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Chancery Court Applies Onerous Entire Fairness Standard in First SPAC-Related Decision

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In one of the first decisions to analyze fiduciary duty claims in the context of a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger, the Delaware Chancery Court recently sustained the legal viability of a putative...more

Locke Lord LLP

Delaware Court of Chancery Applies Revlon, Not Business Judgment Rule, Despite Stockholder Approval in In re Mindbody, Inc.

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Despite having stockholder approval of the $1.9 billion take-private sale of the wellness technology company Mindbody, Inc. to Vista Equity Partners Management LLC, the Delaware Court of Chancery at the motion to dismiss...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Delaware Court of Chancery Issues Important Decision on Recapitalizations and Dual-Class Structures Involving Controlling...

On December 11, 2017, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a decision that will be important for companies looking to implement measures to extend or make changes to dual-class voting structures and for companies with...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Recent New York Court of Appeals Decisions: Court Adopts Standard of Review for Going-Private Mergers (5/16)

On May 5, 2016, the New York Court of Appeals ruled on the standard of review applicable to a going-private merger in Matter of Kenneth Cole Prods, Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litig. In particular, the Court considered...more

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Informed Approval of M&A Transactions by Disinterested Stockholders Invokes the Business Judgment Rule

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In Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings LLC, No. 629, 2014 (Del. Oct. 2, 2015), the Delaware Supreme Court sitting en banc unanimously affirmed the Delaware Court of Chancery decision that the voluntary judgment of the fully...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Business Judgment Rule Applies to Merger Approved by Informed, Disinterested Stockholders

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Delaware Supreme Court’s ruling provides additional grounds for dismissal in post-closing stockholder litigation regarding mergers that are not subject to entire fairness review. Introduction - Clarifying a...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Good News for Compensation Committees

With executive compensation under fire from seemingly all directions these days, it’s nice to get some good news occasionally. In this case, that news comes via the Delaware Chancery Court’s recent decision in Friedman v....more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Mergers & Acquisitions Glossary

This Glossary contains many of the important terms and definitions used in the M&A world. The Glossary is not exhaustive, however. Like most areas of the law, M&A is a highly complex subject that involves several legal and...more

Morris James LLP

Court of Chancery Dismisses Derivative Claims Even Though Entire Fairness Arguably Applied

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Delaware’s requirements for stockholders to maintain derivative actions reflect the twin principles of director management and control and accountability. Because directors manage the business and affairs of Delaware...more

Carlton Fields

Delaware Court Rejects Entire Fairness Standard in Cablevision Compensation Fight

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Vice Chancellor John W. Noble, of the Delaware Chancery Court, last month refused a shareholder’s attempt to second guess Cablevision’s independent compensation committee’s decision to award the company’s founder and...more

Allen Matkins

No Calm In Delaware After Calma v. Templeton

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In derivative suits, cases are essentially lost and won at the motion to dismiss stage.  Unless the defendants succeed in winning dismissal, they must confront an unhappy choice between continued litigation with all of its...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Plaintiffs Must Specifically Plead Non-Exculpated Claims Against Disinterested Directors in...

In In re Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. Stockholder Litigation/Leal v. Meeks, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed decisions of the Delaware Chancery Court denying director-defendants’ motions to dismiss breach of fiduciary...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Director Compensation After Calma v. Templeton: Proactive Steps to Consider

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Delaware case exposes director compensation to heightened “entire fairness” standard absent adequate stockholder ratification - The Delaware Court of Chancery recently decided a case that makes it easier for plaintiffs...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Minority Shareholders' Alleged Control of Management and Operations Does Not Establish Domination of the Board

Emphasizing the demanding pleading standards a shareholder must meet to show that a minority shareholder controls a board of directors, on November 25, Vice Chancellor Glasscock dismissed claims for breach of fiduciary duties...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Entire Fairness Review in Absence of Conflicted Transaction

On October 24, the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed a lawsuit filed by certain minority stockholders of Crimson Exploration, Inc. in In re: Crimson Exploration Inc. Stockholder Litigation, C.A. No. 8541-VCP (Del. Ch. Oct...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Delaware Court of Chancery Provides Guidance on Controlling Stockholder Issues

In a new decision, In re Crimson Exploration Inc. Stockholder Litigation, Vice Chancellor Donald Parsons of the Delaware Court of Chancery provides guidance on when, particularly in the deal context, a significant but...more

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