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Vinson & Elkins LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Sets High Bar for Counterparty Aiding and Abetting Liability in M&A Deals

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The Delaware Supreme Court’s June 17, 2025 decision in In re Columbia Pipeline Group Merger Litigation reversed a $199 million damages award against TC Energy for aiding and abetting breaches by fiduciaries of Columbia...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Supreme Court of Canada to Decide Scope of “Material Change” With Far-Reaching Consequences for Securities Class Actions

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The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) is set to issue its decision in Lundin Mining Corporation v Dov Markowich (Markowich). This highly anticipated SCC decision regarding disclosure obligations could alter the landscape for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Delaware Court of Chancery Applies MFW Factors to ‘Reverse Spinoff

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The Court of Chancery’s decision in In re Match Group, Inc. Derivative Litigation1 is the latest example of how the Delaware Supreme Court’s watershed 2014 decision in Kahn v. M & F Worldwide Corp. (MFW)2 has been applied to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

‘Mission Critical’ Issues and ‘Red Flags’: What It Means for a Board To Exercise Oversight

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Takeaways - Delaware courts have become more willing to allow stockholders to pursue claims that directors breached their duty to oversee risk management and compliance. Directors are most vulnerable to suits where they have...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Recent Delaware Decision Highlights Heightened Board Oversight Requirements in Caremark Cases

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The Delaware Court of Chancery on Sept. 7, 2021, allowed a derivative stockholder lawsuit to proceed against The Boeing Company (Boeing), alleging that Boeing's board of directors breached their fiduciary duties by failing to...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Finds Fraud Insurable

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In a recent decision, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that insuring against fraud does not per se violate Delaware public policy and held that the insured’s D&O policy covered claims alleging securities fraud. RSUI Indemnity...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

California Superior Courts Enforce Delaware Corporations’ Federal Forum Provision For Securities Act Lawsuits

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In recent decisions, two separate California Superior Courts have upheld federal forum provisions (“FFP”) in governing corporate documents to preclude state court actions under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Securities and Other Shareholder Litigation in the Wake of COVID-19

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The current bear market began only a month ago and the securities plaintiffs’ bar wasted no time bringing its first set of actions. The stock market decline caused by COVID-19 has led to economic conditions this country has...more

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The Event Driven #MeToo Lawsuit: An Update on the CBS Securities Class Action

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Last June, we wrote a Legal Update on Recent Developments in Securities Litigation: The "Event Driven" #MeToo Lawsuit. Event driven securities litigation is where negative events, instead of financial misstatements or...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The Next Big Thing: Data Breach Securities Class Action Litigation

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Shareholders may have found a new hook for data security lawsuits. Over the past year, plaintiffs have filed nine federal class action securities fraud lawsuits against public companies after data security incidents,...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

2016 Securities and M&A Litigation Year in Review

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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is pleased to present its 2016 Securities and M&A Litigation Year in Review. This report covers some of the major developments in securities and M&A litigation over the past year. ...more

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