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Court Of Chancery Explains How To Set A TRO Bond

By Morris James LLP on August 30, 2018
Posted In TRO

Applied Energetics Inc. v. Farley, C.A. 2018-0489-TMR (August 14, 2018)

A plaintiff who obtains a TRO must post a bond to cover any damages the defendant may suffer from the TRO. How to calculate the amount of that bond is often difficult. This decision does a good job of explaining how to make that calculation.

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Court of Chancery Declines To Restrain Controller In Proposed Viacom-CBS Deal

By Albert J. Carroll on May 18, 2018
Posted In Controlling Stockholder, Fiduciary Duty, TRO

CBS Corp., et al. v. National Amusements, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 2018-0342-AGB (Del. Ch. May 17, 2018) (Letter Op.)

Arising out of the highly-publicized dispute over the proposed transaction involving CBS and Viacom, each controlled by the Redstones, this decision is both front-page newsworthy and legally significant.  CBS and Viacom used to be one entity but split.  The Redstones retained voting control in each through a dual-class voting structure.  Later, the Redstones began pushing to merge the entities once again and both entities formed special committees to consider the proposal.  More ›

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