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News & Analysis as of May 22, 2013

In re BioClinica, Inc. Shareholder Litigation

by Enrico Granata | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/19/2013

In In re BioClinica, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, the Delaware Court of Chancery in a memorandum opinion on a motion to expedite examined the cumulative effect of deal protection devices to determine whether they should have...more

Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC v. Roche Diagnostics GmbH, C.A. No. 5589-VCP (Del. Ch. Feb. 22, 2013) (Parsons, V.C.)

by Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP on 3/6/2013

In this memorandum opinion addressing defendants’ motion for summary judgment, the Court of Chancery dismissed plaintiffs’ claim that a reverse triangular merger constituted an assignment of rights in breach of a contractual...more

Business Tort Suit Brings Sanctions

by James V. Irving | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 12/31/2012

Virginia’s business-friendly laws and precedents provide employers with powerful remedies and employees with effective deterrents against wrongful conduct in business affairs. As a Fairfax Circuit judge has recently...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Fall 2012

by Andrew J. Hall, Mitchell Zimmerman | Fenwick & West LLP on 12/20/2012

In This Issue: - Court Declines to Dish Out Preliminary Injunction in Commercial-Skipping Case Despite Likelihood of Infringement - Free and Open-Source Software Diligence in Mergers, Acquisitions, and...more

Winshall v. Viacom Int'l Inc., C.A. No. 6074-CS (Del. Ch. Dec. 12, 2012) (Strine, C.)

by Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP on 12/19/2012

In this memorandum opinion, the Court of Chancery held that stockholders of an acquired video game developer were not required to indemnify the acquirer for losses it incurred defending claims based on intellectual property...more

Monopolization Claims Against Adobe Relating to Acquisition of FreeHand Survive Motion to Dismiss

by Howard Ullman on 2/15/2012

Judge Koh refused to dismiss the bulk of an antitrust complaint Against Adobe Systems relating to its acquisition of FreeHand, a professional vector graphic illustration software. Although Adobe signed an FTC consent...more

New Seventh Circuit Decision Endorses Heightened Scrutiny of Experts at Class Certification Stage While Potentially Lowering the...

by Mintz Levin - Antitrust on 1/27/2012

In the health care antitrust world, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Evanston case, involving a retrospective attack on the consummated merger between Evanston Northwestern and Highland Park hospitals, is an important...more