Matthew F. Lintner

Matt Lintner has extensive experience litigating complex corporate, commercial, and fiduciary matters. Matt represents corporations, directors and officers, and investors in class, derivative, and individual actions involving corporate governance and breach of fiduciary duty. He also represents clients in a wide variety of business tort, trust and contract actions, including trade secret and unfair competition claims. 

Matt was appointed by Attorney General Beau Biden to be the Director of the Fraud Division for the Delaware Department of Justice, and in that position was responsible for all civil and criminal enforcement under the securities, antitrust, consumer protection, data security and unfair competition laws in the state. He was also responsible for the prosecution of all corporate fraud, health care fraud and charity fraud in Delaware.

Experience

• Litigation involving the fiduciary duties of directors and officers of Delaware companies
• Disputes between managers and members of Delaware limited liability companies
• Actions for inspection of books and records of Delaware companies
• Actions for appraisal of the value of the shares of Delaware companies
• Litigation over material adverse effect and material adverse change clauses
• Fiduciary breaches by trustees of Delaware trusts
• Internal corporate investigations
• Securities fraud
• Trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition
• Covenants not to compete

Professional Affiliations

Delaware State Bar Association
American Bar Association

Latest Blog Posts

Delaware Business Litigation Report

• Chancery Grants Anti-Suit Injunction, Holds Non-Signatory Subsidiary is Bound by Stock Purchase Agreement’s Forum Selection Clause
• Chancery Explains Standards of Review for Receiver Determinations and Shifts Fees and Expenses in Dissolution
• Chancery Grants Special Litigation Committee’s Zapata Motion, Finds Committee Was Sufficiently Independent and Reasonable
• Chancery Addresses Whether LLC Agreement Modified or Eliminated Fiduciary Duties
• Chancery Finds Change in Product’s Medicare Reimbursement Rate Was Not A Material Adverse Effect Excusing Buyer From Closing
• Chancery Finds That the Standard of Review for the Conduct of a Shareholders’ Representative Turns Upon the Merger Agreement’s Language
• Section 225 Action Filed Eight Months After Removal Barred by Laches
• Superior Court Examines Choice of Law Principles For Mixed Contractual and Non-Contractual Claims
• View More

Honors

Best Lawyers, 2021 - Present