Chancery Rejects $2.4M Fee Request In 'Poison Pill' Case
By Jeff Montgomery
Cautioning that class attorneys in virtual lookalike settlements shouldn't expect to match big, early fee awards, a Delaware vice chancellor on Friday approved a $300,000 attorney fee — downsized from a $2.4 million request — for those who secured a company agreement to scuttle an overreaching shareholder rights "poison pill."