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Insurers Owe Coverage for Settlement Despite Bump-Up Provision

JD Supra: Mergers

On December 4, 2019, the insured media company merged with another media company. Stockholders brought several lawsuits challenging the merger and asserted claims for breach of fiduciary duty against the insured’s directors, officers, and controlling stockholders for their roles in negotiating and. By: Wiley Rein LLP

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Delaware Supreme Court Revives Stockholder Claims, Finding MFW Protections Were Not In Place Prior To Economic Negotiations

Shearman & Sterling

On April 5, 2019, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed in part and affirmed in part a decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery that had dismissed a stockholder challenge to an all-stock business combination between Earthstone Energy, Inc. ("Earthstone") and Bold Energy III LLC ("Bold"). April 5, 2019). 392, 2018 (Del.

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Cooley’s 2019 Tech M&A Year in Review

Cooley M&A

In the wake of record-setting volume and value metrics in 2018, practitioners eyed the 2019 deal market with healthy skepticism. Despite a slight downward tick in momentum and overall deal statistics, 2019 remained a robust, dynamic and competitive market with tech deals outpacing other sectors in both volume and critical features.

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Delaware Supreme Court Revives Stockholder Claims, Finding MFW Protections Were Not In Place Prior To Economic Negotiations

Shearman & Sterling

On April 5, 2019, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed in part and affirmed in part a decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery that had dismissed a stockholder challenge to an all-stock business combination between Earthstone Energy, Inc. ("Earthstone") and Bold Energy III LLC ("Bold"). April 5, 2019). 392, 2018 (Del.

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Introducing a New Term: ‘Negotiauctions’

Focus Investment Banking

I recently learned that two separate tire/service chains I had met with over the years had each transacted with single buyers that knocked on their doors in what we call a “negotiated” transaction. We saw how in 2019, Les Schwab Tire Centers publicly announced that they hired Goldman Sachs to sell the company.

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Holds That A Special Committee Must Be Constituted Ab Initio In Order To Cleanse A Transaction Involving A Conflicted Board Majority

Shearman & Sterling

2019-0048-SG (Del. Although defendants did not contest that a majority of the board was conflicted, they argued that the claims should be dismissed under the business judgment rule because the deal was negotiated and approved by a special committee of unconflicted directors. prior to substantive economic negotiations."

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As the generative AI craze rages on, Ramp acquires customer support startup Cohere.io

TechCrunch: M&A

The deal marks Ramp’s first acquisition since it bought Buyer , a “negotiation-as-a-service” platform that claimed to save its clients money on big-ticket purchases such as annual software contracts, in August of 2021 and second since its 2019 inception. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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