In Pell v. Kill, 135 A.3d 764 (Del. Ch. 2016), the Court of Chancery granted a preliminary injunction enjoining the implementation of a plan to reduce the size of a classified board and to reduce the number of directors in the class of directors standing for election at the next annual meeting that was adopted to…

In CDX Holdings, Inc. v. Fox, 141 A.3d 1037 (2016), the Delaware Supreme Court, applying a “clearly erroneous” standard of review, deferred to the Court of Chancery’s findings of fact and upheld the Court of Chancery’s determination that a corporation breached its stock option plan in connection with a spinoff and merger transaction. Caris Life Sciences,…

In In re Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Delaware Derivative Litigation, 2016 WL 2908344 (Del. Ch. May 13, 2016), the Court of Chancery, applying Arkansas law, held that plaintiff stockholders were precluded from arguing demand futility in a derivative action filed in Delaware because the same issue had already been fully litigated and decided in an Arkansas court…

In Solak v. Sarowitz, 2016 WL 7468070 (Del. Ch. Dec. 27, 2016), the Court of Chancery denied in part a motion to dismiss a declaratory judgment and breach of fiduciary duty action challenging a fee-shifting bylaw adopted by the board of directors of Paylocity Holding Corporation (“Paylocity” or the “Company”). The Court rejected a ripeness challenge…

In Sandys v. Pincus, — A.3d —-, 2016 WL 7094027 (Del. Dec. 5, 2016), the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Court of Chancery’s dismissal of a derivative suit for failure to plead demand excusal, holding that plaintiff had pled facts, including co-ownership of an airplane and interlocking business relationships, that created a pleading-stage reasonable doubt as…

In The Huff Energy Fund, L.P. v. Gershen, 2016 WL 5462958 (Del. Ch. Sept. 29, 2016), the Court of Chancery rejected a significant stockholder’s claim that the implementation and adoption of a plan of dissolution was subject to enhanced scrutiny under Revlon and Unocal. Furthermore, finding that the adoption of the plan of dissolution…

This Note presents a wide-ranging legal, political, and strategic examination of the International Criminal Court and its successful landmark prosecution of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi in late 2016. The unprecedented Al Mahdi case furthers the mission and power of the international community to protect cultural heritage, prevent crimes against humanity, and prevent war crimes,…

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 In El Paso Pipeline GP Company, L.L.C. v. Brinckerhoff, No. 103, 2016 (Del. Dec. 20, 2016), the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Court of Chancery’s holding that a limited partner maintained standing to pursue his claims challenging a dropdown transaction after the limited partnership was acquired by merger.  The Supreme Court rejected the Chancery Court’s holding that the plaintiff’s claims arose out of a breach of the partnership agreement and, therefore, were direct in nature.  As the claims were derivative, they passed to the buyer in the merger, thereby extinguishing the plaintiff’s standing.