White & Case | Israel, USA | 26 Jan 2018
We have set out below observations for board members and senior management of Israeli companies based on our experiences of the last year. Activism…
Sidley Austin LLP | USA | 3 Oct 2017
Ideally, Minutes from the meeting of a Board of Directors reflect the degree of care and consideration with which...
K&L Gates LLP | USA | 7 Mar 2017
The Court of Chancery granted a motion for leave to modify a settlement agreement in a merger-related class action suit to distribute settlement…
K&L Gates LLP | USA | 3 Feb 2017
In In re Merge Healthcare Inc. Stockholders Litigation, No. 11388-VCG (Del. Ch. Ct. January 30, 2017), the Delaware Court of Chancery granted the…
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP | USA | 12 Jan 2017
2016 saw many notable developments in corporate governance litigation and related regulatory developments. In this article, we discuss significant…
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 18 Aug 2016
Last week, in an opinion authored by Judge Richard Posner, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit rejected a proposed class-action…
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | USA | 16 Aug 2016
In a 2-1 decision, the Seventh Circuit has joined the Delaware Court of Chancery’s call for enhanced scrutiny of “disclosure-only” M&A settlements…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 12 Aug 2016
In In re Walgreen Co. Stockholder Litigation, No. 14 C 9786, 2016 WL 4207962 (7th Cir. Aug. 10, 2016) (Posner, J.), the United States Court of…
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | USA | 9 Aug 2016
Cornerstone Research recently announced its study showing that the number of public company M&A transactions subject to stockholder litigation in…
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | USA | 13 Jun 2016
On May 31, Vice Chancellor Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery held that, for purposes of Delaware's appraisal statute, the fair value of the…