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Holding the defensive line: Delaware court rejects extension of WARN Act liability to private equity sponsor

  • Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

On May 10, 2013, Judge Brendan Linehan Shannon of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware rejected an attempt to hold a

Delaware Chancery Court denies summary judgment on Revlon claims

  • Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2013

Recently, in In re Plains Exploration & Production Company Stockholder Litigation1, the Delaware Court of Chancery denied the plaintiffs' request for

You can’t always get what you want

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • May 14 2013

The recent Delaware ruling in In Ancestry.com Inc. Shareholder Litigation provides a cautionary tale relating to a target company developing

Recent trends in M&A and corporate fiduciary litigation

  • Arnold & Porter LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

With capital markets reaching new heights and the accelerating pace of announced mergers and going private transactions, litigation filed by

District court limits the collection of withdrawal liability against private equity funds

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 9 2013

In Sun Capital Partners III, LP v. New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund, 2012 WL 5197117 (D. Mass. Oct. 18, 2012), a federal

The Public Company Adviser - Spring 2013

  • Schiff Hardin LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 8 2013

On February 27, 2013, the Supreme Court decided two cases under the federal securities laws, one a victory for plaintiffs in class actions for damages

Delaware court opens the door to private dilution claims against venture capital firms

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 6 2013

The Delaware Court of Chancery's recent opinion in Carsanaro v. Bloodhound Technologies is a wake-up call to venture capital firms. In a nearly 40

Life Tech shareholder sues to stop $13.6 billion sale to Thermo Fisher

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

According to a news source, Life Technologies shareholder Chang Choi has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a class of company shareholders alleging breach

WARN Act liability and private equity firms

  • Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

Last month's decision out of the Delaware District Court in Woolery, et al. v. Matlin Patterson Global Advisers, LLC, et al. was an eye opener for

In re Wayport, Inc. Litig., Consol. C.A. no. 4167-VCL (Del. Ch. May 1, 2013) (Laster, V.C.)

  • Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 1 2013

In this opinion, the Court of Chancery, applying the "special facts doctrine," rejected the plaintiffs' claims for breach of the fiduciary duty of