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DBJ: Dallas Company’s Founder Taking New Owners to Court in a Move That’s Held Up a Key Deal

A founder of an Irving software company has gone to court to stop his company from making an acquisition – and it’s worked so far.

A judge in Delaware has temporarily blocked a deal that DealerSocket has made to acquire Auto/Mate, according to a filing with the Chancery court that was posted on Bloomberg Law. The acquisition was first announced earlier this year on Jan. 6.

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