Robert Ritchie

Robert Ritchie

Vinson & Elkins LLP

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[CLE Hybrid Event] Proxy Season 2025 – Developments and Trends - September 11th, New York, NY

The 2025 proxy season was marked by policy changes, a shifting regulatory landscape, market volatility and other factors. Our presenters will provide an overview of the material developments and trends that emerged during the...more

8/22/2025  /  Continuing Legal Education , Corporate Governance , Events , Proxy Season , Proxy Statements , Proxy Voting , Publicly-Traded Companies , Shareholder Meetings , Shareholders

Another Magnificent Seven Contemplates Texas: Will Meta Pursue Re-Domiciling in Texas After the Tripadvisor Decision?

The Wall Street Journal reported on January 31, 2025, that Meta Platforms Inc. (formerly Facebook) (NASDAQ: META) was considering a change of its state of incorporation from Delaware to Texas. Shortly afterward, the Delaware...more

2/13/2025  /  Board of Directors , Business Entities , Business Litigation , Corporate Governance , Corporate Restructuring , Delaware , Domicile , Fiduciary Duty , Shareholders , State and Local Government

Delaware Supreme Court Decision Shows Continued Momentum for Caremark Plaintiffs

A recent opinion from the Delaware Supreme Court could be viewed by some as expanding plaintiffs’ ability to viably plead a duty of oversight (or “Caremark”) claim against directors. In Lebanon County Employees’ Retirement...more

1/15/2024  /  Board of Directors , Breach of Duty , Caremark claim , Controlled Substances Act , Corporate Counsel , Corporate Governance , DE Supreme Court , Fiduciary Duty , Opioid , Shareholder Litigation

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies and the Investment Company Act of 1940

Last week, a stockholder in three special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs” – Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd. (“PSTH”), GO Acquisition Corp. and E.Merge Technology Acquisition Corp) brought novel claims against...more

9/1/2021  /  Capital Markets , Capital Raising , Compensation , Initial Public Offering (IPO) , Investment , Investment Companies , Investment Company Act of 1940 , Securities Regulation , Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)

First Coronavirus Stock-Drop Securities Class Action Lawsuits Filed: Are You Prepared For A Resurgence Of These Types of Cases?

Enterprising plaintiffs’ attorneys have already begun seeking to take advantage of the stock market declines that have accompanied the COVID-19 outbreak by filing class action lawsuits alleging that these declines were...more

3/23/2020  /  Burden of Proof , Class Action , Coronavirus/COVID-19 , Misleading Statements , Securities Litigation , Stock Drop Litigation
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