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Witmer v. Armistice Capital, LLC: Part 2

The Brophy claim

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Stephen Bainbridge
Mar 17, 2026
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In my prior post on Delaware Vice Chancellor’s opinion in Witmer v. Armistice Capital, LLC,1 I offered a comprehensive review of the facts and issues in the case, as well as a detailed discussion of Zurn’s analysis of the controlling shareholder issue.

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In this post, I offer up an analysis of VC Zurn’s treatment of the plaintiff’s Brophy claim. I also discuss the news reports of the Delaware Supreme Court’s recent oral argument in the appeal, which focused heavily on the Brophy claim.

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