15 Aug, 2024 Chancery Enforces Arbitration Provisions for Former Employees’ Claims Against the Company’s Successor By Albert H. Manwaring IV Alena Smith K. Tyler O'Connell Buzzfeed Media Enterprises, Inc. v. Anderson, C.A. 2023-0377-MTZ (Del. Ch. May 15, 2024). The Court of Chancery held that arbitration...
24 Jul, 2024 Controlling Stockholder Transactions That Do Not Involve a Freeze-Out Merger May Satisfy MFW to Obtain Business Judgment Review By Albert H. Manwaring IV Delaware Business Court Insider In Kahn v. M&F Worldwide, 88 A.3d 635 (Del. 2014) (MFW), the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that a...
26 Jun, 2024 Chancery Declines to Exercise Equitable Jurisdiction in a Contract Action to Compel the Release of Funds Held in Escrow By K. Tyler O'Connell Albert H. Manwaring IV Alena Smith Graciano v. Abode Healthcare, Inc., C.A. No. 2022-0728-SG (Del. Ch. Mar. 4, 2024) The Court of Chancery declined to exercise subject...
26 Jun, 2024 Chancery Declines to Exercise Equitable Jurisdiction in a Contract Action to Compel the Release of Funds Held in Escrow By Albert H. Manwaring IV Alena Smith K. Tyler O'Connell Graciano v. Abode Healthcare, Inc., C.A. No. 2022-0728-SG (Del. Ch. Mar. 4, 2024) The Court of Chancery declined to exercise subject...
20 Jun, 2024 Chancery Awards Attorneys’ Fees to the Prevailing Party By K. Tyler O'Connell Albert H. Manwaring IV Alena Smith Malkani v. Cunningham, C.A. 2020-1004-SG (Del. Ch. Feb. 28, 2024) In this decision involving a contractual fee-shifting provision, both...
21 May, 2024 Morris James Attorneys Albert Manwaring and Kirsten Zeberkiewicz Contribute to ABA's Annual Survey on Private Equity and Venture Capital By Albert H. Manwaring IV Kirsten A. Zeberkiewicz Morris James Corporate and Fiduciary Litigation Attorneys Albert Manwaring and Kirsten Zeberkiewicz have contributed to an article titled...
25 Apr, 2024 Chancery Upholds Challenge to TripAdvisor’s Conversion from a Delaware Corporation into a Nevada Entity By Albert J. Carroll Albert H. Manwaring IV Alena Smith Palkon v. Maffei, C.A. 2023-0449-JTL (Del. Ch. Feb. 20, 2024)This decision arose out of TripAdivor’s conversion from a Delaware...
05 Apr, 2024 Chancery Addresses Pleading-Stage Arguments for Dismissal in LLC Dispute By Albert H. Manwaring IV Albert J. Carroll Alena Smith Principal Growth Strategies LLC v. AGH Parent LLC, C.A. 2019-0431-JTL (Del. Ch. January 25, 2024) This decision provides helpful guidance...