Shareholders Sue Novell Board 37
dgharmon writes "If you thought the deal smelled funny back in 2011 when Novell sold itself to Attachmate and its patents to a Microsoft consortium, you are not alone. Some shareholders sued. Specifically, they claim that Novell favored Attachmate over other bidders, especially a 'Party C', and the judge, under Delaware's reasonable 'conceivability' standard, denied summary judgement with respect to the board and decided there will need to be a trial."
Re:adj. ability to take a full 3 inches of judgeme (Score:2, Informative)
From their chests? Is that what you call yours?
Really? Not only have you've never seen Alien, but you don't even know about one of the most memorable scenes in movie history?
What does the government have to do with it? (Score:2, Informative)
Last time I checked, the government owned something like 2% share of Nokia.That definitely puts it in the top 50 (probably even top 20) shareholders but aside from that, the government has very little to do with the company.