Addressing Disputes Over Stockholder Meetings

• Disputing Stockholder Communications Before the Stockholder Meeting
  - What has Delaware done with the materiality standard?
  - Can contractual restraints limit the duty of disclosure?
  - How long do stockholders need to absorb supplemental disclosures?
• Litigating Over the Conduct of the Meeting and the Vote
  - What standard of review applies to a tactical adjournment?
  - Where does Delaware stand on “vote buying” after Crown Emak?
  - Is the ability to split the voting power attributable to stock ownership from the economic interest an evil or a good?

• Judicial Review of Tactical Adjournments or Rescheduling of Stockholder Meetings
  Stephen P. Lamb
• Recent Delaware Court of Chancery Pronouncement on Deal Protections
• Chapter 12: Conducting a Contested Stockholder Meeting
  Alan Miller
• Delaying Judgment Day: How to Defer Stockholder Votes in Contested M&A Transactions
  Lois F. Herzeca
• The Shareholder Judgment Rule: Delaware’s Permissive Response to Corporate Vote-Buying
• David Et Al. v. Human Genome Sciences Et Al, CIV. No. 12-965–Memorandum Order, SLR (July 26, 2012)
• Crown Emak Partners v. Kurz, 992 A.2D 377 (Del. Ch. April 21, 2010)
• Kurz v. Holbrook, 989 A.2D 140 (Del. Ch. Feb. 9, 2010)

Presentation Material

• Addressing Disputes Over Stockholder Meetings
  A. Thompson Bayliss, Gary A. Bornstein, Stephen P. Lamb, Jenness E. Parker