Karen L. Valihura

Karen Valihura
Karen Valihura
Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; June 6, 2014
Appointed by	Jack Markell
Preceded by	Jack B. Jacobs
Personal details
Born	May 16, 1963 (age 61)
Political party	Republican
Education	Washington and Jefferson College (BA); University of Pennsylvania (JD)

Karen Lynn Valihura^[1] (born May 16, 1963) is an American lawyer who serves as a justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.^[2] She was appointed on June 6, 2014. Prior to her appointment, Valihura was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP.^[3]

In October 2018, Justice Valihura dissented when the majority found that the business judgment rule protected a controlling shareholder even though he did not offer minority shareholder protections until after his initial squeeze-out bid.^[4]^[5]

References

^ https://www.martindale.com/attorney/karen-l-valihura-343737/
^ "Supreme Court Justices". Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
^ "Judicial Officers of the Delaware Supreme Court". courts.delaware.gov. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
^ Note, Recent Case: MFW Conditions Are in Place “Before Any Substantive Economic Negotiations” in Controlling Shareholder Transactions, 132 Harv. L. Rev. 2386 (2019).
^ Flood v. Synutra International, Inc., 195 A.3d 754 (Del. 2018)(en banc).

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[1] ttps://www.martindale.com/attorney/karen-l-valihura-343737/

[2] "Supreme Court Justices". Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.

[3] "Judicial Officers of the Delaware Supreme Court". courts.delaware.gov. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-15.

[4] Note, Recent Case: MFW Conditions Are in Place “Before Any Substantive Economic Negotiations” in Controlling Shareholder Transactions, 132 Harv. L. Rev. 2386 (2019).

[5] Flood v. Synutra International, Inc., 195 A.3d 754 (Del. 2018)(en banc).

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