About two years ago, we wrote a post about a series of high-profile M&A cases in the Delaware Court of Chancery that highlighted the...
A Fresh Take
Insights on US legal developments
/Passle/5e8c58ad3dccd208784b45a3/MediaLibrary/Images/2025-05-20-17-56-03-311-682cc2337f300619aaccb39a.png)
Thank you to the in-person attendees who packed the “sold-out” venue and the hundreds who joined virtually at the 11th Annual Spring...
Delaware’s entire fairness doctrine – response to which in part drove the SB 21 amendments to Delaware corporate law enacted on March 25,...
/Passle/5e8c58ad3dccd208784b45a3/MediaLibrary/Images/6422fc8af636ea18f044f5d7/2023-12-18-17-12-06-317-65807d663657974d8116deff.png)
A new 133-page opinion by the Delaware Court of Chancery highlights risks to the enforceability of agreements between Delaware...
/Passle/5e8c58ad3dccd208784b45a3/MediaLibrary/Images/5e7cb459342a4f03803cef70/2021-02-05-19-53-09-725-601da2255354890560beaf3e.jpg)
The recent post-trial opinion by the Delaware Court of Chancery in In re Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc. Stockholder...
The Freshfields team has subsequently published an update on this topic, which can be found here. A trio of recent, high-profile M&A...
Eight years ago, the Delaware Supreme Court in Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp. (“MFW”),[1] affirmed then-Chancellor Strine’s decision holding...
Amendments to the charters of Delaware corporations are advisable as a result of a new amendment, effective August 1, 2022, to the...
Thank you to the over 200 in-person and several hundred virtual attendees at the 8th Annual Berkeley Spring Forum on M&A and the...
/Passle/5e8c58ad3dccd208784b45a3/MediaLibrary/Images/5dad74218cb623000828a1ec/2021-01-21-15-57-44-299-6009a478e5416a0a5c2838e8.jpg)
Vice Chancellor Laster’s recent opinion in Goldstein v. Denner provides a useful reminder of the importance of documenting board...
The following article was published by Corporate Counsel on March 21, 2022. Click here to view. Republished with permission. In the last...
In a much-anticipated decision, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued its first opinion involving shareholder challenges to de-SPAC...