May 15, 2020 – Delaware Docket

Court of Chancery Analyzes LLC Valuation Reports in Connection With Breach of Fiduciary Duty

May 15 2020

In Zachman v. Real Time Cloud Services, LLC, the Delaware Court of Chancery analyzed competing expert reports valuing a Delaware limited liability company in connection with a breach of fiduciary duty claim. The Court also denied motions to exclude a valuation report and for sanctions relating to discovery abuses, and denied the Delaware limited liability company’s counterclaims for conversion and tortious interference with contract.

Court Holds Trustee did Not Abuse Discretion in Rejecting Competing Acquisition Proposal for Liquidated Entity’s Assets

May 15 2020

By: Scott E. Waxman and Michael C. Payant

In Acela Investments LLC, et al. v. Raymond DiFalco and Manish Shah, C.A. No. 2018-0558-AGB, (Del. Ch. April 27, 2020), the Delaware Court of Chancery (the “Court”) granted a motion by the liquidating trustee (the “Trustee”) to sell substantially all of the assets of Inspirion Delivery Services, LLC (“IDS” or the “Company”) after determining the Trustee had not abused his discretion in declining to consider a competing eleventh-hour proposal that failed to comply with bid requirements.

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