10Dec
Delaware Court of Chancery Addresses Effects of Pandemic on Material Adverse Effect Provision and Ordinary Course Covenants in Busted Deal Case
On November 30, 2020, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a post-trial decision addressing contractual issues related to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sale of a collection of luxury hotels. The case, AB Stable VIII LLC v. MAPS Hotels and Resorts One LLC, was one of many busted deal lawsuits filed in the Court of Chancery implicating COVID-19's impact on M&A, with the opinion being the first to formally address these issues. The 242-page opinion...
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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