Shareholders, Shareholder Litigation, Disclosure

Bermuda Court confirms personal right of action of company directors to end wrongful exclusion

Carey Olsen on 7/24/2025

In two notable recent judgments, the Bermuda Supreme Court ruled that a director of a Bermuda company was entitled to an interim injunction prohibiting the company and its other directors from improperly excluding him from...more

Delaware Court of Chancery Clarifies Heightened Standard for Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees in Disclosure-Based Deal Litigation

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/18/2023

In Anderson v. Magellan Health, Inc., No. 2021-0202, — A.3d —-, 2023 WL 4364524 (Del. Ch. July 6, 2023) (McCormick, C.), the Delaware Court of Chancery addressed the circumstances under which the Court will award a...more

Supreme Court Clarifies Need To Disclose A Director’s Opinions

Morris James LLP on 2/27/2018

Appel v. Berkman, No. 316, 2017 (February 20, 2018) - When seeking stockholder votes it is not always clear when the company must disclose an opinion of an individual director on the merits of the proposed transaction....more

Business Litigation Reporter October 2015

Goodwin on 10/22/2015

Goodwin Procter’s Business Litigation Reporter provides timely summaries of key cases and other developments within dedicated Business Litigation sessions and related courts throughout the country – courts within which...more

Glossary of Important Securities Regulation Terms and Definitions

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 8/20/2015

This Glossary is designed to provide law students taking Securities Regulation with a tool that will assist them in learning the basic language of securities law and achieve a working knowledge of the fundamental principles...more

Is It Worth It For Plaintiffs' Counsel To Gamble On Merger Class Actions in North Carolina?

Brooks Pierce on 1/30/2015

I hadn't written anything yet about the multiple shareholder actions challenging the merger of PokerTek -- a developer and distributor of electronic table (gambling) games -- with Multimedia Games -- another developer and...more

Delaware Court Dismisses Shareholder Class Action Suit Attacking Corporate Merger

Burr & Forman on 7/21/2014

Almost every proposed corporate merger is met with a shareholder suit against the acquiring company, merger target and the target’s board of directors in which the shareholders assert that the board breached its fiduciary...more

The Troubled Track Record of the Proxy Strike Suit

Mintz - Securities & Capital Markets... on 7/8/2014

The recent wave of proxy strike litigation, once thought to be on the rise in 2012 and 2013, has now gone two years without a significant court victory. After one notable early success, decision after decision has gone...more

Highlights From 2013 And Implications For 2014

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 1/27/2014

During 2013 shareholder activism continued to surge and impact corporate-decision making. The Delaware courts also handed down several significant rulings during the year. ...more

What’s New for the 2014 Proxy Season

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 1/13/2014

Unlike in past years, there are no new disclosure requirements which need to be reflected in this year’s proxy statement; however, with ongoing shareholder activism and the desire of companies to communicate effectively with...more

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