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Lowenstein Sandler LLP | USA | 15 Jan 2021
Del. Supreme Ct. Arguments Go Over Operative Reality, Expert Credibility, and Standard of Review
The Delaware Supreme Court heard argument on January 13th in the SourceHOV case, with interesting issues on the proper standard of review, the concept…
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP | USA | 23 Dec 2020
Two Additional California Courts Dismiss Securities Act Claims in Favor of Federal Forum Selection Provisions
As previously discussed in our Sept. 10, 2020, client alert, in Wong v. Restoration Robotics, Inc., Case No. 18-CIV-02609 (Cal. Super. Ct. Sept. 1…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 23 Dec 2020
Delaware Supreme Court Provides Important Guidance Regarding Section 220 Demands, Rejecting Several Limiting Principles Frequently Offered By Corporations Resisting Stockholder Inspection Demands
Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, 8 Del. C. § 220 (“Section 220”), permits a stockholder of a Delaware corporation to inspect…
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | USA | 18 Dec 2020
Delaware Courts Examine Caremark After Marchand and Clovis
In 2019, the Delaware Supreme Court issued Marchand v. Barnhill,1 which was soon followed by the Court of Chancery’s opinion in In re Clovis Oncology…
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | USA | 18 Dec 2020
Recent Trends in Officer Liability
More than a decade ago in the seminal case Gantler v. Stephens,1 the Delaware Supreme Court clarified that officers of Delaware corporations owe the…
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | USA | 18 Dec 2020
Recent MFW-Related Developments in Delaware Courts
In 2014, the Delaware Supreme Court’s landmark Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp.1 (MFW) decision established that the deferential business judgment standard…
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | USA | 18 Dec 2020
Delaware Decisions Highlight Pleading Requirements for Fiduciary Duty Claims in the Face of Disinterested Director Approval
Several recent Delaware decisions have analyzed allegations attempting to plead breach of fiduciary duty claims against executive directors even…
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP | USA | 16 Dec 2020
Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Stockholders Need Ordinarily Only Identify a ‘Credible Basis’ for Possible Wrongdoing, Not ‘Actionable Misconduct,’ to Establish a ‘Proper Purpose’ for a Section 220 Books and Records Demand
Last week, the Delaware Supreme Court issued an important decision effectively broadening the scope of stockholder pre-litigation inspection rights…
Shearman & Sterling LLP | USA | 15 Dec 2020
Delaware Supreme Court Clarifies That A Section 220 Demand Is Not Necessarily Required To Establish That Suspected Wrongdoing Is “Actionable”
On December 10, 2020, in an en banc opinion authored by Justice Gary F. Traynor, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a decision by the Delaware Court…
McCarter & English LLP | USA | 10 Dec 2020
Delaware Supreme Court Remains Committed to Precedent and the Importance of Process in Appraisal Actions
In the appeal of an appraisal decision—Bridge Leveraged Cap. Structures Fund Ltd., et al. V. Stillwater Mining Co., Case No. 427, 2019 (Del. Oct. 12…
