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The duties of an acquiring company’s board of directors
- Hunton & Williams LLP
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- USA
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- January 27 2010
On January 11, 2010, in In re The Dow Chemical Company Deriv. Litig., the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed breach of fiduciary duty claims brought against the directors of an acquiring company in connection with a completed merger
Delaware Court awards $1.26 billion in damages in entire fairness case
- Hunton & Williams LLP
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- USA
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- October 19 2011
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently awarded $1.26 billion in damages in In re Southern Peru Copper Corp. S’holder Deriv. Litig. after finding that a transaction between a corporation and its controlling stockholder was unfair
Delaware court awards $2.4m fee award for “loosening” deal protections
- Hunton & Williams LLP
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- USA
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- December 14 2011
On December 9, 2011, in In re Compellent Technologies, Inc. S’holder Litig., the Delaware Court of Chancery granted a $2.4 million fee award to plaintiffs’ attorneys who negotiated a settlement arising out of stockholder litigation challenging a merger
