Archive:August 29, 2014

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In re Orchard Enterprises, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, Consolidated C.A. No. 7840-VCL

In re Orchard Enterprises, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, Consolidated C.A. No. 7840-VCL

By Scott Waxman and Porter Sesnon

On August 22, 2014, Vice Chancellor Laster approved a fee award for counsel to certain plaintiff-stockholders related to a settlement of a class action claim alleging breaches of fiduciary duties related to a freeze-out merger.  The settlement amounted to $10.725 million. In the same opinion, V.C. Laster denied a fee award due to lack of standing to counsel for other stockholders in the same freeze-out merger, who separately litigated an appraisal claim, and which was relied upon by the successful class action plaintiffs.

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