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Court of Chancery Issues Rare Pre-Discovery Dismissal of Entire Fairness Claim

By Deepa A. Chari, Ian M. Ross

In February, in an offshoot of the dwindling SPAC boom, the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed a shareholder derivative lawsuit in In re Skillsoft Stockholders Litigation, No. 2023-1179-JTL (Feb. 7, 2025). Notably, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster dismissed the case even though it evaluated the transaction under the demanding entire fairness standard. The court recently denied the plaintiffs’ motion for reargument, briefly noting that it “did not misapprehend any issue of fact or law.” In re Skillsoft Stockholders Litigation, No. 2023-1179-JTL (Mar. 27, 2025).

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Originally published at ma-litigation.sidley.com

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Deepa A. Chari, Ian M. Ross, Court of Chancery Issues Rare Pre-Discovery Dismissal of Entire Fairness Claim, Sidley Austin Blog (April 8, 2025) [The Library at LexBlog, LEX-WK-MA2XJS90, lexpid.org/MA2XJS90]

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