Case Study: NJ Carpenters Pension Fund V. InfoGROUP

Law360, New York (October 19, 2011, 2:25 PM EDT) -- A recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision refused to dismiss claims alleging that a board of directors breached its fiduciary duty of loyalty in authorizing a sale of a corporation to a third party. The stockholder plaintiff alleged that the sale was motivated by the corporation's former chairman and chief executive officer, who owned 37 percent of the corporation's common stock and needed liquidity. The decision is significant for refusing to dismiss allegations of disloyal conduct against outside directors who were disinterested in the transaction and otherwise unaffiliated with the former CEO....

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