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March 01, 2024
Del. Jury Deadlocks In Roundup User's Cancer Death Trial
A Delaware state jury deadlocked Friday after an 18-day trial on a South Carolina woman's suit blaming Monsanto Corp.'s Roundup herbicide for causing her husband's fatal cancer and seeking millions in damages.
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March 01, 2024
AstraZeneca Challenge To Medicare Drug Price Program Fails
A Delaware federal judge on Friday rejected AstraZeneca's challenge to the Medicare price negotiation program, upholding the Biden administration's argument that the talks are voluntary.
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February 29, 2024
Two More Cos. Hit With 'In Concert' Delaware Bylaw Suits
The number of class actions targeting companies' boards of directors and allegedly "coercive" bylaw provisions continues to grow, as two new investor suits were filed in Delaware's Court of Chancery against Massachusetts payments software company Flywire Corp. and California subscription software company Zuora Inc.
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February 29, 2024
Medtronic Expands Its Bladder Device Patent Fight
Medical device conglomerate Medtronic has opened two more fronts in its fight over a new kind of "neuromodulation solution" for bladder and bowel control issues that's at the center of its ongoing intellectual property dispute with a newer and smaller rival, a recent acquisition of Boston Scientific.
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February 29, 2024
Chancery Preserves Class Suit Over Microsoft-Activision Deal
An Activision Blizzard shareholder that sued in Delaware's Court of Chancery over the company's $68.7 billion sale to Microsoft Corp. got the nod Thursday to move forward with the proposed class action that alleges the merger process may have violated Delaware law.
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February 29, 2024
Lordstown To Pay $25M In SEC Probe Of Overhyped EVs
Bankrupt automaker Lordstown Motors Corp. has agreed to return $25.5 million to shareholders who were allegedly drawn in by false assurances that the company had secured tens of thousands of pre-orders for electric trucks that it didn't even have the parts to build, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday.
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February 29, 2024
Stolen Funds Render FTX Clawback Moot, Embed Parties Say
Parties associated with stock trading platform Embed Financial Technologies told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Thursday that defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading Ltd. can't claw back $240 million from a prepetition acquisition because the funds used to buy Embed were stolen from FTX customers.
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February 29, 2024
US Trustee Opposes Proterra Ch. 11 Plan's Future Exculpation
The Office of the U.S. Trustee objected Thursday to the Chapter 11 plan of electric bus maker Proterra Inc., saying it includes exculpation provisions that would cover actions after it emerges from bankruptcy, and interferes with the payment of required quarterly fees to the trustee's office.
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February 29, 2024
Diamondback Board Conflicted In OK'ing $26B Deal, Suit Says
Shareholders of Diamondback Energy Inc. have hit the company and its directors in Delaware's Chancery Court with a proposed class action, claiming its board members wrongfully voted in their own self-interest when approving Diamondback's $26 billion acquisition of another energy company with terms that will give the board members control over their reelection.
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February 29, 2024
Trump's Truth Social Merger Deal Lands In Del. Chancery
Plans to take former President Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social public came under fire in two Delaware Chancery Court lawsuits Wednesday, with investors on both sides of the deal alleging that the long-delayed merger would cheat them out of their shares.
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February 29, 2024
Yellow Corp. Gets Ch. 11 Control Extended To End Of July
Bankrupt Yellow Freight Corp. has secured an extra 90 days to hold onto the wheel of its Chapter 11 case in Delaware, after citing both the complexity of its case and the "tremendous" progress in selling off its assets.
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February 29, 2024
NJ Towns Can't Sue Netflix, Hulu For Fees, 3rd Circ. Says
Two New Jersey municipalities cannot sue Netflix and Hulu for franchise fees under the state's Cable Television Act, the Third Circuit held Thursday in a precedential opinion, saying the state statute reserves enforcement of the law to the state Board of Public Utilities.
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February 29, 2024
Chancery Rejects Leadership Bid Over Lack Of Del. Counsel
A Delaware vice chancellor has denied a three-firm leadership bid in stockholder litigation over alleged mismanagement at a medical clothing company because no First State attorneys were on the proposed lead counsel team.
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February 28, 2024
Musk, Ex-Twitter Staff Fail To Reach Deal In Severance Dispute
Settlement talks between X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, and a group of former employees have fallen apart, the parties told a Delaware federal judge on Wednesday, asking the judge to lift a stay in their dispute over severance compensation.
