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In the United States, corporate directors and, as confirmed by the Delaware Court in McDonald s Corp. Stockholder Derivative Litigation McDonald1, corporate officers owe, as a subset of their duty of loyalty, a duty to monitor and oversee the operations of a company. This duty of oversight is often referred to as the “Caremark” duty, named after the 1996 case establishing its parameters.2 A party seeking to bring a Caremark claim against a director and/or officer “must allege sufficient facts to support a reasonable inference that the fiduciary acted in bad faith.”3
Nearly one year ago we reported in this blog on the Court of Chancery s decision in In re McDonald s Corp. S holder Litigation, 289 A.3d 343 , in which the court affirmatively held that officers of.
The Court of Chancery continues its consideration of whether a director or officer’s oversight duties, set forth in the seminal case of In re Caremark International Inc. Derivative.