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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

I Want You to Want Me. But I Don’t Need You to Need Me: Manti Holdings v. The Carlyle Group and the Meaning of Non-Ratable Benefit...

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Delaware’s rigorous fairness standards for transactions involving controlling shareholders have recently come to the forefront of the Chancery Court’s docket. The Transaction...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Challenges to Sale of Company by Private Equity Controller, Assesses Transaction Under Business...

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On January 7, 2025, Vice Chancellor Glasscock issued a 68-page post-trial decision in Manti Holdings, LLC v. The Carlyle Group Inc., in which he rejected plaintiffs’ claims of breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

M&A in Brief: Q1 2024

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In a letter ruling, the Delaware Chancery Court held that where neither the target nor the acquiror was a Delaware entity, the transaction documents between the parties could not confer jurisdiction in the Chancery Court...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Real World Examples Where Conflicts Tainted a Deal Process, and Other Deals That Were Insulated From Conflicts

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Sometimes when a board is considering a strategic transaction, it may find that a key figure who can influence the deal process — for example, a founder, controller or CEO-negotiator — has a potential conflict of interest....more

Bennett Jones LLP

Securities Regulators Provide Guidance to Improve Transparency for Reporting Issuers in the Cannabis Industry, Providing Lessons...

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On November 12, 2019, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published Multilateral Staff Notice 51-359 Corporate Governance Related Discourse Expectations for Reporting Issuers in the Cannabis Industry ("MSN51-359") to...more

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