• Joint Stock Co. Commercial Bank PrivatBank v. Kolomoisky

    Publication Date: 2021-09-08
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Barlow, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; William A. Burck, Alexander J. Merton, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Washington, DC; Rollo C. Baker, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David J. Margules, Elizabeth A. Sloan, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason Cyrulnik, Paul Fattaruso, Roche Cyrulnik Freedman LLP, Brooklyn, NY; Devin Freedman, Roche Cyrulnik Freedman LLP, Miami, FL; Raymond J. DiCamillo, Daniel E. Kaprow, Megan E. O’Connor, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Marc E. Kasowitz, Daniel R. Benson, Mark P. Ressler, Sarmad M. Khojasteh, Joshua N. Paul, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY; Albert H. Manwaring, IV, Albert J. Carroll, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dane H. Butswinkas, David S. Blatt, Matthew B. Nicholson, Tanya M. Abrams, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69528

    Court granted a partial stay in fraud action where resolution of the case required rulings on foreign law that were currently being resolved in a related pending suit in that foreign court.

  • Certisign Holding, Inc. v. Kulikovsky

    Publication Date: 2018-06-20
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Pittenger, Jaclyn C. Levy, Jay G. Stirling, and Tyson J. Prisbrey, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: David J. Margules, Elizabeth A. Sloan, and Suzanne O. Lufadeju, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; William B. Igoe, Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, PA, attorneys for defendant.

    Case Number: D68182

    Directors' demand for transfer of stock ownership and repayment of personal loan in exchange for agreeing to ratify defective corporate acts constituted breach of fiduciary duty of loyalty.