S’holder Representative Servs. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., C.A. No. 2024-1246-PAW (Del. Super. Sept. 29, 2025) -
Under the parties’ merger agreement, the plaintiff (a representative of the sellers) was to receive...more
Giuliano v. Grenfell-Gardner, C.A. No. 2021-0452-KSJM (Del. Ch. Sept. 2, 2025) -
This case dealt with Caremark claims alleging that former directors and officers of a pharmaceutical company failed to oversee regulatory...more
1/8/2026
/ Board of Directors ,
Caremark claim ,
Compliance Management Systems ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Delaware ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Internal Controls ,
Oversight Duties ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management
Wong Leung Revocable Tr. v. Amazon.com, No. 487 (Del. July 29, 2025) -
In the wake of antitrust investigations and an action filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), an Amazon stockholder sought books and records to...more
Khalid v. Musk, C.A. No. 2024-0443-KSJM (Del. Ch. July 18, 2025) -
The plaintiff acquired Twitter stock following Elon Musk’s announcement that he agreed to acquire the company. The plaintiff then sold the stock at a loss...more
12/11/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Breach of Contract ,
Contract Disputes ,
Elon Musk ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Merger Agreements ,
Mergers ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Shareholder Litigation ,
Twitter ,
Unjust Enrichment
Jhaveri v. K1 Inv. Mgmt. LLC, C.A. No. 2024-0410-LWW (Del. Ch. June 27, 2025) -
In this decision, the plaintiff was a co-founder and stockholder of a company that was acquired. At the time of acquisition, the plaintiff...more
Sarasota Firefighters’ Pension Fund v. Inovalon Hldgs. Inc., C.A. No. 2022-0698-KSJM (Del. Ch. June 10, 2025) -
In this decision dealing with a motion to dismiss following a remand from an appeal, the Court of Chancery...more
Campanella v. Rockwell, C.A. No. 2021-1013-LWW (Del. Ch. Feb. 18, 2025) -
Under the Corwin doctrine, the business judgment rule will apply when a transaction is approved by a fully informed uncoerced vote of disinterested...more
ITG Brands, LLC v. Reynolds Am., Inc., C.A. No. 2017-0129-LWW (Del. Ch. Mar. 3, 2025) -
In this case, the Delaware Court of Chancery had previously held that, under the parties’ acquisition agreement, the...more
Turnbull v. Klein, C.A. No. 2023-1125-BWD (Del. Ch. Jan. 31, 2025) -
One way a plaintiff can rebut the business judgment rule is by pleading a conflicted controller transaction....more
Mehra v. Teller, C.A. No. 2019-0812-KSJM (Del. Ch. Sept. 20, 2024) -
In this post-trial decision, the plaintiffs claimed that one of the defendants breached his fiduciary duties by failing to distribute assets equally at...more
Bandera Master Fund LP v. Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP, C.A. No. 2018-0372-JTL (Sept. 9, 2024) -
Previously in this case, the Court of Chancery held that a general partner breached a partnership agreement by exercising...more
Rivera v. Angkor Capital Ltd., C.A. 2022-0671-MTZ (Del. Ch. Aug. 20, 2024) -
In this decision involving a plaintiff corporation’s action to rescind a stock purchase agreement involving the sale of a majority interest in...more
In re Kraft Heinz Demand Refused Derivative Stockholder Litig., Consol. C.A. No. 2022-0398-LWW (Del. Ch. July 19, 2024) -
By making a demand, a stockholder-plaintiff tacitly concedes that the board can impartially consider...more
Mitchell Partners, L.P. v. AMFI Corp., C.A. Nos. 2020-0985-KSJM, 2020-0986-KSJM (Del. Ch. July 3, 2024) -
In this case, in which the Chancellor reviewed a decision by a special master, the Court examined whether...more
Tornetta v. Musk, C.A. No. 2018-0408-KSJM (Del. Ch. May 28, 2024) -
Following the Court of Chancery’s post-trial opinion concerning Elon Musk’s compensation from Tesla (summarized here), Tesla submitted stockholder...more
Harper v. Sievert, C.A. No. 2022-0819-SG (Del. Ch. May 31, 2024).
A stockholder plaintiff brought derivative claims alleging that current and former directors of T-Mobile US, Inc. were liable for aggregating customers’...more
In re Columbia Pipeline Grp. Inc. Merger Litig., Consol. C.A. No. 2018-0484-JTL (Del. Ch. May 15, 2024) -
In this post-trial decision, the Court addressed an acquirer’s responsibility for damages suffered by a stockholder...more
Wong Leung Revocable Tr. v. Amazon.com Inc., C.A. No. 2023-1251-BWD (Del. Ch. May 1, 2024) -
In order to inspect books and records under Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, a stockholder-plaintiff must...more
In re Windmil Therapeutics Inc., C.A. No. 2023-1294-PAF (Del. Ch. Mar. 13, 2024) -
This case dealt with the voluntary assignment for the benefit of creditors under 10 Del. C. § 7381, et seq....more
In re Oracle Corp. Deriv. Litig., Consol. C.A. No. 2017-0337-SG (Del. Ch. Feb. 7, 2024) -
Under the mootness rule, a stockholder plaintiff can be awarded attorneys’ fees when the plaintiff’s litigation efforts result in...more
Chordia v. Lee, C.A. No. 2023-0382-NAC (Del. Ch. Jan. 4, 2024) -
In this case, as part of a sale of a majority interest, a stockholder agreement granted the founders the ability to designate members to the board of...more
Buttonwood Tree Value Partners, L.P. v. R.L. Polk & Co. Inc., C.A. No. 9250-VCG (Del. Ch. Dec. 29, 2023) -
To state a claim for unjust enrichment, a plaintiff must adequately plead: (1) an enrichment; (2) an...more
REM OA Holdings LLC v. Northern Gold Holdings LLC, C.A. No. 2022-0582-LWW (Del. Ch. Sep. 20, 2023) -
Delaware is a contractarian state and the presumption is that parties are bound by their agreements. That presumption...more
26 Capital Acquisition Corp. v. Tiger Resort Asia Ltd., CA No. 2023-0128-JTL (Del. Ch. September 7, 2023) -
Even where the parties have contractually agreed that specific performance is the preferred remedy for a breach,...more
NetApp Inc. v. Cinelli, C.A. No. 2020-1000-LWW (Del. Ch. Aug. 2, 2023) -
This decision arose out of the sale of the company Cloud Jumper to NetApp, Inc. The seller’s management had been recording internal software use as...more