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Keeping Up with Delaware Appraisal Jurisprudence Since Aruba: Deal Price Reigns Supreme, But Will Recent Decision Lead to More Arbitrage?

Cooley M&A

In a string of seminal decisions from 2017 through 2019 ( DFC Global , Dell and Aruba ), the Delaware Supreme Court re-shaped appraisal jurisprudence, in each case by overturning the Court of Chancery for failing to give adequate weight to deal price as the most reliable indicator of fair value. In the Delaware appraisal decisions that have followed, the court has consistently found deal price (minus synergies) to be the most reliable indicator of fair value, so long as there was a sufficiently

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Dismisses Caremark Claims For Failure To Plead Demand Futility

Shearman & Sterling

On June 28, 2021, Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights of the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed a derivative lawsuit brought by a stockholder of FedEx Corporation (the "Company") against the Company's directors for failure to plead that pre-suit demand on the board would have been futile. Pettry v. Smith, et al., No. 2019-0795-JRS (Del.

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Are corporate bond valuations disconnected from fundamentals?

Barkclays

Barclays Research analysts Jeff Meli and Brad Rogoff debate whether near record high corporate bond valuations have come unmoored from market fundamentals. Barclays Research analysts Jeff Meli and Brad Rogoff debate whether near record high corporate bond valuations have come unmoored from market fundamentals.

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Dismisses Caremark Claims For Failure To Plead Demand Futility

Shearman & Sterling

On June 28, 2021, Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights of the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed a derivative lawsuit brought by a stockholder of FedEx Corporation (the "Company") against the Company's directors for failure to plead that pre-suit demand on the board would have been futile. Pettry v. Smith, et al., No. 2019-0795-JRS (Del.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?