This Week in Chancery Court: Lordstown, Curaleaf, Activision

A settlement hearing in a case challenging Lordstown Motors’ 2020 merger will be held Tuesday at the Delaware Chancery Court.

Here’s more from the Chancery Court calendar:

Monday: Blackwell Onshore LLC v. The Walt Disney Co., Del. Ch., No. 2024-0321, trial 6/24/24.

At issue: Blackwells Capital LLC wants Walt Disney Co. to hand over records about its relationship with activist investor ValueAct Capital Management and the role it played in a fight over the makeup of the entertainment giant’s board of directors. Blackwells alleges that Disney didn’t properly disclose financial ties to ValueAct before ValueAct backed Disney’s director candidates in an ...