Eckert v. Hightower, C.A. No. 2024-0569-MTZ (Del. Ch. Mar. 24, 2025) -
A board of directors approved compensation packages for the company’s CEO, who also was its controlling stockholder. The CEO was a member of the...more
Campus Eye Management Holdings LLC v. DiDonato, C.A. No. 2024-0121-LWW (Del. Ch. Aug. 30, 2024) -
This case arose out of a dispute between an optometrist who sold a majority stake in his company to a private equity buyer,...more
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In re Dell Techs. Inc. Class V S’holders Litig., No. 349, 2023 (Del. Aug. 14, 2024) -
After an appeal of the second-largest fee award in Delaware history, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that the Court of Chancery had...more
Stansell v. Rosensweig, C.A. No. 2023-0180-PAF (Del. Ch. June 12, 2024) -
The plaintiff was a stockholder of a company that provided online education resources. Some of the company's customers used its products to cheat on...more
Green v. McClive, C.A. No. 2023-0139-MTZ (Del. Ch. June 3, 2024) -
The plaintiff filed claims against defendant McClive, alleging breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and usurpation of corporate opportunities...more
In re Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. S’holder Litig., C.A. No. 2019-0798-JTL (Del. Ch. Jan. 24, 2024) -
Here, a special committee of the board supported a plan to liquidate the company’s floundering business...more
City of Hialeah Emps. Ret. Sys. v. Insight Venture Partners, C.A. No. 2022-0846-MTZ (Del. Ch. Dec. 28, 2023) -
A venture capital fund invested in two different entities. One of the entities then acquired the other. In the...more
Ramco Asset Mgmt. LLC v. USA Rare Earth, LLC, C.A. No. 2022-0665-SG (Del. Ch. Oct. 20, 2023) -
Plaintiffs brought claims alleging improper dilution of their equity interests when transferring their holdings in an...more
ArchKey Intermediate Holdings Inc. v. Mona, C.A. No. 2021-0383-JTL (Del. Ch. Oct. 3, 2023) -
Parties to a stock purchase agreement disputed post-closing price adjustments. The agreement called for an independent accountant...more
Hoffman v. First Wave BioPharma, Inc., C.A. No. 2023-0097-MTZ (Del. Ch. September 27, 2023) -
A company's board of directors suspected one of its members had leaked the company's financial information to a third party and...more
Cygnus Opportunity Fund, LLC v. Washington Prime Group, LLC, C.A. No. 2022-0718-JTL (Del. Ch. Aug. 9, 2023) -
An Indiana corporation reorganized via bankruptcy into a Delaware LLC, and a senior note holder negotiated for...more
In re AMC Entm't Holdings, Inc. S'holder Litig., Consol. C.A. No. 2023-0215-MTZ (Del. Ch. July 21, 2023) -
In re AMC Entm't Holdings, Inc. S'holder Litig., Consol. C.A. No. 2023-0215-MTZ (Del. Ch. Aug. 11, 2023) -
The...more
In re Dell Techs. Inc. Class V S'holders Litig., C.A. No. 2018-0816-JTL (Del. Ch. July 31, 2023, revised Aug. 22, 2023) -
Stockholders filed class actions in the Court of Chancery challenging the terms of a redemption of a...more
Sciabacucchi v. Howley, C.A. No. 2021-0938-LWW (Del. Ch. July 3, 2023) -
A stockholder filed a derivative action alleging breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment in connection with a board compensation committee’s...more
Simeone v. The Walt Disney Company, C.A. No. 2022-1120-LWW (Del. Ch. June 27, 2023) -
The Walt Disney Company opposed Florida legislation that limits instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida...more
In re Baker Hughes, a GE Company, Derivative Litigation, C.A. No. 2019-0201-LWW (Del. Ch. Apr. 17, 2023) -
After the Court of Chancery made a pleadings stage determination that the demand was futile, a board of directors...more
City of Coral Springs Police Officers' Pension Plan v. Dorsey, C.A. No. 2022-0091-KSJM (Del. Ch. May 9, 2023) -
A terrible business decision does not ensure the Court of Chancery will sustain a derivative claim. A...more
Thermo Fisher Scientific PSG Corp. v. Arranta Bio MA, LLC, C.A. No. 2022-0608-NAC (Del. Ch. Apr. 4, 2023) -
The plaintiff and the defendant entered into a supply agreement under which the defendant would manufacture...more
Harris v. Harris, C.A. No. 2019-0736-JTL (Del. Ch. Jan. 12, 2023) -
Three children filed suit against their mother and her associates, alleging they had seized control of a family-owned corporation and engaged in...more
Haart v. Scaglia, C.A. No. 2022-0145-MTZ (Del. Ch. Aug. 4, 2022) -
In public, a high-powered couple presented themselves as equal owners of an operating company, of which the wife was also the CEO and a director....more
W.D.C. Holdings, LLC v. IPI Partners, LLC, C.A. No. 2020-1026-JTL (Del. Ch. June 22, 2022) -
Two entities entered into a joint venture to develop data centers for Amazon. One entity managed the joint venture day to day,...more
In re Vaxart, Inc. S’holder Litig., Consol. C.A. No. 2020-0767-PAF (Del. Ch. June 3, 2022) -
A small biotechnology company issued a press release that connected the company to the federal government’s Operation Warp Speed...more
Wildfire Productions, L.P. v. Team Lemieux LLC, C.A. No. 2021-1072-PAF (Del. Ch. June 29, 2022) -
The Federal Arbitration Act and the public policy of Delaware favor the resolution of disputes through arbitration....more
BET FRX LLC v. Myers, C.A. No. 2019-0894-KSJM (Del. Ch. Apr. 27, 2022) -
A minority member of a limited liability company had invested $8 million in the LLC. The LLC owned a majority interest in an entity that held a...more
MPM Holdings, Inc. v. Federal Ins. Co., C.A. No. N20C-07-014 MMJ CCLD (Del. Super. Ct. Mar. 17, 2022) -
In recent years, the Delaware Supreme Court has pointed out that directors and officers liability insurance might not...more