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Delaware Law Alert: Chancery Court Applies Conditional Probability to Calculate Damages in Earnout Dispute

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A recent Delaware Chancery Court opinion offers a significant example of how courts may apply complex probability analysis to determine the amount of damages in an earnout dispute. The case arose from Alexion Pharmaceuticals,...more

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Earnouts in M&A Transactions: Recent Decisions From Delaware

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In 2024, Delaware courts issued multiple instructive decisions on earnout provisions in life sciences M&A transactions. ...more

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Delaware Law Alert: Chancery Court Clarifies Delaware’s Position on Sandbagging and the Use of a Transaction Multiple to Calculate...

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AT A GLANCE - The Delaware Chancery Court has issued a notable opinion that confirms Delaware’s position as a pro-sandbagging jurisdiction and clarifies when damages may be computed using a transaction multiple. We...more

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Delaware Law Alert: Efforts Standards in Life-Sciences Earnout Provisions

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In two significant recent opinions, the Delaware Chancery Court ruled against the buyers of life sciences companies, holding that they failed to apply commercially reasonable efforts to achieve earnout milestones. In Fortis...more

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Choose Your Words Carefully: Three Recent Earnout Cases Under Delaware Law

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When the prospects of an acquired business are uncertain, an earnout can bridge the valuation gap between buyer and seller and help get the deal done. Taking this route is not without risk, however, particularly where...more

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Yonder Window Breaks: Earnout Covenants in Acquisitions

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Earnouts, which provide sellers payouts if certain post-closing milestones are reached, have become increasingly popular in recent M&A transactions given today’s uncertain regulatory and financial climate.  Inflation, supply...more

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[Webinar] Post-Merger & Acquisition Dispute Resolution - December 7th, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST

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Global Investigations expert Frank Lazzara, CPA, CFF, ABV, CFE, and Economic Damages & Valuations expert David Golbahar, CPA, CFF, CGMA, will present a one-hour* course, which will cover: - An overview of purchase price...more

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COVID-19 and Merger Litigation: Takeaways After Two Years

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Before the pandemic, it was generally accepted that establishing an MAE was very difficult—indeed, only one case in Delaware, 2018's Akorn v. Fresenius Kabi, had ever found that an MAE occurred. Following the pandemic, this...more

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“Commercially Reasonable Best Efforts”: B.C. Court Provides Guidance in Context of Purchase and Sale Contract

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In Sutter Hill Management Corporation v. Mpire Capital Corporation (Sutter), the British Columbia Court of Appeal found that the acquiror of an Abbotsford, B.C. care home had breached the purchase and sale agreement by...more

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Damages for Reps and Warranties Breaches

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When one party to an M&A agreement alleges that the other breached its representations and warranties, the damages analysis can be complex, depending on the terms of the agreement. Generally, a claim for indemnification due...more

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The Perils of Using Baseball Arbitration to Resolve RWI Policy Disputes

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In the world of M&A and private equity deals, buyer-side representation and warranties insurance (RWI) transfers the risk of a seller’s representation to an insurer. To adequately safeguard the insurer, it therefore becomes...more

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Value Claim: Non-Recurring Impact of Unknown Business or Operational Issue

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RWI valuation claims often arise from a breach of financial statement representation and warranties where the buyer asserts that the transaction was over-valued because prior earnings, on which the purchase price was based,...more

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Breach vs. Loss

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Does a seller’s breach of representations and warranties in a merger and acquisition (M&A) transaction automatically entitle the buyer to compensation?...more

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RWI Claims That Keep You Up at Night

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No One Likes a Bad Deal- Sometimes an acquired company’s revenues and earnings decline substantially following an acquisition. The investment is worth less to the new owner and the reputations of the deal team that...more

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Court Of Chancery Favors Plain Language In Earn-Out Dispute And Declines To Imply Contractual Terms

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Greenstar IH Rep. LLC v. Tutor Perini Corporation, C.A. No. 12885-VCS (Oct. 31, 2017) - With every contract under Delaware law comes the obligation to not act so as to deprive the counter party of the benefit of its...more

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