El Paso Corp. Hit with $171 Million in Damages for Defective Related-Party Transaction
June 1, 2015
Partners Gardner Davis and Danielle Whitley contributed an article to the June 2015 issue of Westlaw Journal’s Corporate Officers & Directors Liability. The article, “El Paso Corp. Hit with $171 Million in Damages for Defective Related-Party Transaction,” examined a recent Delaware Chancery Court opinion and explained how the failures of El Paso Corp.’s special committee and investment banker cost it $171 million.
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