On October 18, 2024, Vice Chancellor Glasscock of the Delaware Court of Chancery declined to dismiss a putative class action brought by stockholders of special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp. II (“MCAD”) against MCAD’s sponsor and alleged controlling stockholder (“Sponsor”), asserting that they breached their fiduciary duties in connection with MCAD’s acquisition of a digital therapeutics company in a so-called “deSPAC” merger…
Source: Delaware Court Of Chancery “Barely” Sustains Claims Challenging Representations About Value Of SPAC Shares