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Chancery Specifically Enforces “Hell or High Water” Provision To Close Merger

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Desktop Metal, Inc. v. Nano Dimension LTD. And Nano US I, Inc., C.A. No. 2024-1303-KSJM (Del. Ch. Mar. 24, 2025) - Merger agreements often include “reasonable-best-efforts” clauses, requiring one or more of the parties to...more

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Chancery Holds Acquirer Cannot Offset Cost Savings from Failure to Enter Settlement Agreement Against Indemnification Damages

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ITG Brands, LLC v. Reynolds Am., Inc., C.A. No. 2017-0129-LWW (Del. Ch. Mar. 3, 2025) - In this case, the Delaware Court of Chancery had previously held that, under the parties’ acquisition agreement, the...more

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Delaware Chancery Court Enforces Specific Performance and Forces Merger to Close

A recent decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery reinforces the importance of deal certainty, particularly when it comes to efforts-based covenants in merger agreements. In Desktop Metal Inc. v. Nano Dimension Ltd., the...more

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Chancery Finds Merger Validly Amended LLC Agreement and Effectively Removed the LLC’s Manager

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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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