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70 Vand. L. Rev. En Banc 1 (2017)

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   DELAWARE CORPORATE

             LAW BULLETIN



 Delaware Courts Diverge on Whether

 Cleansing Effect of Corwin Applies

          to  Duty of Loyalty Claims


                       Robert S. Reder*
                       Tiffany M. Burba**

      Comstock requires a finding that entire fairness review is inapplicable
before Corwin triggers business judgment deference.
      Larkin applies Corwin's cleansing effect to all transactions absent a
controlling stockholder.

INTRODUCTION           ................................................ 2
I.    COMSTOCK....................................... 3
      A.    Factual Background       ............ ................ 3
      B.    Chancellor Bouchard's Analysis   .................. 4
II.   LARKIN                         ...................5..... ...............5
      A.    Factual Background ................. 5
      B.    Vice Chancellor Slights'Analysis ...... ........... 6
III.  THE  COR WIN  QUESTION          ..........   ............... 6
CONCLUSION................................................... 9
POST SCRIPT                    ..................................................9




  *   Robert S. Reder, Professor of the Practice of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School,
has been serving as a consulting attorney at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York
City since his retirement as a partner in April 2011.
  **  Tiffany M. Burba, a J.D./M.S. Finance Candidate at Vanderbilt University, will be
starting as an associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in the fall of 2017.
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