Oct 7 2016 |
Delaware Court of Chancery Dismisses Post-Closing Disclosure Claims for Damages, Cautioning Such Claims Are Best Pursued Pre-Closing |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
Dec 27 2017 |
Delaware Court of Chancery Enforces Oral Agreement to Settle Proxy Contest |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP |
Aug 24 2020 |
Delaware Court of Chancery Further Clarifies the “Ab Initio” Requirement in Finding That Discussions Between the Controlling Stockholder and a Minority Stockholder Precluded the Application of MFW |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP |
Jan 10 2020 |
Delaware Court of Chancery Grants Stockholder’s Section 220 Demand for Books and Records |
K&L Gates |
Jul 15 2020 |
Delaware Court of Chancery Hold That Directors on a Special Committee are Interested in a Going Private Merger When the Merger Effectively Extinguishes Their Personal Liability from Viable Derivative Litigation |
K&L Gates |
Nov 8 2019 |
Delaware Court Of Chancery Holds Deal Price Generated Through Reliable Sales Process Was Fair Value |
K&L Gates |
Mar 8 2016 |
Delaware Court of Chancery Increases Scrutiny on Disclosure-Only M&A Class Action Settlements |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
Mar 5 2024 |
Delaware Court of Chancery Puts Practitioners on Notice Regarding Voting Formalities Around Merger Agreements |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
Jan 25 2016 |
Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Another Disclosure-Only M&A Settlement and Warns of "Increasingly Vigilant" Scrutiny |
Proskauer Rose LLP |
Oct 24 2014 |
Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Controlling Stockholder Claims and Applies Business Judgment Rule to Merger Suits |
Katten |
Apr 4 2019 |
Delaware Court of Chancery Strictly Interprets Merger Agreement in Finding That Rent-A-Center, Inc. Properly Terminated Its Proposed Merger with Vintage Rodeo |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP |
May 31 2019 |
Delaware Court of Chancery Underscores Importance of Contracting Ahead of Time to Preserve the Seller's Attorney-Client Privilege in Post-Merger Litigation |
Polsinelli PC |
Feb 20 2014 |
Delaware Court of Chancery Upholds Forum Selection Bylaws |
McDermott Will & Emery |
Jan 31 2014 |
Delaware Court of Chancery Upholds the Facial Validity of Organic Exclusive Forum Provisions, But Future “As‐ Applied” Challenges Could be a Different Matter |
Greenberg Traurig, LLP |
Aug 16 2019 |
Delaware Court Of Chancery Uses Company’s Unaffected Market Price To Determine Fair Value In Appraisal Action |
K&L Gates |
Sep 10 2015 |
Delaware Courts Scrutinize Recent Proposed Settlement Agreements – A Harbinger of Fewer M&A “Transaction Tax” Lawsuits? |
Hunton Andrews Kurth |
Jun 24 2014 |
Delaware Delays Consideration of Proposed Prohibition on Fee-Shifting Bylaws for Delaware Stock Corporations |
Hunton Andrews Kurth |
Aug 28 2013 |
Delaware General Corporation Law Amended to Speed Up the Consummation of Two-Step Merger Transactions |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
Mar 26 2014 |
Delaware Law to Provide for Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts as of April 1, 2014 |
McDermott Will & Emery |
Aug 9 2013 |
Delaware Legislature Adopts Amendments to Delaware General Corporation Law |
Katten |
Apr 30 2014 |
Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Availability of Business Judgment Rule in Controlling Stockholder Mergers |
Hunton Andrews Kurth |
Sep 18 2019 |
Delaware Supreme Court Calculates Aruba’s Fair Value In An Appraisal Using Deal Price Minus Synergies, Reversing Lower Court’s 30-day Stock Price Calculation |
K&L Gates |
Nov 3 2010 |
Delaware Supreme Court Clarifies Law Regarding Standing of Plaintiff-Shareholders to Bring a Post-Merger Double Derivative Action |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
Jan 19 2017 |
Delaware Supreme Court Confirms Dilution Claims Typically Are Derivative and Are Extinguished After Merger |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
Aug 12 2022 |
Delaware Supreme Court Holds Novel Pre-Closing Dividend Transaction Structure Does Not Thwart Appraisal Remedy |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
Aug 16 2013 |
Delaware Supreme Court Reinvigorates the Implied Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing |
Hunton Andrews Kurth |
Jan 3 2015 |
Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Injunction Requiring Thirty Day Go-Shop |
Bracewell LLP |
Nov 23 2021 |
Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Advance Waiver of Statutory Appraisal Rights — Affirms Key Component of “Drag Along” Critical for M&A Exits for Venture-Backed Companies |
Mintz |
Mar 21 2014 |
Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Chancery Court Ruling that Applied Business Judgment Rule to Going Private Transaction with Controlling Stockholder |
Katten |
Jul 13 2020 |
Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Exclusive Federal Forum Selection Provisions |
Polsinelli PC |
Nov 11 2019 |
Delaware Update: Court of Chancery Declines to Bind a Non-signatory Parent Corporation to Forum Selection Clause |
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP |
Mar 17 2014 |
Delaware Upholds Business Judgment Review for Controlling Stockholder Mergers If Minority Is Protected |
Mintz |
Mar 14 2017 |
Delaware Vice Chancellor Holds Termination of Ownership Rights by Merger Extinguishes Stockholder Standing to Bring Section 220 Action |
K&L Gates |
Apr 26 2024 |
Department of Justice Criminal Division Announces Voluntary Self-Disclosure Pilot Program for Culpable Individuals |
Robinson & Cole LLP |
Sep 17 2020 |
Department of Justice Issues Updated Merger Remedies Manual |
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. |