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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Delaware Chancery Court Finds Private Equity Majority Owner Not Liable to Minority Investors Where LLC Agreement Waived Fiduciary...

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In a recent decision, the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed breach of fiduciary duty claims asserted by minority unitholders in connection with the acquisition of CityMD by VillageMD.  In Kahn, et al. v. Warburg Pincus, et...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Delaware Court of Chancery Allows Amendment of LLC Agreement to Permit Disparate Consideration Where Amendment Provisions Were...

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In Faiz Khan and Ralph Finger v. Warburg Pincus, LLC et al., the Delaware Court of Chancery held that the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing was not applicable to a private equity sponsor’s amendment of a limited...more

Jones Day

Controlling Stockholder Exercising Voting Power as Stockholder to "Change the Status Quo" Owes Fiduciary Duties

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The Background: After unsuccessfully trying to convince the special committee not to implement a plan to liquidate a business line, which the controlling stockholder believed would destroy value, the controlling stockholder...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

The “Golden Share”: All That Glitters Is Not Gold

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A recent, highly anticipated ruling by a Bankruptcy Court in Delaware has reilluminated the concept of a "golden share". While an appeal of the ruling seems likely, this latest ruling by Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Mary F....more

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