Following other recent decisions addressing the applicability and scope of Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp. (“MFW”), including In re Match Group Inc., Derivative Litigation and Tornetta v. Musk, on May 1, 2024, the Delaware...more
In another impactful decision, the Delaware Court of Chancery in Sjunde AP-Fonden v. Activision Blizzard Inc. again stressed the importance of the statutory text of the DGCL to dismiss claims by the plaintiffs alleging that...more
In remarks on March 5, 2022 on PLI’s Corporate Governance webcast, Commissioner Allison Herren Lee of the Securities and Exchange Commission stated that, 20 years after its enactment, it is time to revisit the “unfulfilled...more
Until the last month, the market in the U.S. for special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) IPOs has been booming. For example, in the first three months of 2021, there were 298 IPOs of U.S. SPACs, which raised in aggregate...more
On November 19, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final amendments to the disclosure rules affecting Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) and related financial disclosures....more
12/8/2020
/ Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Statements ,
MD&A Statements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
In Channel Medsystems, Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corporation, the Delaware Court of Chancery rejected an attempt by Boston Scientific to terminate and thus avoid consummating a merger agreement with Channel on the grounds...more
1/8/2020
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Bright-Line Rule ,
Business Expenses ,
Business Litigation ,
Contract Termination ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equity ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Fraud ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Letters of Intent ,
Material Adverse Effects ,
Materiality ,
Medical Devices ,
Merger Agreements ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Pre-Termination Notice ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Remediation
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed amendments to the business description, legal proceedings and risk factor disclosures required by registered companies in annual and quarterly reports and registration...more
9/19/2019
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Deregulation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Statements ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Registration Statement ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Factors ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In a decision as notable for its criticisms of the trial court judge as its contributions to Delaware appraisal jurisprudence, the Delaware Supreme Court in Verition Partners Master Fund Ltd. v. Aruba Networks, Inc. reversed...more
In Vintage Rodeo Parent, LLC v. Rent-A-Center, Inc., C.A. No. 2018-0928-SG (Del. Ch. Mar. 14, 2019), Vice Chancellor Glasscock of the Delaware Court of Chancery found that Rent-A-Center, Inc. (“Rent-A-Center”) properly...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) approved a final rule on December 18, 2018 implementing Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”). ...more
In Flood v. Synutra Int’l Inc., the Delaware Supreme Court clarified its holding in Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp. (“MFW”). ...more
On October 1, 2018, the Delaware Court of Chancery found in Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG, et al. that Fresenius was entitled to terminate its merger agreement with Akorn. ...more
Two recent decisions by the Delaware Court of Chancery underscore that the outcome of an appraisal proceeding often will turn on the quality of a company’s sale process. ...more
On March 28, 2018, in In re Tesla Motors, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, the Delaware Court of Chancery denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by stockholders of Tesla Motors, Inc. (“Tesla” or the “Company”)....more
4/16/2018
/ Board of Directors ,
Breach of Duty ,
Business Litigation ,
Controlling Stockholders ,
Elon Musk ,
Entire Fairness Standard ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Minority Shareholders ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Popular ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
SolarCity ,
Tesla
In a trio of recent appraisal decisions, Delaware courts declined to use the deal price as the best evidence of fair value, instead using discounted cash flow analyses (“DCF”) and the unaffected market price to determine fair...more
In a December 8th decision (Sarissa Capital Domestic Fund LP, et. al. v. Innoviva, Inc.), the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled in favor of Sarissa Capital Domestic Fund LP and certain of its affiliates in concluding that...more
On December 14, the Delaware Supreme Court released a long-awaited opinion in Dell Inc. v. Magnetar Global Event Driven Master Fund Ltd. that reversed and remanded a high-profile appraisal case decided by the Delaware Court...more
On November 1, 2017, the staff of the Division of Corporate Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission published Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14I. SLB 14I provides additional guidance to companies and shareholders...more
Over the past few years, private equity funds and hedge funds have increasingly employed tactics traditionally employed by the other as part of their value maximization strategies. Underscoring this convergence has been a...more
3/3/2017
/ Filing Requirements ,
Going-Private Transactions ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Hedge Funds ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment ,
Private Equity ,
Schedule 13D ,
Section 16 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Value Maximization
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its ruling in Marblegate Asset Management, LLC v. Education Management Corp. that provided much needed clarity to creditors and issuers involved in out-of-court...more
New guidance from the Securities Exchange Commission requires issuers to take a fresh look at their 401(k) plans. On September 22, 2016, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance released a Compliance and Disclosure...more
On June 9, 2016, a divided New York Court of Appeals in a much-anticipated ruling held that the attorney-client privilege can only be maintained for communications involving third parties in situations where litigation is...more
6/16/2016
/ Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Bank of America ,
Banking Crisis ,
Banking Sector ,
Common-Interest Privilege ,
Confidential Communications ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Countrywide ,
Disclosure ,
Litigation Privilege ,
Merger Agreements ,
Mortgages ,
Popular ,
Third-Party Relationships ,
Young Lawyers
On April 13, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a concept release on the business and financial disclosures required by Regulation S-K. The release is part of an ongoing comprehensive evaluation by the...more
On April 4, 2016, Treasury released new rules making it more difficult for some U.S. companies to invert (“Serial Inversion Regulations”), Proposed Regulations limiting the effectiveness of “earnings stripping” techniques...more
The recent decision by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Citibank, N.A. v. Norske Skogindustrier ASA could be an important consideration for future drafting and interpretation of debt...more