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Chancellor McCormick Provides Helpful Guidance on Pre-Suit Litigation Demands Under Delaware Law

Last month, Delaware's new Chancellor Kathaleen S. McCormick issued a decision largely dismissing challenges to board action after finding that the plaintiff's emails to the board constituted pre-suit litigation demands, and...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Is Now a “Demand Futility” State for Shareholder Derivative Actions

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On January 1, 2020, the new Florida Business Corporation Act took effect. It includes a provision that settles in the affirmative whether Florida is a “demand futility” state for shareholder derivative litigation. To succeed...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

A Pipe Is Indeed a Pipe: Delaware Court of Chancery Provides Important Guidance to Companies by Dismissing Excessive Director Pay...

On October 30, 2019, the Delaware Court of Chancery struck a major blow against the plaintiffs’ bar’s efforts to lower the statutory hurdle to maintaining stockholder derivative claims. A stockholder of Ultragenyx...more

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Dismisses Caremark Claim, Finding Consumer Class Action Settlement Was Not A "Red Flag" For Consumer...

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On July 29, 2019, Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard of the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed a stockholder derivative action asserting breaches of fiduciary duty claims against the directors of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Director Independence and Oversight Obligation in Marchand v. Barnhill

On June 18, 2019, in Marchand v. Barnhill, the Delaware Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Chief Justice Leo E. Strine, Jr. on behalf of a unanimous court, issued a decision reversing the Court of Chancery’s dismissal of...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Issues Decision Upholding Collateral Estoppel in Shareholder Derivative Actions

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The Delaware Supreme Court issued a decision on April 4, 2013, in Pyott v. Louisiana Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System concerning duplicative shareholder derivative actions and the "race to the courthouse" that...more

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