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26Oct

Report from the Front Lines: COVID-19 M&A Litigation in Delaware

Many high-profile transactions impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic have fallen apart between signing and closing, resulting in litigation—often in the Delaware Court of Chancery—focused on whether the buyer had an obligation to close. Buyers backing out of transactions generally have asserted the occurrence of a “material adverse change” or “material adverse event” (“MAE”) and the failure of the to-be-acquired company to operate in the ordinary course of business....
By: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/report-from-the-front-lines-covid-19-m-43452/

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