Opinion ID: 213943
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Independence of Special Litigation Committee Member Brisky

Text: The other member on Abercrombie's special litigation committee with Tuttle, Brisky, is the Vice Chancellor for Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Vanderbilt University. She was also a member of the Board and, specifically, a member of its Audit Committee. Brisky was not originally a member of the special litigation committee, but she replaced Brestle after he resigned. The Shareholders do not claim that Brisky is particularly beholden to any of the other members of the Board. Instead, they point out that (1) Brisky was a named defendant, and thus theoretically facing liability, and (2) that as a member of the Audit Committee she played a role in the actions being challenged. While both of these factors arguably cast some doubt on her ability to independently consider the Shareholders' claims against the directors, we need not analyze her conduct in detail because it is heavily dependent on Delaware law and unnecessary in light of Tuttle's taint on the special litigation committee.