• Turnbull v. Klein

    Publication Date: 2025-02-18
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor David
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Jenkins, Richard D. Heins, Tiffany Geyer Lydon, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Donald J. Enright, Elizabeth K. Tripodi, Brian D. Stewart, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, Washington, D.C; Blake A. Bennett, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Palestina, Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC, New Orleans, LA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Jaclyn C. Levy, Callan R. Jackson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen H. Lee, Joseph D. Cohen, Christopher G. Wawro, Porter Hedges LLP, Houston, TX; J. Clayton Athey, David C. Skoranski, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Edward Han, Alyssa K. Tapper, Paul Hastings LLP, Palo Alto, CA; April M. Ferraro, Noah H. Brown, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael C. Holmes, Jeffrey Crough, Virginia DeBeer, Megan Cloud, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: 2023-1125-BWD

    Shareholder's voting power was insufficient by itself to give rise to an inference of a controller position and company's formation of a special committee weighed against, not in favor of, finding controller status.

  • van den Wildenberg v. Sign-Zone Holdings, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2025-02-18
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor David
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Ladig, Abraham C. Schneider, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Sidney S. Liebesman, Joshua K. Tufts, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2024-0399-BWD

    Negligent misrepresentation claim in connection with financing round dismissed where undisclosed financial projection would not have been material to investors' decision as it fell within the range of financial projections presented to investors.