY.
for defendant: Attorneys for Defendant Beersingh By: Randi Scherman, Esq., Queens Legal Services, Jamaica, NY.
Case Number: 717185/2018
Bank Failed to Negotiate in Good Faith by Requiring Unnecessary Documents
Publication Date: 2022-05-17
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Max B. Walton, Kyle Evans Gay, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE; Michael K. Ross, Thomas Shakow, Serine Consolino, Aegis Law Group LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
for defendant: Stephen B. Brauerman, Elizabeth A. Powers, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Deborah B. Baum, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC; Neal C. Belgam, Kelly A. Green, Jason Z. Miller, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69814
Board was substantially justified in approving stock sale that diluted equal stockholder's interest, where it mooted that stockholder's legal action that posed a risk of triggering termination of the company's key contracts.
May 4, 2022 | New York Law Journal
Despite the prevalence of digital assets as investments as well as their use in commerce, the IRS has only issued limited guidance. Nonetheless, taxpayers must determine whether their virtual currency transactions are taxable and reportable.
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Publication Date: 2022-04-19
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric D. Selden, Anthony M. Calvano, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Cameron M. Hancock, Adam D. Wahlquist, Kirton McConkie, Salt Lake City, UT for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Peter B. Ladig, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Mark A. Harmon, Erin N. Teske, Hodgson Russ LLP, New York, NY; P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., K. Tyler O'Connell, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Anna Rotman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.
Case Number: D69783
The court, in this diverted merger consideration case, determined that defendant was not bound by a contract's forum selection clause because it was not a party to the contract and did not have sufficient contacts with Delaware to confer jurisdiction under the long-arm statute.
Publication Date: 2022-04-12
Practice Area: Securities Litigation
Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Noreika
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sue L. Robinson, Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew J. Entwistle, Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, Austin, TX; Vincent R. Cappucci, Arthur V. Nealon, Brendan J. Brodeur, Jonathan H. Beemer, Jessica A. Margulis, Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, New York, NY; Marc M. Seltzer, Krysta Kauble Pachman, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, April M. Kirby, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alan S. Goudiss, K. Mallory Brennan, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY; Christina E. Myrold, Shearman & Sterling LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendants.
Case Number: D69781
Motion to dismiss Exchange Act violations denied where plaintiffs plausibly alleged that defendant board had acknowledged that a competing merger offer constituted a better value and would provide stockholders with a higher price, and knew at the time of voting to approve another offer that the competing bidder was willing to continue discussing more favorable terms of merger.
Publication Date: 2022-03-22
Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Restrepo
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Case Number: D69750
The court found that plaintiff waived fiduciary claims about certain investments through a direct statement of waiver, the issue of whether excess fees was allowed by the trust agreement was time-barred, plaintiff failed to state a claim for proximate cause regarding whether defendant should have provided tax planning to plaintiff, former trustee was allowed by the trust agreement to act as both trustee and advisor, and the exculpation clause prohibited the equitable fraud claim.
Publication Date: 2022-03-01
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Weinberger,Mark Richardson, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Edward G. Timlin, Alla Zayenchik, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Vincent R. Cappucci, Joshua K. Porter, Entwistle& Cappucci LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Kevin M. Gallagher, Daniel E. Kaprow, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Thomas Uebler, Mccollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jason Cyrulnik, Paul Fattaruso, Evelyn Fruchter, Cyrulnik Fetters LLP, New York, NY; Kevin R. Shannon, Berton W. Ashman, Jr., Jacqueline A. Rogers, David A. Seal, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE, for defendants
Case Number: D69726
The court held that there were disputes over material facts regarding which entity was responsible for indemnifying a claim from a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission such that they precluded entry of summary judgment.
February 18, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
It was a record year for workplace class action settlements in general, with the top 10 ERISA settlements totaling $837.3 million.
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Publication Date: 2022-01-18
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Daniel E. Meyer, Margaret Sanborn- Lowing, Joseph W. Caputo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Matthew D. Perri, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jonathan K. Youngwood, Rachel S. Sparks Bradley, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Stephen P. Blake, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Michael Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Joshua S. Amsel, Evert J. Christensen, Jr., Matthew S. Connors, Nicole E. Prunetti, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D69679
The court found that plaintiff's claim was direct, not derivative, the claims were not exclusively contractual, and that the claims were not holder claims predicated on stockholder inaction.
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