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  • Firefighters Pension Sys. of the City of Kansas City, Missouri Trust v. Found. Bldg. Materials, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-18
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Construction | Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Hanrahan, Samuel L. Closic, Jason W. Rigby, Seth T. Ford, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, Wilmington, DE; Lee D. Rudy, J. Daniel Albert, Kevin M. Kennedy, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel A. Mason, Elizabeth Wang, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew G. Gordon, Alexia D. Korberg, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Raymond J. DiCamillo, Matthew D. Perri, Kevin M. Kidwell, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Michael Sirkin, Elizabeth M. Taylor, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Evert J. Christensen, Jr., Matthew S. Connors, Tania C. Matsuoka, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY; A. Thompson Bayliss, Daniel G. Paterno, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Barry G. Sher, Kevin P. Broughel, Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY; William B. Chandler III, Brad D. Sorrels, Leah E. León, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Elena C. Norman, James M. Yoch, Jr., Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian M. Lutz, George B. Adams III, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Colin B. Davis, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Irvine, CA for defendants.
    Case Number: 2022-0466-JTL

    Court declined to dismiss non-exculpated fiduciary claims where defendants had a clear conflict of interest between continuing to operate the company or sell it and receive a valuable termination payment.

  • Palkon v. Maffei

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew E. Blumberg, Mae Oberste, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kimberly A. Evans, Lindsay K. Faccenda, Irene R. Lax, Robert Erickson, Block & Leviton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Christopher Windover, Lindsay La Marca, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY; Jason Leviton, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA; D. Seamus Kaskela, Adrienne Bell, Kaskela Law LLC, Newtown Square, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, J. Matthew Belger, Jaclyn C. Levy, Christopher D. Renaud, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew W. Close, Jonathan B. Waxman, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Abby F. Rudzin, Asher Rivner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, NY, New York; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Michael Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Evert J. Christensen, Jr., Stefania D. Venezia, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2023-0449-JTL

    Court declined to certify order denying motion to dismiss where the order did not decide novel legal issues or issues of substantial importance and where interlocutory review was unlikely to materially advance the resolution of the litigation.

  • September 15, 2023 | Litigation Daily

    Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

    When a $1 billion, top 20 all-time securities settlement is among the runners-up, you know it's been a crazy week.

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  • Weil v. VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-28
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Nachbar, John P. DiTomo and Elizabeth A. Mullin for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Stephen B. Brauerman, Sara E. Bussiere, Scott A. Edelman and Alan J. Stone for defendant.
    Case Number: D68061

    Plaintiffs were entitled to advancement for legal fees incurred on their behalf in civil lawsuits.

  • January 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    Kinder Morgan El Paso On October 17 Kinder Morgan, Inc., agreed to pay $21 billion in cash and stock for rival natural gas pipeline operator El Paso Corporation in an acquisition tha

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  • May 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    Apollo El Paso Exploration and Production Apollo Global Management, LLC, teamed with Riverstone Holdings LLC and Access Industries, Inc., on a $7.15 billion agreement to buy

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