Ian Ross

Oct 30, 2024 | datamatters.sidley.com | Amy P. Lally |Jack Pirozzolo |Ian Ross |Colleen Brown

For the past few years, hundreds of companies have been caught in a wave of privacy class actions relying on decades-old wiretapping laws to attack modern website technologies and business tools. Last week, Massachusetts’s highest court engaged in a thorough assessment of that state’s wiretap law and rejected plaintiff’s argument that commonly used website advertising and analytical tools intercepted “communications” in violation of the law.

Oct 29, 2024 | lexology.com | Amy P. Lally |Jack Pirozzolo |Ian Ross |Colleen Brown |Sheri Porath Rockwell |Kseniya K. Belysheva

For the past few years, hundreds of companies have been caught in a wave of privacy class actions relying on decades-old wiretapping laws to attack modern website technologies and business tools. Last week, Massachusetts’s highest court engaged in a thorough assessment of that state’s wiretap law and rejected plaintiff’s argument that commonly used website advertising and analytical tools intercepted “communications” in violation of the law.

Jan 10, 2024 | lexblog.com | Ian Ross |Eric Gordon

Last month, Vice Chancellor Glasscock dismissed shareholder claims in Teamsters Local 443 Health Services & Insurance Plan v. John C. Chou (Del. Ch. Nov. 17, 2023) (“Teamsters II”) after finding that a single-member special litigation committee (“SLC”) had sufficiently investigated the stockholder’s allegations before recommending dismissal. Vice Chancellor Glasscock’s decision is not the first time that the Court of Chancery approved a single-member SLC’s motion to dismiss a derivative suit.

Jan 10, 2024 | lexology.com | Ian Ross |Eric Gordon

Last month, Vice Chancellor Glasscock dismissed shareholder claims in Teamsters Local 443 Health Services & Insurance Plan v. John C. Chou (Del. Ch. Nov. 17, 2023) (“Teamsters II”) after finding that a single-member special litigation committee (“SLC”) had sufficiently investigated the stockholder’s allegations before recommending dismissal. Vice Chancellor Glasscock’s decision is not the first time that the Court of Chancery approved a single-member SLC’s motion to dismiss a derivative suit.

Aug 8, 2023 | lexblog.com | Ian Ross

A recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision offers an important lesson on the limits of court review of an arbitration award, particularly when parties forego a fully reasoned award. Even though Vice Chancellor Glasscock found that “[t]he arbitration proceeding and the resulting award [were] flawed,” the court refused to overturn the award that appeared to find a contractual nonparty jointly and severally liable for breaches of the representations and warranties in a purchase agreement.