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The Delaware Counsel Group’s Ellisa Habbart to Moderate Upcoming DSBA CLE
Ellisa Habbart of the Delaware Counsel group is delighted to announce that she will be moderating the upcoming DSBA Webinar Delaware Corporate Law: A CLE In Two Parts on May 25, 2021 at 1:00 PM EST, during which distinguished panelists from both the corporate...
Delaware Counsel Group Director Ellisa Habbart Featured as an Export Delaware “Success Story”
The Delaware Counsel Group’s Ellisa Habbart was featured by Export Delaware as a success story regarding the importance of international marketing. In the feature, Ellisa provides her own personal insight on the impact international clients have had on the...
Ellisa Opstbaum Habbart, a founding partner of The Delaware Counsel Group LLC, has been listed in The 2020 International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers
The International Who’s Who of Corporate Governance Lawyers is published by Who’s Who Legal, the official research partner of the International Bar Association and a strategic research partner of the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law. Who’s Who...
Delaware Relief for B Corps Adopted Into Law!
As noted in prior news updates, a big impediment to corporations converting to B corps, appraisal rights, has been eliminated. The bill, as adopted into law, can be viewed here. Stay posted for news regarding other amendments of interest. Should you have any...
Law Updates
EQUITABLE RELIEF IS NOT A REMEDY FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT
In AM General Holdings LLC v. The Renco Group, Inc., C.A. No. 7639-VCS (Apr. 10, 2019), a member of an LLC requested the Court to remove the managing member. The LLC agreement did not provide a mechanism for removal. In a previous decision, the Court dismissed the...
REMOVAL OF REFERENCES IN A FULLY INTEGRATED AGREEMENT ELIMINATES THEIR EFFECT
In Quantlab Group GP, LLC v Eames, C.A. 2018-0553-JRS (Mar. 19, 2019), a purported election was held to remove a general partner and replace it with another LLC. The general partner disputed this purported removal and election. The limited partners requested the court...
A PROVISION WHICH SPECIFICALLY NAMES THE PARENT AND A PARTICULAR SUBSIDIARY DOES NOT COVER A SUBSEQUENTLY BOUGHT SUBSIDIARY
In Silver Management Group, Inc. v. AdvisorEngine Inc., a licensor sued a licensee for license fee under licensing agreements. Under the agreements, the licensee was entitled to sub-license the licensed product. A Particular provision required the licensee to share...
CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER’S CONSENT TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION WAS IMPLIED BY ITS SUBSTANTIAL CONTROL OVER THE BOARD THAT ADOPTED FORUM-SELECTION BYLAWS
In In Re Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, Consol. C.A. No. 2018-0058-JTL (Mar. 15, 2019), minority stockholders sued the controlling stockholder which was a Brazilian entity in connection with the corporation’s acquisition of subsidiaries owned by the controlling...
