Daniel Meyer represents institutional investors in corporate governance and fiduciary duty litigation, with significant experience in the Delaware Court of Chancery. His practice is grounded in rigorous academic training at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude and served as a Senior Editor of the Law Review. He received his B.A. from Princeton University, graduating magna cum laude.
Daniel prosecutes complex governance disputes involving board oversight failures, conflicted transactions, SPAC-related misconduct, and structural governance risks affecting public companies. His work includes briefing and litigating matters that directly shape shareholder rights and fiduciary standards in Delaware.
Daniel helped identify and develop claims in:
In re Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. Stockholders' Litigation, Consol., C.A. No. 2022-0689-LWW (Del. Ch.) ($162.5 million settlement in connection with one of the largest minority squeeze-out transactions in history).
Adam Grabski v. Marc Andreessen, et al., C.A. No. 2023-0464-KSJM (Del. Ch.) (novel derivative action that challenges the officers’ and directors’ sales of company stock, in violation of Delaware state law, during the direct listing where Coinbase became a publicly traded company).
In Re Edgio, Inc. Stockholders Litigation, C.A. No. 2022-0624-MTZ (Del. Ch.) (action brought to prevent the unfair entrenchment of the directors of Limelight Networks, Inc. (“Limelight,” now known as Edgio, Inc., or “Edgio”) that would restrict the ability of Limelight stockholders to elect new directors to Limelight’s board of directors).
In re Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. Stockholders Litigation, C.A. 2021-0468-KSJM (Del. Ch.) ($85 million settlement on behalf of Madison Square Garden Entertainment, Inc. (“MSGE”) related to MSGE’s acquisition of MSG Networks, Inc. (“MSG Networks”),an unfair stock-for-stock acquisition that was orchestrated and effected by MSGE’s controllers, the Dolan family).
In re MultiPlan Corp. Stockholders Litigation, C.A. No. 2021-0300-LWW (Del. Ch.) ($33.75 million settlement of a novel stockholder class action challenging the fairness of MultiPlan's de-SPAC transaction).
Fishel v. Liberty Media, et al. ($36 million settlement arising out of a class action and derivative complaint alleging that Sirius XM's board of directors and controlling stockholder, Liberty Media Corporation, breached their fiduciary duties by causing Sirius XM to repurchase its own stock to allow Liberty Media to extract non-ratable benefits from Sirius XM and positioned Liberty Media to potentially execute a coercive short form merger).
Ontario Provincial Council of Carpenters’ Pension Trust Fund, et al. v. S. Robson Walton, et al., 2021-0827-JTL (Del.Ch.) ($123 million settlement arising out of Walmart fiduciaries' breaches of duty that contributed to the company's contribution to the opiod epidemic ravaging the United States).
In re R1 RCM, Inc. Stockholders Litigation, 2021-0318-PAF ($45.4 million settlement arising from allegations that R1 directors as well as the Company’s controlling stockholders, Ascension Health Alliance and Tower Brook Capital Partners, breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the negotiation of a recapitalization transaction and adoption of an investor rights agreement containing provisions violating Section 141 of the DGCL and R1’s charter and bylaws).
Before entering private practice, Daniel clerked for former Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard on the Delaware Court of Chancery, gaining invaluable insight into the court’s approach to fiduciary duty, valuation disputes, and governance oversight. This experience informs his strategic perspective in matters before the nation’s leading business court.
Daniel’s scholarship has appeared in the University of Miami Business Law Review, where he analyzes the evolution of Delaware’s books-and-records jurisprudence and its significance for institutional investors. He is frequently invited to speak at Duke Law School and other academic institutions on developments in Delaware corporate law and governance trends.
He is admitted to practice in Delaware and New York.
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