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Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Hell-or-High-Water Clauses in Uncertain Regulatory Times

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​​​​​​​In a deal market as uncertain as this one, we have seen transactional lawyers more frequently resorting to pushing what are known as “hell or high water” clauses - clauses that obligate parties to take “any and all...more

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Twitter Brings Suit Against Musk in Delaware Court of Chancery Seeking Specific Performance

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On July 12, 2022, Twitter, Inc. brought a civil action in the Delaware Court of Chancery against Elon Musk, the co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors, Inc., for breach of contract in an attempt to force Musk to complete his...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Once More Unto the (Material) Breach: Twitter Sues Elon Musk to Enforce Agreement

On July 12, 2022, Twitter, Inc. sued Elon Musk and certain of his special purpose entity affiliates in the Delaware Court of Chancery, seeking specific performance to force Mr. Musk to close on his agreement to purchase...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Analyzing Akorn: Delaware’s First M&A Termination Under Material Adverse Effect

On October 1, 2018, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a 246-page post-trial opinion in Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG, C.A. No. 2018-0300-JTL, that denied the seller’s (Akorn) request...more

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