It may seem obvious that “[e]quity cannot bless th[e] deliberate violation of an explicit statutory prohibition,” but in the recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision, TS Falcon I, LLC v. Golden Mountain Financial Holdings Corp., Vice Chancellor Lori Will reminded us of this maxim in the context of setting record dates for annual stockholders’ meetings. 

A recent Delaware decision has demonstrated the limits of the absolute litigation privilege, holding that it did not protect an LLC member from claims that his defamatory statements triggered contractual repurchase rights of his membership interests. Absolute litigation privilege, in Delaware and many other jurisdictions, protects parties from actions for allegedly defamatory statements made during

Acquisitions of biotech companies with development-stage drug candidates often include earnout agreements.  The buyer pays the seller’s stockholders with cash or stock upfront, and the seller’s stockholders are entitled to additional payments if the drug or drugs in development reach certain milestones, often culminating in FDA approval or commercialization.  Achieving those milestones can take many

In July, in Vladimir Gusinsky Revocable Tr. v. Hayes, No. CV 2022‑1124‑MTZ (July 23, 2024), Vice Chancellor Zurn issued an opinion reiterating the high bar a plaintiff must overcome to excuse demand.

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A recent decision from the Delaware Court of Chancery, Gurney-Goldman v. Goldman, C. A. 2023-1124-JTL (July 12, 2024), addressed a matter of first impression: What is the power of an estate’s executor to exercise an LLC member’s corporate governance rights after that member dies or becomes disabled? The case reveals a tension between the “pick

On remand from the Delaware Supreme Court, the Court of Chancery has awarded XRI more than $6 million in litigation expenses and recoupment of fees advanced to a former LLC member who breached the governing LLC Agreement.  XRI Inv. Holdings LLC v. Holifield, C.A. No. 2021-0619-JTL (July 24, 2024).  The former LLC member, Gregory Holifield,

Last month, in Bricklayers Pension Fund of Western Pennsylvania v. Brinkley, Delaware’s Court of Chancery dismissed a stockholder plaintiff’s derivative suit against the directors and officers of Centene Corporation for purported breaches of fiduciary duty in connection with their oversight of company compliance with Medicaid laws and regulations.  The Court concluded that the plaintiff