Shareholder Class & Derivative Litigation

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As shapers of Delaware corporate law, clients and counsel routinely turn to us to handle their most complex and sophisticated corporate disputes, including shareholder class and derivative cases before the Delaware Court of Chancery.

We have a distinguished track record in representing boards of directors, special committees and acquirors in shareholder class and derivative actions challenging mergers, acquisitions, going private transactions, and other disputes involving Delaware corporations, master limited partnerships, limited liability corporations, and other alternative entities.

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  • Mergers & Acquisitions: A Delaware Checklist
    Publication, 02.2025

    Morris Nichols’ M&A Checklist summarizes key cases decided by the Delaware courts. Now updated for 2025 and available in PDF format, it is an essential tool for M&A dealmakers.

  • Direct or Derivative Claims: Is “Brookfield” the End or Just the Beginning?
    Article, Reuters Legal News and Westlaw Today, 03.22.2022

    The Delaware Supreme Court’s 2021 decision in Brookfield Asset Mgmt., Inc. v. Rosson helped clarify whether stockholders’ financial and voting rights, diluted through a transaction with a controlling stockholder, constituted direct or derivative claims.

  • Delaware Supreme Court Rules on “Necessary and Essential” Condition for LP Books and Records Demands
    Client Alert, 08.13.2020

    The Delaware Supreme Court recently decided the case of Murfey v. WHC Ventures, LLC, No. 294, 2019 (Del. July 13, 2020), which involved a dispute over whether the plaintiff limited partners were entitled to certain books and records under the partnership agreement in question.

  • Delaware Coronavirus Resource Center
    Client Alert, 04.16.2020

    As COVID-19 continues to affect the legal community and the world in various ways, Delaware courts and state agencies have issued orders concerning COVID-19 measures. Here, we have consolidated key Delaware law resources on the unfolding situation. Our attorneys are committed to serving our clients through this challenging time.

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