Ryan v. Gifford

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• holding that complaint stated claim for breach of the duty of loyalty against CFO and vice president who knew about backdating but “kept silent”
• holding that complaint stated claim for breach of the duty of loyalty against CFO and vice president who knew about backdating but “kept silent”
• holding that complaint stated claim for breach of the duty of loyalty against CFO and vice president who knew about backdating but “kept silent”
• “To date, the fiduciary duties of officers have been assumed to be identical to those of directors.”
• “In ruling on a Rule 12(b)(2) motion, the court may consider the pleadings, affidavits, and any discovery of record.”
• “In ruling on a Rule 12(b)(2) motion, the court may consider the pleadings, affidavits, and any discovery of record.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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• McPadden v. Sidhu
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2008-08-29· cited 117×
• Hazout v. Tsang Mun Ting
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-02-26· cited 56×
• Ruggiero v. FUTURAGENE, PLC.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2008-02-01· cited 40×
• Maloney-Refaie v. Bridge at School, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2008-07-09· cited 37×
• Christopher Brown v. John Calamos
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-11-10· cited 24×
• Marnavi S.p.A. v. Keehan
  D. Delaware· 2012-10-25· cited 24×
• Total Holdings USA, Inc. v. Curran Composites, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2009-10-09· cited 21×
• Sustainable Energy v. Photon Energy
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-05-30
• Kahuku Holdings, LLC
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-09-16
• 2009 Caiola Family Trust v. PWA, LLC
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2014-12-18
• McWane, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2015-01-30
• Virtus Capital L.P. v. Eastman Chemical Company
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2015-02-11
• Israel Discount Bank of New York v. Higgins
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2015-08-31
• Eitan Konstantino v. AngioScore, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2015-10-02
• Eitan Konstantino v. AngioScore, Inc.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2015-10-09
• EBP Lifestyle Brands Holdings, Inc. v. Yann Boulbain
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2017-08-04
• The Dow Chemical Company v. Organik Kimya Holding A.S.
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2017-10-19
• LVI Group Investments, LLC v. NCM Group Holdings, LLC
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2018-03-28