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A&O Shearman

Creative deal structures help life sciences innovators ride out the macro storm

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Globally, market volatility has eroded confidence and subdued M&A activity. A “wait and see” approach is the prevailing sentiment for many market participants; it is difficult to convince boards to advance deals while...more

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Delaware Court Awards More Than $180 Million for Breach of Commercially Reasonable Efforts Obligation in Drug Development...

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On June 11, 2025, the Delaware Court of Chancery found Alexion Pharmaceuticals liable for more than $180 million in damages to former stockholders of Syntimmune, Inc., following the Court’s September 2024 ruling that Alexion...more

TransPerfect Legal

What’s Trending: Milestone Disputes in Life Sciences Litigation

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Earlier this month, the ACC hosted an illuminating panel presentation on Life Sciences Litigation: A Look at Milestone Disputes & Recent Trends. Panelists included Lauri Mims and Jennifer Huber, both Partners at Keker Van...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Sustained or Transitory? Delaware Court of Chancery Finds No MAE Absent Proof of Durationally Significant Effect on Business

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Prior to the Delaware Court of Chancery’s opinion in Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG, C.A. No. 2018-0300-JTL, 2018 WL 4719347 (Del. Ch. Oct. 1, 2018), aff’d 198 A.3d 724 (Del. 2018), no Delaware court had found the existence...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Akorn v. Fresenius: Important Practical Lessons from First-Ever Material Adverse Effect

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On October 1, in Akorn v. Fresenius Kabi, the Delaware Court of Chancery for the first time found that a material adverse effect — or MAE — had occurred in a merger transaction, which, combined with other breaches of the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

MAE is MIA No Longer: Delaware Court Upholds Use of “Material Adverse Event” Clause for the First Time

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In Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG, the Delaware Chancery Court held that Fresenius, a German pharmaceutical company, was justified in invoking a “material adverse event” (MAE) clause to terminate its $4.8 billion merger...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Akorn v. Fresnius Kabi: Delaware Court Provides Guidance on What Constitutes a Material Adverse Event

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A Delaware Chancery Court has allowed a buyer to cancel a deal based on a material adverse effect. The decision is believed to be the first of its kind in Delaware. In Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG, the Delaware Court...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Delaware Judge Finds Elusive MAC—Does It Change Anything?

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Purchasers of businesses often want an "escape hatch" prior to closing if the target business suffers a "material adverse change" (or a "material adverse effect"). Historically, based on court decisions primarily out of the...more

A&O Shearman

Delaware Court Of Chancery Rules For The First Time That MAE Justifies Termination Of Deal

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In a first-of-its-kind ruling, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled post-trial that Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA (“Fresenius”) properly terminated its $4.3 billion agreement to acquire Akorn,...more

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Delaware Court of Chancery Finds a Material Adverse Effect and Permits Termination of Merger Agreement

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In a 246-page post-trial decision issued this week, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that a buyer could terminate a $4.75 billion public company acquisition because of material adverse effects that had occurred at the...more

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