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DELAWARE SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT BOARD MEMBERS WHO DO NOT OWN SHARES LACK STANDING TO FILE A DERIVATIVE SUIT
25 Feb 2008, 3:30 pm
  “Given the absence of statutory authority” for such an expansion, and given the absence of evidence that such standing would be necessary to “prevent a complete failure of justice,” the court concluded that a stockholder derivative action, and not a non-stockholder board member action, was the better way to redress any injury resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty by a corporate board.For further information, please contact John… [read post]
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California Court of Appeal Holds That State Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Securities Act Class Actions Unless the Action Is a "Covered Class Action" and Involves a "Covered Security" Under SLUSA
31 May 2011, 10:58 am
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Alejandro Moreno at (619) 338-6664. [read post]
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Delaware Chancery Court Clarifies When Corporate Officers and Directors are Entitled to Mandatory Indemnification Under DGCL § 145
19 Mar 2012, 2:49 pm
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Alejandro E. [read post]
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Delaware Chancery Court Enjoins Stockholder Vote For Lack Of Adequate Disclosures In Proxy Statement
21 Jun 2010, 1:20 pm
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Taraneh Fard at (213) 617-5492. [read post]
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DELAWARE CHANCERY COURT DECLINES TO ENJOIN MERGER, RECOGNIZING HIGH BURDEN TO SUCCEED IN ENJOINING PREMIUM TRANSACTION IN ABSENCE OF COMPETING BID
15 Nov 2007, 2:30 pm
”  Because the transaction was a premium transaction in the absence of a competing bid, the court required plaintiffs to meet an especially high burden to support an injunction.For further information, please contact John Stigi at (213) 617-5589 [read post]
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Fifth Circuit Requires More than "Tangential Relationship" Between Alleged Fraud and Transactions in "Covered Securities" to Support Dismissal Under the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998
30 Mar 2012, 10:56 am
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Taraneh Fard at (213) 617-5492. [read post]
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Delaware Chancery Court Holds That Granting "Spring-Loaded" Stock Options to Executives Without Full Disclosure to Shareholders Violates Fiduciary Duties
2 Nov 2007, 11:44 am
”The Chancellor ultimately held that where the court may reasonably infer that a board of directors later concealed the nature of a grant of stock options, the court may further conclude that those options were not granted consistent with a fiduciary’s duty of loyalty.For further information, please contact  John Stigi at (213) 617-5589. [read post]
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"LITERALLY TRUE" STATEMENT IN A PROSPECTUS CAN STILL SUPPORT A FEDERAL SECURITIES CLAIM IF, IN CONTEXT, THE STATEMENT IS MATERIALLY MISLEADING
7 Jan 2008, 12:01 pm
  It is important for companies to resist the temptation to draft disclosures too finely, as those disclosures often will be judged both in hindsight and in context from the perspective of a reasonable stock market investor, not the perspective of a high-powered corporate attorney.For further information, please contact John Stigi at (213) 617-5589 or Christina Costley at (805) 879-1818. [read post]
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Delaware Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Relief A Shareholder Is Entitled For Inspection Of Corporate Books And Records Pursuant To A Section 220 Demand
9 Dec 2011, 9:48 am
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Taraneh Fard at (213) 617-5492. [read post]
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California Federal District Court Holds That Section 1312(a) of the California Corporations Code Provides the Exclusive Remedy For Minority Shareholders Seeking to Challenge a Proposed Merger
18 Jul 2012, 12:20 pm
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Taraneh Fard at (213) 617-5492. [read post]
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California Court of Appeal Refuses to Permit an Action for Rescission of a Strategic Transaction, Holding That a Board Has No Duty Under California Law to Include a "Fiduciary Out"
22 Aug 2011, 11:10 am
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Alejandro E. [read post]
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In A Case Of First Impression, Delaware Chancery Court Holds That Preferred Stockholders Have The Right To Bring Derivative Actions
21 Jun 2010, 1:08 pm
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Amir Torkamani at (213) 617-4180. [read post]
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California Court of Appeal Interprets "Controlling Person" Liability Under State and Federal Securities Laws
27 May 2011, 5:50 am
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Laura Waluch at (213) 617-5423. [read post]
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First Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Securities Fraud Action Based Upon Immateriality of Allegedly Omitted Information
27 Jul 2012, 9:45 am
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Valentina Shenderovich at (212) 634-3019. [read post]
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Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Chancery Court Dismissal Of Derivative Plaintiff's Section 220 Books And Records Action
4 Feb 2011, 4:52 am
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717. [read post]
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Second Circuit Holds That SEC Need Not Prove "Proximate Cause" for Aiders and Abettors Under Section 20(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
15 Aug 2012, 10:13 am
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Martin White at (415) 774-3233. [read post]
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Eleventh Circuit Reverses In Part Securities Fraud Judgment Against Clearing Broker in an Action Brought by the SEC
18 Jun 2012, 7:00 am
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Taraneh Fard at (213) 617-5492. [read post]
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Eighth Circuit Applies Negligence Standard to SEC Enforcement Claims for Violations of Section 14(a) and Rules 14a-9, 13b2-1 and 13b2-2
26 Aug 2013, 7:00 am by Sheppard Mullin
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Robin Achen at (213) 617-5579. [read post]
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District of Columbia and Seventh Circuits Allow for Corporate Liability Under The Alien Tort Statute, Splitting With Second Circuit
18 Aug 2011, 5:15 am
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Dan Brooks at (202) 469-4916. [read post]
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Ninth Circuit Holds that SOX Whistleblower Provisions Do Not Protect Leaks to the Media
10 May 2011, 1:48 pm by Sheppard Mullin
For further information, please contact John Stigi at (310) 228-3717 or Evgenia Fkiaras at (415) 774-2939. [read post]
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