Yes, Federal Investigations May Require Your Company to Comply With a Stockholder's Books-and-Records Demands | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Gross v. Biogen Inc ., C.A. No. 2020-0096-PAF (Del. Ch. Apr. 14, 2021). On October 11, 2016, plaintiff Melvin Gross, served the first of four books-and-records demands on defendant Biogen Inc., under DGCL Section 220. Mr. Gross was a stockholder of Biogen at the time he made the demand. The demand sought eight categories of materials in order to: (1) “investigate possible corporate wrongdoing” and mismanagement related to state and federal investigations; and (2) “determine the independence of the Board members.” Biogen rejected the October 2016 demand, contending that it did not meet...
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