Entries by Adam Cromie

Strayed from the Path: Dodiya v. Franklin and the Emerging Rules of the DGCL’s Section 144 Safe Harbors

On August 26, 2026, the Court of Chancery issued Dodiya v. Franklin, C.A. No. 2025-0932-LWW (Del. Ch. Aug. 26, 2026), concluding that the “striking breakdown in corporate governance” detailed in […]

Concessions and Particularity: How a Derivative Challenge to a Discounted Insider Financing Failed at the Pleading Stage

In the recent decision Marstrand Partners, L.P. v. Israel Biotech Fund I, L.P., C.A. No. 2024-0421-KSJM (Del. Ch. May 27, 2026), Chancellor McCormick dismissed a derivative challenge to a steeply discounted insider […]