In a matter before the Delaware Chancery Court, CRA was retained on behalf of a pharmaceutical company facing an investor suit alleging breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, unjust enrichment, and other claims. Investors alleged that the drug company and related parties engaged in a complex series of agreements to misappropriate drug rights and divert proceeds from licensing deals from the drug company itself in self-dealing transactions. CRA’s financial analysis and testimony assessed the adequacy of financial disclosures and evaluated the licensing agreements at issue in the dispute. In reaching an opinion, CRA’s expert identified the variety of sources with financial information available to the plaintiffs, which included identifying information ignored or mischaracterized by plaintiffs’ expert. CRA’s expert also evaluated the license agreements that were alleged to represent improper maneuvering to demonstrate that there was reasonable commercial value to those agreements and that the plaintiff was not disproportionately affected by the terms of those agreements.
Securities Litigation Flash: Q4 2024
Filing trends Section 10(b) and Section 11 filings totaled 209 in 2024, 1% more than in 2023 and 13% more than in 2022. There were 47 filings in Q4 2024, 15%...