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31 Jul 2013, 6:11 am by Steven M. Haas, Hunton & Williams LLP,
Unfortunately, stockholder litigation brought against small-cap M&A deals can significantly increase the cost of the transaction. [read post]
Editor's Note: William Savitt is a partner in the Litigation Department of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. [read post]
8 Aug 2017, 6:02 am
Although litigation in proxy contests—whether actual or threatened—is not new, this ruling illustrates how dissident stockholders can use offensive disclosure litigation to influence proxy advisors’ recommendations and win a stockholder vote. [read post]
21 Mar 2021, 7:28 am
The board of The Williams Companies (“Williams”), in March 2020, became the only S&P 500 company to respond to the volatility of the pandemic by adopting a shareholder rights plan (also known as a poison pill). [1] On February 26, 2021, Vice Chancellor McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery enjoined the Williams poison pill in her post-trial opinion in The Williams Companies Stockholder Litigation.… [read post]
20 Mar 2021, 6:45 am
On February 26, 2021, the Delaware Court of Chancery (McCormick, V.C.) issued a memorandum opinion in The Williams Companies Stockholder Litigation enjoining a “poison pill” stockholder rights plan adopted by The Williams Companies, Inc. [read post]
7 May 2016, 6:29 am
Posted by William Savitt, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, on Saturday, May 7, 2016 Editor's Note: William Savitt is a partner in the Litigation Department of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. [read post]
1 Mar 2021, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
On Friday, Vice Chancellor Kathleen McCormick issued an 88-page opinion in The Williams Companies Stockholders Litigation, (Del. [read post]
9 Aug 2017, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
This Hunton & Williams memo discusses how a dissident was able to effectively use disclosure litigation to flip ISS’s recommendation & turn the tide in a proxy fight. [read post]
Lewkow, Neil Whoriskey, and Julie Yip-Williams, and is part of the Delaware law series, which is co-sponsored by the Forum and Corporation Service Company; links to other posts in the series are available here. [read post]
7 Oct 2015, 6:10 am
Posted by William Savitt, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Editor's Note: William Savitt is a partner in the Litigation Department of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. [read post]
14 Mar 2021, 8:04 am
As the new leadership of the Securities and Exchange Commission considers the agency’s regulatory priorities, they might take note of the recent decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery in The Williams Companies Stockholder Litigation. [read post]
29 Apr 2018, 7:04 am
Stockholder Litigation, the Delaware Court of Chancery denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by stockholders of Tesla Motors, Inc. [read post]