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Parallel Derivative Action Settlements Update: August 2025

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This page provides an update on Cornerstone Research’s analysis of settlement outcomes for parallel derivative lawsuits, in which a shareholder derivative action features the same or similar allegations as a securities class...more

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Texas Enacts Business-Friendly Reforms in Bid to Dethrone Delaware’s Corporate Dominance

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The Texas Legislature recently has taken Texas-sized steps intended to make the state a more attractive place for companies to form, reincorporate, or relocate, further advancing Texas’s efforts to rival Delaware as a...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Derivative Suit Exposure: More Art Than Science

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Derivative suits are a topic of discussion that continues to challenge directors, officers, and insurers alike. The issue is particularly fraught for individual directors and officers because Delaware-incorporated companies...more

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Can Delaware Exercise Jurisdiction Over Rupert Murdoch?

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In an opinion issued just after Christmas, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster ruled that a derivative lawsuit may proceed against the directors and officers of Fox Corporation.  The plaintiffs are claiming that the directors...more

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Holds Stockholder Vote Following Post-Trial Decision Cannot Retroactively Ratify A Transaction That...

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As we previously reported, in January 2024, the Court held in a stockholder derivative suit against the CEO and directors of a sustainable energy and electric vehicle company (the “Company”) that a record-setting $55.8...more

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