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Chancery Holds that the Majority-of-the-Votes-Cast Voting Standard Applies to Charter Amendment to Increase the Number of...

Salama v. Simon, C.A. No. 2024-1124-JTL (Del. Ch. Nov. 27, 2024) - After a Delaware corporation issued a proxy statement and told the stockholders that an amendment to increase its authorized shares of common stock...more

5/22/2025 / Business Litigation , Charter Amendments , Corporate Governance , Delaware , Delaware General Corporation Law , Proxy Statements , Shareholder Litigation , Shareholders , Voting Rights

Court of Chancery Holds Supermajority Vote Not Required for Nevada Reincorporation

Gunderson v. The Trade Desk Inc., C.A. No. 2024-1029-PAF (Del. Ch. Nov. 6, 2024) - The board of a Delaware corporation recommended that the corporation reincorporate as a Nevada corporation subject to a majority vote...more

4/25/2025 / Appeals , Board of Directors , Business Entities , Corporate Conversions , Corporate Governance , Delaware , Delaware General Corporation Law , Mergers , Shareholder Litigation , Shareholders

Court of Chancery Applies the American Rule and Denies Attorneys’ Fees Despite Fiduciary Breach

In re Straight Path Commc’ns Inc. Consol. S’holder Litig., C.A. No. 2017-0486-SG (Del. Ch. Oct. 29, 2024) - The Court of Chancery in this stockholder class action refused to award attorneys’ fees where the Court found the...more

4/25/2025 / Breach of Duty , Business Litigation , Controlling Stockholders , Corporate Governance , Damages , Delaware , Fiduciary Duty , Mergers , Shareholder Litigation

Chancery Invalidates Elon Musk’s $55.8 Billion Pay Package

Tornetta v. Musk, et al., C.A. 2018-0408-KSJM (Del. Ch. Jan. 30, 2024) - Stockholders of Tesla, Inc. brought a derivative action against Elon Musk and six individual Tesla directors, alleging that the directors breached...more

4/26/2024 / Board of Directors , Breach of Duty , Derivative Suit , Fiduciary Duty , Shareholder Litigation , Shareholders

Chancery Declines to Shift Costs to Derivative Plaintiffs

In re Oracle Corp. Deriv. Litig., C.A. No. 2017-0337-SG (Del. Ch. Dec. 28, 2023) - By rule, the prevailing party in Court of Chancery litigation is entitled to shift costs to the losing party, subject to the Court’s...more

3/20/2024 / Board of Directors , Breach of Duty , Derivative Suit , Fiduciary Duty , Shareholder Litigation , Shareholders

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