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"Don't Ask, Don't Waive" Standstill Provisions: Impermissible Limitation on Director Fiduciary Obligations or Legitimate,...

Under Revlon and its progeny, directors of Delaware corporations have a duty to take reasonable steps to ensure that stockholders receive the highest price reasonably available in a sale of the company. One way that target...more

Delaware Court Provides Further Guidance on Enforceability of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Waive” Standstills

On November 27, 2012, a bench ruling by Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery in In re Complete Genomics, Inc. Shareholder Litigation enjoined the enforcement of a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Waive”...more