The Nowicki “Not In Good Faith” Manifesto LIVES ON!
posted by Elizabeth Nowicki
I first read and posted about the Disney opinion last night. At that time, I all but agreed with Gordon Smith that the Delaware Supreme Court had shut down my “not in good faith” argument. (For those of you who somehow missed the first several recitations of my theory, my view is that the phrase “not in good faith” (as it pertains to the business judgment rule presumption and DGCL 102(b)(7)) means something DIFFERENT than “bad faith.” My view is that acts “not in good faith” INCLUDE bad faith acts, but there is also a narrower additional category reached by “not in good faith.” Essentially, Caremark-esque cases would fit into the “not in good faith” category.)
What I had forgotten, however, was that Delaware jurists are crafty. (I discussed this recently on the wonderful Truthonthemarket blog.) So, while it SEEMED to Gordon that the Nowicki “Not in Good Faith” theory could not live on, and I agreed with his pronouncement because I was weak with illness and I only had the strength to read the 89 page opinion *one* time instead of the requisite three, I now find, on my third read of the Disney opinion, that my “not in good faith” theory, much like a cockroach, has largely survived the Disney fall-out.
June 9, 2006 at 11:56 am
Posted in: Corporate Law
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