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October 18, 2024 | The American Lawyer
In recent weeks, Davis Polk, Akin, Weil, Stradley Ronon and others have landed lateral partners, signaling the heightened competition for talent.
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August 1, 2024 | The American Lawyer
This is the second high-profile funds move in the city on Thursday, after Paul Weiss hired another Kirkland & Ellis funds partner.
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Publication Date: 2024-06-25
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley R. Aronstam, Roger S. Stronach, Holley E. Newell, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; David S. Flugman, Lauren J. Zimmerman, Korey Boehm, Selendy Gay PLLC, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Susan W. Waesco, Emily C. Friedman, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; William C. Jackson, Ashley Moore Drake, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C.; Ariel E. Rogers, Goodwin Procter LLP, Redwood City, CA; Lauren E. Jackson, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.
Case Number: 2023-0699-JTL
Statements that did not constitute mere puffery were sufficient to state a fraud claim where plaintiff adequately alleged defendant's scienter and where the parties' contract lacked an anti-reliance clause.
Publication Date: 2024-06-03
Practice Area: Securities Litigation
Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Judge Wallace
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin M. Coen, Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE; Joseph P. Rockers, Justin D. Ward, Goodwin Procter, Boston, MA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Shannon E. German, Jeremy W. Gagas, Emmanuel J. Burrell, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2023-1253-PRW
Investor adequately pled fraud claim by alleging that entrepreneur intentionally misappropriated a third party's intellectual property despite making contractual representations as to the validity of their ownership of their IP.
March 22, 2024 | Legaltech News
SingleFile, a startup that offers a platform to automate the compliance filing process, is financially backed by a number of firms, including Wilson Sonsini, Cooley and others.
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Publication Date: 2023-05-16
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions | Telecommunications
Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Kyle H. Lachmund, John M. O’Toole, Kevin M. Kidwell, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Deborah Birnbach, Tucker DeVoe, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0624-MTZ
Corwin cleansing could not apply to injunctive relief claim against entrenching/defensive measures in stockholders' agreement, and plaintiffs alleged sufficient facts to support inference that company board negotiated those measures for itself to protect against stockholder activism.
April 18, 2023 | The American Lawyer
Reliance on work that propelled firms into the upper echelons of the industry may no longer be a safe bet. But there are other ways to approach private capital.
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Publication Date: 2022-12-07
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge John M. Walker, Jr.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Ellen T. Noteware, on the brief, Todd S. Collins, Berger Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA; John J. Nestico, Todd M. Schneider, on the brief, Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP, Charlotte, NC and Emeryville, CA.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: James O. Fleckner, Michael K. Isenman, Kelsey Pelagalli, on the brief, Jaime A. Santos, Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, DC and Boston, MA.
For amici curiae AARP and AARP Foundation: Leah M. Nicholls, on the brief, Public Justice, P.C., Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Public Justice Dara S. Smith, William Alvarado Rivera, on the brief, AARP Foundation, Washington, DC.
For amici curiae The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, American Benefits Council, Society of Professional Asset Managers and Recordkeepers, American Council of Life Insurers, and Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America: Meaghan VerGow, on the brief, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC.
Case Number: 21-805-cv
Class Certification in ERISA Suit Vacated; Predominance Inquiry Did Not Analyze Defenses
September 16, 2022 | Law.com
"My best advice is don't focus on climbing up the ranks. Focus on the people you work with, honing your communications skills, building trust, and being an active listener."
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Publication Date: 2022-07-05
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel T. Hirzel, II, Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam C. Ford, Matthew A. Ford, Ford O’Brien, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Elena C. Norman, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Deborah S. Birnbach, Jennifer Burns Luz, Matthew T. White, Goodwin Proctor LLP, Boston, MA; Kevin R. Shannon, Jaclyn C. Levy, Callan R. Jackson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Seth Goldman, Jacob H. Hupart, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D69871
Breach of fiduciary duty claim against company CEO dismissed where there were no factual allegations regarding the actual steps the CEO purportedly took to block plaintiff stockholders' efforts to sell their shares or that the CEO was even aware plaintiffs were seeking to transfer their stock.
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