Publication Date: 2023-07-31
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. Connors, Aaron E. Moore, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; Michael H. McGinley, Rick S. Horvath, Stuart T. Steinberg, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Brett A. Scher, Patrick M. Kennell, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP, New York, NY for appellant.
for defendant: Kevin H. Davenport, Eric J. Juray, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellees.
Case Number: 2021-0173
Chancery court correctly disregarded corporate charter provision deeming board action "conclusive and binding" where the provision had the effect of exculpating directors from liability for breaching their duty of loyalty to the corporation.