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Submitted: April 22, 2008.
Decided: June 19, 2008.
Revised: June 24, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Arthur L. Dent, Bradley W. Voss, and Abigail M. LeGrow, of Potter, Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Attorneys for Plaintiffs Millenco LLC, Porter Orlin LLC, and Atticus Capital LP.
Stephen E. Jenkins, Steven T. Margolin, Lauren E. Maguire, Catherine A. Strickler, and Andrew D. Cordo, of Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, Attorneys for Plaintiffs Icahn Partners Master Fund, L.P., Icahn Partners, L.P., High River Limited Partnership, CR Intrinsic Investments, LLC, Sigma Capital Associates, LLC, Viking Global Equities LP, and VGE III Portfolio, Ltd.
Allen M. Terrell, Jr., John D. Hendershot, Charles A. McCauley III, and Meredith M. Stewart, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Delaware; of Counsel: Dennis E. Glazer, Kimberley D. Harris, Andrew R. Polland, and Edward N. Moss, of Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, New York, Attorneys for Defendants Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. and Shire plc.
J. Travis Laster and Matthew F. Davis, of Abrams & Laster LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; of Counsel: Robert H. Baron and Gary A. Bornstein, of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, New York, Attorneys for Defendants Jonathan S. Leff and Rodman W. Moorhead, III.
Henry E. Gallagher, Jr., Kevin F. Brady, Christos T. Adampoulos, and Ryan P. Newell, of Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Attorneys for Defendant Wayne P. Yetter.
Daniel V. Folt and Matt Neiderman, of Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Attorneys for Defendant Dennis H. Langer.
Court of Chancery of Delaware.
OPINION
CHANDLER, Chancellor.
All corporate combinations leave in their wake certain artifacts—documents, e-mails, conversations, and notes. If one digs through enough of the rubble of a consummated merger, one will almost invariably find something questionable. A clever corporate archeologist can extrapolate from these suspicious artifacts and concoct a theory of malfeasance, disloyalty, and bad faith. Yet, theories alone cannot lead to liability...
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