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  • Teamster Members Ret. Plan v. Dearth

    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Bruce McNew, Cooch and 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 for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Stephen C. Norman, Tyler J. Leavengood, Christopher D. Renaud, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Marc J. Sonnenfeld, Michael L. Kichline, Matthew D. Klayman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Robert H. O’Leary, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69854

    Alleged omissions of information regarding company value were insufficient to render stockholder vote uninformed, thereby validating a single-bidder transaction.

  • Patel v. Duncan

    Publication Date: 2021-10-13
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Jenkins, F. Troup Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Eduard Korsinsky, Gregory M. Nespole, Daniel Tepper, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Matthew F. Davis, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; David M. Zensky, Brian Carney, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY; Scott Barnard, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Dallas, TX; David E. Ross, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew B. Clubok, J. Christian Word, Stephen P. Barry, Latham & Watkins, LLP, Washington, DC; Rudolf Koch, Matthew D. Perri, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bruce Birenboim, Susanna M. Buergel, Christopher L. Filburn, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York, NY; William B. Chandler, III, Andrew D. Cordo, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Wilmington, DE; Mark A. Kirsch, Randy M. Mastro, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69573

    The court dismissed plaintiff's derivative claims because he failed to adequately plead the existence of a control group, and plaintiff also failed to demonstrate demand futility.