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February 28, 2024
Attys Get $750K Fee Award In $6M Med Tech Co. Deal
Class attorneys for minority shareholders of Autonomous Medical Devices Inc. who secured a $6 million settlement to resolve claims about a purportedly underpriced stock sale to an interest of Oracle founder Larry J. Ellison won court approval of the settlement Wednesday, along with a requested $750,000 fee award.
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February 28, 2024
SPAC Investor Says Energy Co. Merger Was Overhyped
An investor of blank-check company Star Peak Energy Transition Corp. has sued several of its current and former directors and controllers, alleging the defendants protected their buy-ins while leaving public investors to suffer losses after the company merged with an energy storage company.
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February 28, 2024
Crown Castle Founder Alleges Entrenchment Bid In Del. Suit
The co-founder of cell tower operator Crown Castle Inc. sued the Texas company Wednesday in Delaware's Court of Chancery, seeking to invalidate a cooperation agreement between its board and activist investor Elliott Investment Management LP.
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February 28, 2024
US Trustee Taps Ex-Prosecutor To Be FTX Examiner
The U.S. Trustee's Office has urged a Delaware bankruptcy judge to allow Robert Cleary, a former U.S. attorney who is now with Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, to investigate FTX's finances as an examiner in the defunct cryptocurrency company's Chapter 11 case.
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February 28, 2024
3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Pfizer Shareholder Suit Coverage Row
Pfizer won't get a second shot at arguing its insurer should indemnify it in a settlement stemming from a 2003 shareholder class action, with the Third Circuit on Wednesday declining the pharmaceutical company's request for an en banc rehearing.
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February 27, 2024
Bankman-Fried Urges No More Than 6.5 Years For FTX Fraud
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried asked a Manhattan federal judge late Tuesday for a sentence that releases him "promptly" after his conviction for stealing billions from customers of the now-collapsed crypto exchange, arguing that federal sentencing guidelines recommend no more than six-and-a-half years in prison.
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February 27, 2024
IP Strategy Co. Seeks Sanctions For Suit Over Patent Deal
Intellectual property strategy and transactions company Transpacific IP has asked the Delaware Chancery Court to sanction Slingshot Technologies LLC more than $400,000 for making "fabricated allegations" in a failed lawsuit over Transpacific's sale of Orange SA network patents.
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February 27, 2024
Del. Jury Urged To Award $142M Roundup Punitive Damages
Attorneys for the family of a South Carolina man whose cancer death was allegedly linked to long working use of Monsanto Corp.'s Roundup herbicide asked a Delaware Superior Court jury Tuesday for $142 million in punitive damages for the company's purported disregard of the product's toxic risk.
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February 27, 2024
Last-Minute Settlement Stops 2nd Catheter Trial In Del.
A second legal fight over patents that cover a type of external catheter for women will not be going before a jury in Wilmington after the two feuding rivals agreed on Tuesday to settle the dispute.
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February 27, 2024
Goldman's $4.6M Exec Compensation Deal OK'd By Chancery
A Delaware Chancery Court judge on Tuesday approved a settlement deal in a derivative suit against Goldman Sachs Group alleging excessive compensation was paid to nonemployee directors, which includes an agreement by the company to change its compensation practices and reduce executives' pay by an estimated $4.6 million.
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February 27, 2024
Payment Software Co.'s Bylaws Spark Class Action In Del.
An investor sued a billing software maker and its board Tuesday in Delaware's Court of Chancery to invalidate what he called "coercive" company bylaw provisions that aim to thwart dissident stockholders from successfully waging a proxy contest.
Expert Analysis
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Opinion
Courts Shouldn't Credit Allegations From Short-Seller Reports
Securities class actions against public companies can extend for years and lead to significant settlements, so courts should not allow such cases with allegations wholly reliant on reports by short-sellers, who have an economic interest in seeing a company's stock price decline, to proceed past the motion to dismiss stage, says Richard Zelichov at DLA Piper.
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Handling Religious Objections To Abortion-Related Job Duties
While health care and pharmacy employee religious exemption requests concerning abortion-related procedures or drugs are not new, recent cases demonstrate why employer accommodation considerations should factor in the Title VII standard set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 Groff v. DeJoy ruling, as well as applicable federal, state and local laws, say attorneys at Epstein Becker.
