Why you should attend
What better way to learn about M & A litigation than from the attorneys that litigate the nation’s most important M & A disputes and the judges who preside over them? We have assembled judges from the Delaware Supreme Court and the Court of Chancery, the most experienced and respected courts on M & A matters, and distinguished M & A litigators to give you their perspectives on the best ways to handle corporate M & A disputes.
Whether you are just embarking on a litigation career or are a veteran of fast-paced, high-stakes merger disputes, this course will give you unique insights into M & A litigation. Our stellar faculty will provide you with proven strategies and tips to successfully handle every phase of a merger dispute.
What you will learn
Join the masters of M & A litigation to learn about:
- Assessing the advantages of special committees after Southern Peru
- Predicting, awarding, timing and allocating corporate benefit fee awards
- Valuing derivative claims in connection with M & A transactions
- Invoking the reliance on counsel defense in deal litigation
- Pursuing appraisal and quasi appraisal in the Court of Chancery
- Litigating in the wake of Del Monte
- Mastering the motion to expedite in the Court of Chancery
Who should attend
This program is directed towards litigators and deal attorneys at all levels of experience, as well as in-house counsel at companies that face M & A litigation.
Afternoon Session: 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (E.D.T.)
1:30 Introduction and Opening Remarks
Robert H. Baron
1:45 Tackling Procedure: Corporate Benefit Fee Awards and the Motion to Expedite
- Predicting, Awarding, Timing and Allocating Corporate Benefit Fee Awards
- Can fee awards be predicted?
- What is the right methodology for valuing corporate benefits?
- Should the courts enter interim fee awards?
- Who deserves the fee when multiple sets of plaintiffs claim to have achieved the results?
- Mastering the Motion to Expedite in the Court of Chancery
- Why the first hurdle can be the most important
- Conflicting notions of irreparable harm
- The impact of motion to expedite practice on multi-forum litigation
Peter E. Kazanoff, Edward B. Micheletti, Hon. John W. Noble, Pamela S. Tikellis
2:45 Unique Challenges of Delaware Court of Chancery Practice
- Pursuing Appraisal and Quasi Appraisal in the Court of Chancery
- The pros and cons of pursuing appraisal
- Why quasi appraisal is more dangerous than fiduciary litigation
- The role of the follow-on fiduciary suit in appraisal litigation
- Invoking the Reliance on Counsel Defense in Deal Litigation
- When does reliance on counsel become an essential factor?
- Evaluating the pros and cons of the reliance on counsel defense
- Managing the scope of the privilege waiver
A. Thompson Bayliss, Anne C. Foster, Joel E. Friedlander, Alan S. Goudiss
3:45
Networking Break
4:00
Litigating Over Alleged Process Flaws in M & A Deals
- Assessing the Advantages of Special Committees After Southern Peru
- What went wrong and why it mattered
- What sort of authority does a special committee need?
- Do the litigation advantages outweigh the transactional costs?
- Litigating in the wake Del Monte
- Appropriate remedies at the preliminary injunction phase
- The interplay between process flaws and aiding and abetting liability
- Supervisory obligations in Revlon mode
- Valuing Derivative Claims in Connection with M & A Transactions
- The impact of Lambrecht v O’Neal and Massey Energy
- Derivative claims as assets and their importance in Revlon mode
- Target board conflicts raised by pending derivative claims
Gary A. Bornstein, William M. Lafferty, Theodore N. Mirvis, Hon. Henry duPont Ridgely
5:00
Program Adjourns
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New York City Seminar Location
PLI New York Center, 810 Seventh Avenue at 53rd Street (21st floor), New York, New York 10019. Message Center, program days only: (212) 824-5733.
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