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Dechert LLP

Securities and Derivative Litigation: Quarterly Update - July 2023

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Examine a major Ninth Circuit decision affirming dismissal of a Section 14(a) derivative action based on a forum-selection clause; Highlight the Third Circuit’s adoption of the Omnicare standard for securities fraud claims;...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Court of Chancery Continues to Reject Demand Futility Claims Post-Zuckerberg

In September 2021, in United Food and Commercial Workers Union v. Zuckerberg, the Delaware Supreme Court embraced the Court of Chancery’s suggestion that the analysis for evaluating demand futility in derivative cases should...more

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

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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

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Stockholders Need Ordinarily Only Identify a ‘Credible Basis’ for Possible Wrongdoing, Not...

Last week, the Delaware Supreme Court issued an important decision effectively broadening the scope of stockholder pre-litigation inspection rights. ...more

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Delaware Court of Chancery Rules Against Gilead in Books and Records Action

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Delaware Court of Chancery Rules Against Gilead in Books and Records Action; Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Securities Fraud Suit Alleging Chinese Education Company Engaged in Sham Transactions; Third Circuit Grants...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - April 2020

This issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between October 2019 and January 2020. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - September 2019

This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between May and August 2019....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - March 2018/ Volume 10 / Issue 1

This quarter's issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between November 2017 and January 2018. The cases address developing trends in appraisal, class certification, core...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Inside the Courts: An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - May 2016 / Volume 8 / Issue 2

We are pleased to present Inside the Courts (Volume 8, Issue 2), Skadden’s securities litigation newsletter. This quarter’s issue includes summaries and associated court opinions of selected cases principally decided between...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insights: The Delaware Edition - May 2016

This issue focuses on important, developing areas of Delaware corporation law and deal litigation, including the Court of Chancery’s clarification of its evolving views about disclosure-based deal litigation settlements;...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Delaware Chancery Rejects Books and Records Demand as Time-Barred

The Delaware Court of Chancery recently found that a shareholder’s demand for books and records was time-barred, as the alleged basis for a derivative action occurred nearly seven years ago and thus was well beyond any...more

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