In re Dell Techs. Inc. Class V S’holders Litig., No. 349, 2023 (Del. Aug. 14, 2024) -
After an appeal of the second-largest fee award in Delaware history, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that the Court of Chancery had...more
Himawan v. Cephalon, Inc., C.A. No. 2018-0075-SG (Del. Ch. Apr. 30, 2024) -
Stockholder representatives of an acquired corporation brought claims alleging that defendants had failed to use contractually-required...more
Ramco Asset Mgmt. LLC v. USA Rare Earth, LLC, C.A. No. 2022-0665-SG (Del. Ch. Oct. 20, 2023) -
Plaintiffs brought claims alleging improper dilution of their equity interests when transferring their holdings in an...more
ArchKey Intermediate Holdings Inc. v. Mona, C.A. No. 2021-0383-JTL (Del. Ch. Oct. 3, 2023) -
Parties to a stock purchase agreement disputed post-closing price adjustments. The agreement called for an independent accountant...more
In re Dell Techs. Inc. Class V S'holders Litig., C.A. No. 2018-0816-JTL (Del. Ch. July 31, 2023, revised Aug. 22, 2023) -
Stockholders filed class actions in the Court of Chancery challenging the terms of a redemption of a...more
Simeone v. The Walt Disney Company, C.A. No. 2022-1120-LWW (Del. Ch. June 27, 2023) -
The Walt Disney Company opposed Florida legislation that limits instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida...more
In re Baker Hughes, a GE Company, Derivative Litigation, C.A. No. 2019-0201-LWW (Del. Ch. Apr. 17, 2023) -
After the Court of Chancery made a pleadings stage determination that the demand was futile, a board of directors...more
City of Coral Springs Police Officers' Pension Plan v. Dorsey, C.A. No. 2022-0091-KSJM (Del. Ch. May 9, 2023) -
A terrible business decision does not ensure the Court of Chancery will sustain a derivative claim. A...more
Rivest v. Hauppauge Digital, Inc., C.A. No. 2019-0848-PWG (Del. Ch. Sept. 1, 2022) -
Plaintiff stockholder sought to inspect the books and records of a defendant company, requesting a narrow universe of annual and...more
Haart v. Scaglia, C.A. No. 2022-0145-MTZ (Del. Ch. Aug. 4, 2022) -
In public, a high-powered couple presented themselves as equal owners of an operating company, of which the wife was also the CEO and a director....more
In re Vaxart, Inc. S’holder Litig., Consol. C.A. No. 2020-0767-PAF (Del. Ch. June 3, 2022) -
A small biotechnology company issued a press release that connected the company to the federal government’s Operation Warp Speed...more
In re Cellular Telephone P’ship Litig., Coordinated C.A. No. 6885-VCL (Del. Ch. Mar. 9, 2022) -
A controller that stands on both sides of a freeze-out transaction has the burden to prove that its acquisition was entirely...more
Qlarant, Inc. v. IP Commercialization Labs, LLC, C.A. No. 2021-0574-MTZ (Del. Ch. Jan. 25, 2022) -
Pursuant to an asset purchase agreement, the plaintiff buyer purchased assets from a seller and several of its affiliates....more
In re Kraft Heinz Co. Deriv. Litig., Cons. C.A. No. 2019-0587-LWW (Del. Ch. Dec. 15, 2021) -
The Court of Chancery dismissed an insider-trading action on the grounds that plaintiffs failed to plead that a majority of a...more
Brookfield Asset Mgmt., Inc. v. Rosson, No. 406, 2020 (Del. Sept. 20, 2021) -
Seeking to bring clarity to the issue of whether a claim is direct or derivative—a potentially outcome-determinative issue—the Delaware Supreme...more
Jarden, LLC v. ACE Am. Ins. Co., C.A. No. N20C-03-112 AML CCLD (Del. Super. July 30, 2021) -
Director and corporate liability insurance coverage is determined by the specific language of the insurance policies. Last year,...more
AB Stable VIII LLC v. MAPS Hotels and Resorts One LLC, C.A. No. 2020-0310-JTL (Del. Ch. Nov. 30, 2020) -
Parties to a sale and purchase agreement (“SPA”) had planned to close a deal to sell fifteen luxury hotels for $5.8...more
In re WeWork Litig., Consol. C.A. No. 2020-0258-AGB (Del. Ch. Oct. 30, 2020).
A company facing a liquidity crisis (the shared working space company, WeWork), its outgoing CEO (Adam Nuemann), and two related SoftBank...more
United Food and Comm. Workers Union v. Zuckerberg, C.A. No. 2018-0671-JTL (Del. Ch. Oct. 26, 2020) -
In its recent decision in United Food and Comm. Workers Union v. Zuckerberg, the Court of Chancery discussed the legal...more
L-5 Healthcare Partners, LLC v. Alphatec Holdings, Inc., C.A. No. 2019-0412-KSJM (Del. Ch. Oct. 12, 2020) -
Pursuant to a share purchase agreement, a plaintiff stockholder had preemption rights that entitled the...more
JUUL Labs, Inc. v. Grove, C.A. No. 2020-0005-JTL (Del. Ch. Aug. 13, 2020) -
Stockholder inspection rights are a core matter of the governance of a corporation. This decision holds that, pursuant to the internal affairs...more
Bucks Cty. Employees Ret. Fund v. CBS Corp., C.A. No. 2019-0820-JRS (Del. Ch. Nov. 25, 2019).
A stockholder seeking books and records in Delaware states a proper purpose for inspection by demonstrating a credible basis to...more
Tiger v. Boast Apparel, Inc., C.A. No. 23, 2019 (Del. Aug. 7, 2019).
The Delaware Supreme Court held that documents produced pursuant to a request for books and records under Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation...more
In re Appraisal of Jarden Corp., Consol. C.A. No. 12456-VCS (Del. Ch. July 19, 2019).
This decision presents another cautionary tale for stockholders of a target public company who consider seeking statutory appraisal...more
Reith v. Lichtenstein, C.A. No. 2018-0277-MTZ (Del. Ch. June 28, 2019).
As Reith explains, directors may lose the protections of the business judgment rule and expose themselves to liability if they knowingly or...more