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Limited Partnerships Fiduciary Duty DE Supreme Court

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

What to Tell Your Investor Limited Partners (or Stockholders or LLC Members)

A Delaware Supreme Court case earlier this year, Dohmen v. Goodman (Del. June 23, 2020), provides authoritative guidance on the duty of disclosure of management to stockholders, limited partners and members of limited...more

Troutman Pepper

Fiduciary Duty Of Disclosure Does Not Apply To Individual Transactions With Equityholders

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In Dohmen v. Goodman, the Delaware Supreme Court declined to impose an affirmative fiduciary duty of disclosure on a general partner arising out of the general partner’s solicitation of capital contributions from a limited...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Delaware Court Precludes Creditors of Limited Partnership From Pursuing Derivative Claims

In several cases since the seminal 2011 Delaware Supreme Court decision CML V LLC v. Bax, which held that creditors of Delaware LLCs lack standing to pursue derivative claims, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of...more

A&O Shearman

Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Court Of Chancery, Finding That General Partner Complied With Obligations Under Limited Partnership...

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On June 8, 2018, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Delaware Court of Chancery’s dismissal of a putative class action challenging the merger of El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. (the “MLP”) with a subsidiary of its general...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Delaware Supreme Court Addresses Limited Partnership Drop-Down Transactions and Conflicts Committees"

The Delaware Supreme Court recently ruled on two appeals from Court of Chancery decisions involving "conflicts committees" of Delaware limited partnerships. Both decisions arise out of challenges to "drop-down" transactions...more

Morris James LLP

Court Of Chancery Explains Scope Of Fiduciary Duty Waiver

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In Re Kinder Morgan Inc. Corporate Reorganization Litigation, C.A. 10093-VCL (August 20, 2015) - This is a great explanation of the scope of the waiver of a general partner or other fiduciary’s duties under the terms...more

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