29Dec
Recent MFW-Related Developments in Delaware Courts
In 2014, the Delaware Supreme Court’s landmark Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp.1 (MFW) decision established that the deferential business judgment standard of review could apply to controlling stockholder “squeeze-out” mergers under certain circumstances. Six necessary conditions must be satisfied for a transaction to obtain business judgment review under MFW: (i) the transaction is conditioned ab initio, or “from inception,” on the approval of a special committee and a majority-of-the-minority...
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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