Board oversight of significant company risk areas and legal compliance deserves renewed attention, as the Delaware Supreme Court recently ruled that monitoring practices that have previously been considered acceptable may...more
10/18/2019
/ Blue Bell Creameries ,
Board of Directors ,
Breach of Duty ,
Caremark claim ,
Compliance ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
DE Supreme Court ,
Derivative Suit ,
Duty of Loyalty ,
Failure To State A Claim ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Liability ,
Listeria ,
Manufacturing Facilities ,
Oversight Duties ,
Risk Management ,
Senior Managers
In what is believed to be the first case nationwide seeking to strike down a groundbreaking corporate bylaw aimed at combatting frivolous shareholder class actions, Emergent Capital, Inc., has secured the dismissal with...more
10/20/2015
/ Board of Directors ,
Bylaws ,
Class Action ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Officers ,
Derivative Suit ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Frivolous Lawsuits ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Shareholder Litigation