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Reed Smith LLP | USA | 17 Apr 2023
Books and records actions are being assigned to Masters in Chancery: Here's the Chancellor's guidance
In light of its status as a court of equity, the Delaware Court of Chancery sometimes needs to move fast—very fast. And a crowded docket doesn’t mix…
Reed Smith LLP | USA | 28 Dec 2022
Court of Chancery rebuffs acquirer’s attempt to enforce overbroad restrictive covenants
In Kodiak Building Partners, LLC v. Adams, 2022 Del. Ch. LEXIS 288 (October 6, 2022) (Kodiak), the Court of Chancery denied the plaintiff's motion…
Reed Smith LLP | USA | 17 Oct 2022
Court of Chancery applies MFW and dismisses direct challenges to spin-off involving controlling stockholder
In re Match Group, Inc. Derivative Litigation, C.A. No. 2020-0505-MTZ, 2022 Del. Ch. LEXIS 212 (Sept. 1, 2022) (Match Group), the Court of Chancery…
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | USA | 8 Sep 2022
Inside the Courts - An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators
Anita B. Bandy James R. Carroll Eben P. Colby Jack P. DiCanio Alexander C. Drylewski Lara A. Flath Marcie Lape (Raia) Joseph O. Larkin Paul J…
Sidley Austin LLP | USA | 31 May 2022
“Twice Tested” and Still Fair, and the Ongoing Relevance of Schnell
This blog recently discussed the Delaware Supreme Court’s decision in Coster v. UIP Companies, Inc., wherein the Court held that a stock sale that…
Sidley Austin LLP | USA | 16 Mar 2022
Court to Activists (Again): Follow The Rules Or Suffer The Consequences
On February 14, 2022, Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will issued a post-trial decision affirming the Lee Enterprises, Inc. Board of Directors’ rejection of…
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | USA | 19 Jan 2022
Delaware Courts Simplify Rules for Derivative Actions, Analyze SPAC Fiduciary Duty Review and Clarify Books-and-Records Obligations
Delaware’s business courts continued to operate largely unaffected by the pandemic in 2021 and issued several notable decisions. Here is what we saw…
Sidley Austin LLP | USA | 6 Dec 2021
Still in the Crosshairs: Plaintiffs Continue to Take Aim at Post-Merger SPACs
We previously wrote about the trend of SPAC (special purpose acquisition Company) lawsuits filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery, with some…
Gatehouse Chambers | United Kingdom | 24 Sep 2021
Illegality defence further evolves into natural justice
Then along came Patel v Mirza [2016] UKSC 42. That Supreme Court decision gave us the modern formulation, taking a new policy-based approach that…
Hogan Lovells | USA | 30 Aug 2021
In re Pattern Energy Group Inc: risks to directors and officers in not maximizing stockholder value
In a 200+ page decision, the Court of Chancery in In re Pattern Energy Group Inc. Stockholders Litigation, (C.A. No. 2020-0357-MTZ (Del. Ch. May 6…
