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Delaware Court Of Chancery Upholds Alleged Safety-Related Caremark Claims Against Airplane Manufacturer's Board

Shearman & Sterling

On September 7, 2021, Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn of the Delaware Court of Chancery largely denied a motion to dismiss a stockholder derivate suit against the directors of The Boeing Company (the "Company") in the wake of two fatal crashes of an airplane it manufactured. In re The Boeing Co. Derivative Litigation, No. 2019-0907-MTZ (Del. Ch.

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NEWS FLASH: House Ways and Means Committee Releases Proposed Changes to Capital Gains Tax Rates

Sica Fletcher

Back in the spring, we published a news flash describing the potential tax increases that the Biden Administration had proposed in order to fund its economic and social platform. The most important provisions relating to the sale of a business included proposals to (i) increase the top capital gains tax rate from 20% to ordinary income tax rates for those earning over $1 million and (ii) to increase the highest personal income tax rate from 37% to 39.6%.

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Upholds Alleged Safety-Related Caremark Claims Against Airplane Manufacturer's Board

Shearman & Sterling

On September 7, 2021, Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn of the Delaware Court of Chancery largely denied a motion to dismiss a stockholder derivate suit against the directors of The Boeing Company (the "Company") in the wake of two fatal crashes of an airplane it manufactured. In re The Boeing Co. Derivative Litigation, No. 2019-0907-MTZ (Del. Ch.