Cases & Deals

Monterey Gourmet Foods and its Board of Directors defend shareholder class actions involving acquisition by Pulmuone

Client(s) Monterey Gourmet Foods, Inc., Walter Henning, Charles B. Bonner, John H. McGarvey, Viji Sampath, Mark Frandsen, Tammy Katz, Scott S. Wheeler, Van Tunstall

Jones Day represented Monterey Gourmet Foods and its Board of Directors in a shareholder class action which sought to enjoin a cash tender offer by Pulmuone U.S.A., Inc. for Monterey Gourmet Foods. Case settled.

Carrazza v. Monterey Gourmet Foods, Inc., CA 4992-CC (Del. Ch. filed Oct. 14, 2009); and In re Monterey Gourmet Foods, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, Lead Case No. M101914 (Monterey County Super. Ct. filed Nov. 12, 2009)