Chancery Upholds Merger Netting Zero to Common Shareholders

Hokanson v. Petty, 2008 Del Ch. LEXIS 182 (Dec. 10, 2008). This Chancery Court decision could have dismissed claims on a statute of limitations basis alone, but also addressed the merits. One notable aspect of the court's analysis was that it upheld a decision of a board with a majority... Continue Reading...

Supreme Court Decides SEC-presented Delaware Bylaw Issue

CA, Inc. v. AFSCME Employees Pension Plan, (Del. Supr., July 17, 2008), read opinion here.(Revised opinion dated August 15, 2008, available here.) This Delaware Supreme Court decision has been anticipated by the corporate legal world with great interest since oral arguments were heard by Delaware's High Court last week. My... Continue Reading...