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10 Mar 2014, 7:00 am by Morse, Barnes-Brown Pendleton
By: Mary Beth Kerrigan On February 3, 2014, the Delaware Court of Chancery granted defendants’ summary judgment motion in the matter of In re Answers Corporation Shareholders Litigation. [read post]
9 Oct 2017, 12:00 am by Elizabeth Trower
In In re Medtronic Inc., Shareholder Litigation., 2016 WL 6066253 (Minn. 2017), the Supreme Court of Minnesota affirmed in part, and reversed in part Kenneth Steiner’s (“Respondent”) claims asserted in a class-action challenge to Medtronic, Inc. [read post]
11 Apr 2012, 1:50 pm by Edward M. McNally
In re Answers Corporation Shareholders Litigation, C.A. 6170-VCN (April 11, 2012) Directors who are also officers have an interest in a merger when they are to retain their jobs in the merged company. [read post]
16 May 2011, 11:11 am by Edward M. McNally
"   This decision and its recent companion decision,  In Re Answers Corporation Shareholders Litigation, C.A. 6170-VCN (April 11, 2011),  list many deal protection measures that the Court has accepted. [read post]
12 Feb 2007, 4:52 pm
One of the aims of the Companies Act 2006 (or Company Law Reform Bill as it was known prior to enactment in November last year) was to clarify and simplify existing law, such as the Companies Act 1985, as amended, regarding the derivative claim and shareholder litigation. [read post]
Editor’s Note: Robert Monks is the founder of Lens Governance Advisors, a law firm that advises on corporate governance in the settlement of shareholder litigation. [read post]
5 Apr 2019, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
  According to Vice Chancellor Laster’s recent decision in In re Pilgrim’s Pride Derivative Litigation (Del; 3/19), the answer to that question is yes – at least in certain situations. [read post]
16 Jul 2023, 6:44 pm by Franklin C. McRoberts
The answer derives from New York’s closely related preclusionary doctrines of claim preclusion (known as res judicata), and issue preclusion (known as collateral estoppel). [read post]
10 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Peter Mahler
LP (1st Dept 2011), Stone v Frederick (3d Dept 1997), and Giaimo v EGA Associates (1st Dept 2009), cement the concept that, where the by-laws do not overtly give the president the right to commence litigation, and there is board or shareholder deadlock about the propriety of doing so, the president then lacks the authority to bring an action directly in the name of the corporation. [read post]
21 Aug 2023, 4:34 am by Peter Mahler
The point is, given the discrete, fixed-in-time nature of the oppressive acts, rare is the minority shareholder who doesn’t know they’re being oppressed when they’re being oppressed. [read post]
23 Feb 2010, 8:23 am
But if you're an entrepreneur sued in commercial litigation, are you personally responsible for your company's debts? [read post]
20 Apr 2015, 9:17 am by Philip J. Berenz
Courts apply this equitable remedy to avoid improper use of corporate laws meant to shield innocent shareholders and to promote justice. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 3:24 am by Peter Mahler
Pretty much what you expect: The majority shareholder and his attorneys must restore to the corporation all funds paid by the corporation to the law firm. [read post]