On October 1, 2019, the Delaware Court of Chancery applied the Delaware Supreme Court’s recent decision on Caremark board oversight claims in the context of operating in a highly regulated industry to allow derivative claims...more
On June 18, 2019, in Marchand v. Barnhill, the Delaware Supreme Court revived a stockholder derivative lawsuit against the directors of ice-cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries USA, Inc. The suit alleged breaches of the...more
Goodwin’s recent client alert – “A First: Delaware Court of Chancery Holds that Merger Target Suffered Material Adverse Effect” – discussed the Court of Chancery’s finding, in Akorn Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG, et al., that a...more
In a long-awaited decision regarding Delaware’s appraisal statute, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that in determining the fair value of a company, there is no presumption that the agreed upon transaction price is the fair...more