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On February 2, 2018, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed a stockholder challenge to the buyout of Synutra International Inc. ("Synutra") in a squeeze-out merger by a controlling stockholder group. In re Synutra International Inc. Stockholder Litigation, C.A. 2017-0032 (Del. 3d 635 (Del.
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