In a recent Delaware decision issued in In re CNX Gas Corp. Shareholders Litigation, C.A. No. 5377-VCL (Del Ch. May 25, 2010), Vice Chancellor Travis Laster imposed additional requirements for controlling stockholders and boards to obtain the benefit of the more deferential business judgment standard of review by a court in litigation over a going private tender offer, and advocates a unified standard of review for going private transactions generally, whether structured as a merger or a tender offer.

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