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By Abigail Adcox | August 13, 2023
Simulated hearings are common at a small cadre of Big Law firms, including Wilmer, Hogan Lovells, Covington, Akin and Gibson Dunn.
6 minute read
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Elizabeth S. Fenton | August 9, 2023
Delaware has a tool, and it remains underutilized: the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act. The DRAA provides a structure for quick, streamlined and confidential arbitration.
7 minute read
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Ellen Bardash | August 3, 2023
While any shift in how much say corporations need to give shareholders is likely to catch litigators' eye, corporate attorneys say this year's changes affect processes in-house and are not likely to spill over into the courts much, at least not directly.
4 minute read
By Abigail Adcox | July 31, 2023
"It's hard to displace market leaders who have been building a position for decades," noted legal consultant Kent Zimmermann.
7 minute read
By Margaret A. Dale and Mark D. Harris | July 28, 2023
Delaware Chancery Court dismisses shareholder derivative suit challenging Block's acquisition of TIDAL—a music streaming company associated with Jay-Z—for failing to adequately plead demand futility.
7 minute read
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Molly DiBianca | July 26, 2023
The right of a shareholder to demand to inspect a company's books and records may be an important tool but it is not without limits. In a recent decision involving The Walt Disney Co. (Disney), the Delaware Court of Chancery reminded one litigant that disagreement over business decisions, including decisions about a company's position on social issues, is not a proper basis for a shareholder action under Section 220.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Albert H. Manwaring IV | July 19, 2023
In New Enterprise Associates 14. v. Rich, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that a covenant not to sue for breach of fiduciary duties in connection with the exercise of a drag-along provision to approve a merger or sale contained in a voting agreement among sophisticated stockholders in a Delaware general corporation was not facially invalid.
4 minute read
By Thomas P. Kurland and Dakotah M. Burns | July 10, 2023
The court's decision in Mallory could have profound implications for larger-sized companies that operate in multiple states throughout the country. And nowhere is this truer than in New York, where the state's status as a global hotspot for foreign investment has attracted myriad out-of-state companies to register to do business within its borders.
8 minute read
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Kaan Ekiner and Mark E. Felger | July 5, 2023
In this stockholder derivative action, the plaintiff claimed that the defendants—members of Tesla's board of directors—breached their fiduciary duties by awarding themselves excessive and unfair compensation between 2017 and 2020.
8 minute read
By Mylan Denerstein, Lee R. Crain and Gregory V. Momjian | July 4, 2023
If Gov. Kathy Hochul signs the bill, New York state and federal courts would be able to hear lawsuits against out-of-state corporations based on conduct that took place outside of New York simply because the corporation does unrelated business here.
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