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Delaware Supreme Court Sets High Bar for Counterparty Aiding and Abetting Liability in M&A Deals

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 6/25/2025

The Delaware Supreme Court’s June 17, 2025 decision in In re Columbia Pipeline Group Merger Litigation reversed a $199 million damages award against TC Energy for aiding and abetting breaches by fiduciaries of Columbia...more

‘Mission Critical’ Issues and ‘Red Flags’: What It Means for a Board To Exercise Oversight

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/28/2022

Takeaways - Delaware courts have become more willing to allow stockholders to pursue claims that directors breached their duty to oversee risk management and compliance. Directors are most vulnerable to suits where they have...more

California Court of Appeal Holds that a Corporation’s Direct Cause of Action for Breach of Fiduciary Duty is Legal Rather than...

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/16/2022

In ZF Micro Solutions, Inc. v. TAT Capital Partners, Ltd., 2022 WL 4090879 (Cal. App. Aug. 8, 2022), the Fourth Appellate District of the California Court of Appeal decided, as a matter of first impression, that a...more

Securities Litigation › Fiduciary Duty › Corporate Counsel

Delaware Supreme Court Sets High Bar for Counterparty Aiding and Abetting Liability in M&A Deals

‘Mission Critical’ Issues and ‘Red Flags’: What It Means for a Board To Exercise Oversight

California Court of Appeal Holds that a Corporation’s Direct Cause of Action for Breach of Fiduciary Duty is Legal Rather than...

District Of Delaware Dismisses Suit Against Wireless Technology Company For Failure To Plead Actionable Misstatement

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - October 2021

Recent Delaware Decision Highlights Heightened Board Oversight Requirements in Caremark Cases

Not So Fast! Ninth Circuit Clarifies the Role of Materiality in Triggering SLUSA’s Class Action Bar

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - August 2020

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Delaware Court of Chancery Addresses the “Cleansing Effect” of Stockholder Approval In Post-Closing M&A Damages Actions

Delaware Court Holds Interested Directors Liable for "Fairer Price" In Going Private Transaction

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