Acquisitions, Attorney's Fees

Mootness Fees: Making the Squeeze Not Worth the Juice

Woodruff Sawyer on 8/31/2023

The days of plaintiffs’ firms making bank from frivolous litigation claims in Delaware are rapidly coming to a close. This positive development is yet another reason that Delaware-incorporated companies will want to consider...more

Delaware Court of Chancery Clarifies Heightened Standard for Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees in Disclosure-Based Deal Litigation

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/18/2023

In Anderson v. Magellan Health, Inc., No. 2021-0202, — A.3d —-, 2023 WL 4364524 (Del. Ch. July 6, 2023) (McCormick, C.), the Delaware Court of Chancery addressed the circumstances under which the Court will award a...more

Delaware Court of Chancery Awards Attorneys’ Fees After Gilead’s “Glaringly Egregious” Litigation Conduct

Goodwin on 7/29/2021

Delaware Court of Chancery Awards Attorneys’ Fees After Gilead’s “Glaringly Egregious” Litigation Conduct; S.D.N.Y Grants Plaintiffs’ Partial Summary Judgment in Securities Class Action Against Perrigo; SPAC Investors Launch...more

Federal Circuit Gives a Makeover to $66 Million Judgment Against Beauty Giant

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 5/19/2021

Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a $66 million dollar judgment against beauty industry giant L’Oréal for patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and a related breach...more

Chancery Opinion Provides First Delaware Court Guidance on COVID-19’s Impact on MAE Provisions and Ordinary Court Course Covenants

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 12/15/2020

On November 30, 2020, Vice Chancellor Laster of Delaware’s Court of Chancery issued the first case where the pandemic provided a company with the ability to walk away from its contractual obligations in a sale transaction,...more

Court Of Chancery Interprets Claimed Advancement Waiver

Morris James LLP on 5/9/2017

This decision explains how to obtain a release of advancement rights from a seller in an agreement to purchase his company. Here that effort failed. However, buyers will continue to not want to have to advance the sellers’...more

New York Appellate Division Revives Non-Monetary Class Action Settlement in M&A Class Action with Revised Standard of Review

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/3/2017

In Gordon v. Verizon Communications, Inc., No. 653084/13, 2017 WL 442871 (N.Y. App. Div. Feb. 2, 2017), the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Judicial Department (the “First Department”),...more

Acquisitions › Attorney's Fees

Mootness Fees: Making the Squeeze Not Worth the Juice

Delaware Court of Chancery Clarifies Heightened Standard for Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees in Disclosure-Based Deal Litigation

Delaware Court of Chancery Awards Attorneys’ Fees After Gilead’s “Glaringly Egregious” Litigation Conduct

Federal Circuit Gives a Makeover to $66 Million Judgment Against Beauty Giant

Chancery Opinion Provides First Delaware Court Guidance on COVID-19’s Impact on MAE Provisions and Ordinary Court Course Covenants

Court Of Chancery Interprets Claimed Advancement Waiver

New York Appellate Division Revives Non-Monetary Class Action Settlement in M&A Class Action with Revised Standard of Review

Seventh Circuit Adopts Trulia Standard for Disclosure-Only Settlements

Fifth Circuit Rejects Misbehavior Challenge To Arbitration Award

Blog: From Aeroflex to Trulia: A Seismic Shift

Court Of Chancery Calculates The Length Of An Injunction Against Unfair Competition

Two Cases From NC Business Court: Class Action Fees Doubled And Expedited Discovery Denied

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