In Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp., the Delaware Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the Court of Chancery’s decision that the business judgment standard, rather than the entire fairness standard of review, applies to controller freeze-out mergers where the controller’s proposal is conditioned at the outset on both Special Committee approval and a favorable majority of the vote. The Court found that the dual protection measures instituted at the outset of the acquisition process sufficiently protected the minority shareholders’ interests... Continue Reading