Legal Opinion
BVF Partners L.P. v. New Orleans Employees' Retirement System
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided December 27, 2012No. 212, 2012PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIDGELY, Justice:
Objector-Below/Appellant, BVF Partners L.P. (“BVF”) appeals from a Court of Chancery certification of Plaintiff-Below/Appellee New Orleans Employees’ Retirement System (“NOERS”) as class representative in this action challenging the acquisition of Celera Corporation (“Cel-era”) by Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (“Quest”). BVF also appeals from the Court of Chancery’s approval of a class action settlement without an opt out right for BVF between NOERS and Defendants-Below/Appellees Richard H. Ayers, Jean-Luc Belingard, William G. Green, Peter Barton Hutt, Gail M. Naughton, Kathy…
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