
In its recent decision in Manti Holdings, LLC v. The Carlyle Group Inc., C.A. No. 2020-0657-SG (Del. Ch. Jan. 7, 2025), the Delaware Court of Chancery reaffirmed the high bar plaintiffs must meet to show that a private equity fund’s
The Delaware Supreme Court in Kellner v. Aim Immunotech[1]recently ruled on the enforceability of a “modern” set of advance notice bylaws. Advance notice bylaws are the key tool corporations have to regulate the director nomination process and ensure…
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Founders and controlling stockholders often seek to retain control over their companies even after taking them public, typically via high-vote share classes or, as was at issue in this case, via stockholder agreements granting the pre-IPO owners broad governance…
This is the price paid for allowing our hopes, rather than established law, to guide public merger agreement drafting for the last 18 years. Con Edison v Northeast Utilities[1], a 2005 Second Circuit decision regarding a New York…