Law360, New York (July 16, 2008, 12:00 AM ET) -- In the battle over the composition of the board of directors of Canadian pharmaceutical company Biovail Corp., a judge has sided with former CEO and founder Eugene Melnyk by refusing to approve the board election held at a shareholder meeting in June.
In the decision filed Tuesday in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Judge H.J. Wilton-Siegel denied the application brought by Toronto-based Biovail and its CEO William Wells for an order validating the June 25 election, ruling that the meeting was improperly constituted and must...