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  • Goldstein v. Denner

    Publication Date: 2024-02-05
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin H. Davenport, John G. Day, Jason W. Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliot P.A., Wilmington, DE; R. Bruce McNew, Cooch & Taylor P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christopher H. Lyons, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Wilmington; DE; Randall J. Baron, Rick T. Atwood, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Brett Middleton, Johnson Fistel, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Stephen E. Jenkins, Richard D. Heins, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Tariq Mundiya, Sameer Advani, Richard Li, M. Annie Houghton-Larsen, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2020-1061-JTL

    Court imposed sanctions in the form of a factual presumption on a key issue, which defendants could only rebut with clear and convincing evidence, after defendants admittedly took no action to preserve electronically stored information in response to litigation hold notices.

  • Goldstein v. Denner

    Publication Date: 2022-06-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin H. Davenport, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott P.A., Wilmington, DE; R. Bruce McNew, Cooch & Taylor P.A., Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron, David T. Wissbroecker, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Christopher H. Lyons, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Nashville, TN; Brett Middleton, Johnson Fistel, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Matthew D. Stachel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel J. Kramer, Geoffrey R. Chepiga, Daniel J. Juceam, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Stephen E. Jenkins, Richard D. Heins, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Tariq Mundiya, Sameer Advani, Richard Li, M. Annie Houghton-Larsen, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69839

    Non-exculpated fiduciary duty claims against directors survived dismissal where plaintiff pled sufficient facts to support inference that directors were financially and professionally aligned with activist investor/director who allegedly profited off insider information to the detriment of public shareholders.

  • November 8, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Del. Chancery: Creditors of insolvent LLCs may not sue for breach of fiduciary duty

    Unlike their corporate counterparts, executives of insolvent limited liability companies (LLCs) aren't subject to breach of fiduciary duty lawsuits fled by creditors, according to a recent Dela

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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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