Defending Officers, Directors and Corporations
We are frequently asked by leading law firms across the country to join them in defending officers, directors or corporations in shareholder litigation. We also have represented numerous directors, officers and corporations in advancement and indemnification litigation. Recent representations include the defense of:
- Certain members of the board of directors of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., in litigation challenging a proposed transaction with The Coca-Cola Company
- The members of the board of directors of Voyence, Inc., in litigation challenging its merger with EMC Corporation
- Members of the board of directors of Revlon, Inc., in litigation challenging proposed transaction with public shareholders
- The President of BabyAge.Com, Inc., in litigation successfully challenging his purported termination
- The members of the board of directors of Atmel Corporation, in litigation challenging modifications to a shareholder rights plan
- The members of a special committee of directors of XO Holdings, Inc., in litigation arising out of a proposed sale of assets by the company
- Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc., in a stockholder action for inspection of books and records
- Mattel Inc., in a stockholder derivative action
- Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., in a stockholder class and derivative action
- Certain former directors of Tele-Communications, Inc. in litigation arising out of its merger with a subsidiary of AT&T Corp.
- The outside directors of American Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc., in litigation arising out of a merger transaction
- UBS Securities, LLC in shareholder litigation challenging its investment in the Philadelphia Stock Exchange
- C.V. Starr & Co., Inc., in a shareholder derivative litigation challenging its past business relationships with American International Group, Inc.
- The Walt Disney Corporation, as nominal defendant in a shareholder derivative action arising from the hiring and termination of Michael Ovitz
- Certain former directors of HBOC, Inc., in litigation arising out of its merger with McKesson Corporation
- A former officer of Cablevision Systems Corporation
- An officer and director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
- Martha Stewart, in dismissed shareholder derivative litigation alleging oversight claims
- The CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
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