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Dilution Claim in Which a Controller Received Additional Shares in Exchange for Its Interests, Was Exclusively Derivative

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Gentile v. Rossette, 906 A.2d 91, 100 (Del. 2006), held that dilution claims involving a controller can be both derivative and direct. In Gentile, the Delaware Supreme Court found that dilution claims, challenging a...more

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Supreme Court Chips Away at Concept of Direct And Derivative Claims

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Just in time for Christmas, on December 20, 2016, the Delaware Supreme Court issued a Christmas present – or lump of coal, depending on your view – in its opinion in El Paso Pipeline GP Company LLC v. Brinckerhoff. In this...more

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