Courts hold directors liable for decisions made without adequate deliberation.

Evidence

In this case, the fact that the directors decided to sell the corporation after a hasty, apparently unresearched, two-hour board meeting did not especially exemplify their role competence in the eyes of the Delaware Supreme Court, which found them liable for damages. — Shapiro, Susan P., The Social Control of Impersonal Trust, 75

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