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Chancery Dismisses Executive Compensation Action For Failure To Plead Demand Futility

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Eckert v. Hightower, C.A. No. 2024-0569-MTZ (Del. Ch. Mar. 24, 2025) - A board of directors approved compensation packages for the company’s CEO, who also was its controlling stockholder. The CEO was a member of the...more

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Commercial Division Denies Car Dealership Owner’s Motion to Dismiss Suit Brought by Dealership’s Operating Companies, Puts...

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Judge Richard Platkin of Albany County recently handed down a stark reminder to Defendant Walid Darwish: everyone has to follow the rules of the road, even the person who writes the rules and owns all the cars. On April 26,...more

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Delaware Chancery Court Finds Elon Musk May Be Controlling Stockholder of Tesla Motors

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On March 28, 2018, in In re Tesla Motors, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, the Delaware Court of Chancery denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by stockholders of Tesla Motors, Inc. (“Tesla” or the “Company”)....more

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Delaware Chancery Court Declines to Dismiss Fraud Claims Against Private Equity Fund and Directors

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In Great Hill Equity Partners IV, LP v. SIG Growth Equity Fund I, LLLP, the Delaware Court of Chancery denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss fraud-based claims made in connection with Great Hill’s acquisition of Plimus, a...more

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