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Co. Directors Must Beware Dangers Of Reverse Factoring
New accounting requirements governing the disclosure of so-called reverse-factoring programs have revealed billions of dollars worth of hidden liabilities on companies’ ledgers, and directors of corporate boards should review their companies’ books for this hidden danger, say Garland Kelley at Looper Goodwine, Amin Al-Sarraf at Locke Lord and Jill Basinger at Discovery Land.
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Attorneys, Law Schools Must Adapt To New Era Of Evidence
Technological advancements mean more direct evidence is being created than ever before, and attorneys as well as law schools must modify their methods to account for new challenges in how this evidence is collected and used to try cases, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Tips For Litigating Against Pro Se Parties In Complex Disputes
Litigating against self-represented parties in complex cases can pose unique challenges for attorneys, but for the most part, it requires the same skills that are useful in other cases — from documenting everything to understanding one’s ethical duties, says Bryan Ketroser at Alto Litigation.
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What Whistleblowing Trends Mean For Securities Litigation
A recent survey on whistleblowing-related topics suggests several valuable lessons for companies to consider regarding securities and shareholder litigation, and underscores the need to implement and advertise robust whistleblowing policies to employees, say attorneys at Freshfields.
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Del. Dispatch: Lessons From Failed ETE-Williams Merger
Attorneys at Fried Frank delve into the Delaware Supreme Court's recent decision in Energy Transfer v. Williams to highlight the major monetary consequences of a failed merger, and show why merger agreement drafting and factual context are of utmost importance.
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Pro Bono Work Is Powerful Self-Help For Attorneys
Oct. 22-28 is Pro Bono Week, serving as a useful reminder that offering free legal help to the public can help attorneys expand their legal toolbox, forge community relationships and create human connections, despite the challenges of this kind of work, says Orlando Lopez at Culhane Meadows.
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Why Delaware ABCs Are No Longer As Easy As 1-2-3
In light of the Court of Chancery's recent focus on additional disclosures, the assignment for the benefit of creditors process in Delaware may no longer be as efficient as it once was, and companies should be prepared to provide significantly more information leading up to an ABC, say attorneys at Goodwin.
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Series
Playing In A Rock Cover Band Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Performing in a classic rock cover band has driven me to hone several skills — including focus, organization and networking — that have benefited my professional development, demonstrating that taking time to follow your muse outside of work can be a boon to your career, says Michael Gambro at Cadwalader.
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Series
The Pop Culture Docket: Judge Espinosa On 'Lincoln Lawyer'
The murder trials in Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer” illustrate the stark contrast between the ethical high ground that fosters and maintains the criminal justice system's integrity, and the ethical abyss that can undermine it, with an important reminder for all legal practitioners, say Judge Adam Espinosa and Andrew Howard at the Colorado 2nd Judicial District Court.
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How Del. 'Arising Out Of' Ruling May Affect Insurance Cases
The Delaware Supreme Court decision in Ace American Insurance v. Guaranteed Rate focused on a professional services exclusion, but the ruling has wide-ranging application in insurance coverage disputes involving any exclusions that employ "arising out of" or similar prefatory language, say Keith McKenna and Maria Brinkmann at Cohen Ziffer.
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Balancing Justice And Accountability In Opioid Bankruptcies
As Rite Aid joins other pharmaceutical companies in pursuing bankruptcy following the onslaught of state and federal litigation related to the opioid epidemic, courts and the country will have to reconcile the ideals of economic justice and accountability against the U.S. Constitution’s promise of a fresh start through bankruptcy, says Monique Hayes at DGIM Law.
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Unearthing The Lesser-Known 'Buried Facts' Doctrine
A New York federal judge’s recent suggestion that the “buried facts” doctrine may be applicable in the fraud trial of FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried should serve as a reminder to attorneys in all kinds of cases involving corporate disclosures that this lesser-known rule could torpedo their defense, say Corban Rhodes and Li Yu at DiCello Levitt.
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Opinion
Newman Suspension Shows Need For Judicial Reform
The recent suspension of U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman following her alleged refusal to participate in a disability inquiry reveals the need for judicial misconduct reforms to ensure that judges step down when they can no longer serve effectively, says Aliza Shatzman at The Legal Accountability Project.