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  • Riker v. Teucrium Trading, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael F. Bonkowski and Andrew L. Cole, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Roger A. Lane and Courtney Worcester, Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: T. Brad Davey and Mathew A. Golden, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Barry S. Pollack and Joshua L. Solomon, Pollack Solomon Duffy LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.
    Case Number: D68995

    In this books and records request matter, the court held that plaintiff was entitled to certain documents to value his interest, but the court denied other aspects of his request.

  • Almond v. Glenhill Advisors, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-04-24
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Consumer Products | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Ladig and Sara E. Bussiere, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David H. Wollmuth and Michael C. Ledley, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NY; David A. Jenkins, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott J. Watnik, Wilk Auslander LLP, New York, NY; Thomas A. Brown, Morea Schwartz Bradham Friedman & Brown LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Andrew D. Cordo and F. Troupe Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Adrienne M. Ward and Brian Katz, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York, NY; John B. Borgan, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York, NY; Douglas D. Herrmann, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul B. Carberry, Joshua Weedman, and Erin Smith, White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Frederick B. Rosner, Scott J. Leonhardt, and Jason A. Gibson, The Rosner Law Group LLC, Wilmington, DE; S. Preston Ricardo, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, NY; John D. Hendershot, Susan M, Hannigan, and Brian F. Morris, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Brian B. House, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI for defendants.
    Case Number: D68534

    Plaintiffs' fee application pursuant to the corporate benefit doctrine denied under equitable principles where plaintiffs opposed company's efforts to judicially validate defective corporate acts identified by plaintiffs to succeed on their larger claim for damages.

  • Almond v. Glenhill Advisors LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-08-29
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
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    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Ladig, Bayard, P.A, Wilmington, DE; David H. Wollmuth and Michael C. Ledley, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NE; Norman M. Monhait and P. Bradford deLeeuw, Rosenthal Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott J. Watnkid, Wilk Auslander LLP, New York, NY; Thomas A. Brown, Morea Schwartz Bradham Friedman & Brown LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Andrew D. Cordo and F. Troupe Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Adrienne M. Ward and Brian Katz, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York, NY; John B. Horgan, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York, NY; Douglas D. Herrmann, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul B. Carberry, Joshua Weedman, and Erin Smith, White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Frederick B. Rosner, Scott J. Leonhardt, and Jason A. Gibson, The Rosner Law Group LLC, Wilmington, DE; S. Preston Ricardo, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, NY; John D. Hendershot, Susan M. Hannigan, and Brian F. Morris, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bryan B. House, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D68262

    Overpayment claims challenging merger transaction were derivative claims extinguished by merger where defendant was a controlling stockholder and enjoyed no increase in its economic stake or voting power.

  • Carr v. New Enter. Assocs., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-11
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Brad Davey and Matthew A. Golden, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Barry S. Pollack and Joshua L. Solomon, Pollack Solomon Duffy LLP, Boston, MA, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Herbert W. Mondros and Krista R. Samis, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington, DE; Michael f. Bonkowski and Nicholas J. Brannic, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Roger A. Lane, Courtney Worcester, and Jasmine D. Coo, Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston, MA; Angelica Boutwell, Foley & Lardner LLP, Miami, FL, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D68103

    Breach of fiduciary duty claims dismissed against parties not part of controlling stockholders control group, but maintained where demand excused by director conflicts that called transaction fairness into question.