Plaintiff was not entitled to books and records where record supported finding that parties had failed to reach agreement on essential terms to induct plaintiff as a partner and continued to regard him as an employee.

Although the Delaware General Corporation Law only required a corporate board to approve and recommend an essentially complete version of a merger agreement, the draft version approved by defendants failed to meet this standard by omitting key terms and ancillary documents repeatedly referenced throughout the agreement.

Evidentiary record could support an inference that race played a role in defendant employer's failure to promote plaintiff sufficient to submit plaintiff's racial discrimination claim to the jury, as the promoted individual lacked the minimum qualifications and the reasons for not promoting plaintiff were plausibly inconsistent with his performance evaluations.

Court dismissed inequitable conduct/unclean hands defenses where there were no allegations as to how alleged fraudulent misrepresentations affected the validity of the patent-in-suit and the allegations of fraud failed to meet the particularity requirement.