Law 360

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

News broke last week that Delaware's Court of Chancery will say goodbye to its current longest-serving jurist, a development that quickly overshadowed a busy week of new merger and board disputes, fee rulings, settlements, and books-and-records demands.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

LeGrow sworn in as Delaware Supreme Court Justice”: The Supreme Court of Delaware issued this news release Tuesday. LeGrow sworn in as Delaware Supreme Court Justice” appeared first on How Appealing. “The Honorable Abigail M. The post “The Honorable Abigail M.

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Law 360

APRIL 22, 2024

Last week, Delaware's Chancery Court news included a Tesla announcement about moving to Texas, a midcase appeal of Tripadvisor's move to Nevada, and United Airlines' escape from a stockholder suit. Disputes about board entrenchment, squeeze-out mergers, co-founder fallouts and deadly ice cream moved ahead.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

“Delaware Supreme Court Justice James Vaughn announces retirement”: Paul Kiefer of Delaware Public Media has this report. The post “Delaware Supreme Court Justice James Vaughn announces retirement”: appeared first on How Appealing.

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Above The Law

MAY 11, 2023

The post Fox Gets Yet Another Defamation Suit In Delaware State Court appeared first on Above the Law. Please, oh, please let there be discovery!

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

New cases in Delaware's Court of Chancery last week alleged "pie in the sky" investments by Palantir Technologies and wasteful satellite-launch contracts by Amazon. The nation's court of equity also logged notice of a $65 million settlement and got ready for another coming up this week that could be almost three times as much.

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Law 360

APRIL 8, 2024

Last week, a much-watched Chancery Court Match.com decision got reversed, a Philip Morris motion got stubbed out, and a long-frozen Blue Bell Creameries suit started churning again. Delaware's Court of Chancery also saw new suits filed for legal fees, arguments over multibillion-dollar pay packages, and a judge flummoxed over Truth Social.

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JURIST

JUNE 10, 2023

Judge John Dorsey of the United States Bankruptcy Court District of Delaware rejected in part and ruled in favor in part of a motion Friday by bankrupt cryptocurrency trading company FTX’s debtors and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors requesting the company’s customer list stay private.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Last week, Delaware's chancellor gave us 55 billion reasons to keep an eye on the First State in a case involving Tesla CEO Elon Musk's pay package, while the court of equity also took on cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, space flight and country music.

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Law 360

JUNE 16, 2023

Last week in Chancery Court, an aircraft suit crashed, a football suit sailed out of bounds, and shareholders made up with a cosmetics company. In case you missed it, here's a recap of all the top news out of Delaware's Chancery Court. The Chancery also registered new cases involving used cars and self-driving trucks.

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Law 360

MARCH 25, 2024

Last week in Delaware's Court of Chancery, litigants battled as Truth Social went public, Carl Icahn and Tripadvisor hit a roadblock, and more shareholders wailed about "invasive" bylaws. Oil drilling and pharmaceutical mergers sparked new lawsuits, and a sewing machine trademark owner snipped a long-running thread.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In case you missed any of it, here's the wrap-up of legal news from Delaware Chancery Court.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 12, 2022

“First Black woman on Delaware high court confirmed to federal bench”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report. Montgomery-Reeves of the Supreme Court of Delaware to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Today, the U.S. Senate voted 55-to-35 to confirm Justice Tamika R.

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Law 360

MARCH 18, 2024

million appraisal tweak were among the big-dollar items logged in the Delaware Court of Chancery's ledger last week. In case you missed it, here's all the latest from the Chancery Court. Multimillion-dollar e-cigarette settlements, $4 billion in stock buybacks and a $6.1

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Law 360

APRIL 10, 2023

Delaware Chancery Court decisions last week touched on foot powder litigation, an AMC settlement and in-person signage as damage control for a postponed hearing. New cases ranged from Amazon sales centers to a fibrosis drug.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Delaware's Court of Chancery last week approved an "extraordinary" $167.5 million damage request, and lamented the difficulties of enforcing court orders for faraway litigants. In case you missed any of it, here's the latest from Delaware's Chancery Court.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

Similar to its federal counterpart, Delaware Rule of Evidence 901(a) provides that To satisfy the requirement of authenticating or identifying an item of evidence, the proponent must produce evidence sufficient to support a finding that the item is what the.

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Law 360

JULY 25, 2023

Delaware's Court of Chancery spurred modifications in AMC Entertainment's proposed deal with stockholders last week, welcomed updates to the state's corporation laws and logged new suits from shareholders in tech companies, a metal producer, a biotech and an artificial intelligence outfit.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Last week in Delaware's Chancery Court, former Twitter executives recouped their legal fees, Takeda Pharmaceuticals got a big bill, Golden Nugget casino investors rolled the dice on a settlement, and Straight Path investors scored a hollow victory. In case you missed it, here's all the latest from Chancery Court.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Justice Jackson's Jurisprudence Holds No Shelter For Finder's Keepers : Take that, Delaware ! Determining If The President Has The Authority To Cancel Loans Is One Thing, But Does The Court? The post Delaware No Swiping! Delaware No Swiping! Delaware No Swiping! What Happened To Reading The Fine Print ?:

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A pizza chain, an energy company, a medical device maker and a Manila casino were all hit with book-and-record demands last week in Delaware's Court of Chancery.

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Law 360

AUGUST 14, 2023

Chancery Court gave AMC Entertainment the go-ahead on a stockholder settlement, slowed down a railroad dispute and vetted new suits from shareholders of US Bancorp, Fisker and Amazon. In case you missed any of it, here's the latest from Delaware's Chancery Court.

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Law 360

MAY 15, 2023

In Delaware Chancery Court last week, Pandora stockholders announced a settlement, Hertz stockholders filed a new suit, Facebook stockholders scored a win, Oracle stockholders suffered a loss, and Block stockholders launched an appeal.

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Law 360

JANUARY 24, 2024

stockholder sued the grill company in the Delaware Chancery Court, arguing that a deal between Traeger and some of its other stockholders violated state corporate law by giving those stockholders too much power over choosing a CEO. A Traeger Inc.

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Law 360

AUGUST 28, 2023

Delaware's Court of Chancery last week gave a failing grade to a "textbook" bad contract case, called timeout on a foot-dragging plaintiff, and got an unusual request from an investment firm to revisit the math on an appraisal decision.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Supreme Court, Delaware judicial protester gets OK for new lawsuit”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post. Supreme Court, Delaware judicial protester gets OK for new lawsuit” appeared first on How Appealing. “Rebuffed at U.S. The post “Rebuffed at U.S.

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Law 360

JULY 31, 2023

Delaware's Court of Chancery approved a record-breaking class settlement with Paramount Global, shuffled some paper in a pending deal with Madison Square Garden Entertainment, and docketed new disputes involving cryptocurrency, aluminum and peaches.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 4, 2023

billion sale to Microsoft — nothing is too big or complicated for Delaware's Chancery Court to put on its agenda. The year is winding down, but things haven't slowed in the nation's top court of equity. Check here for all the latest news from the Chancery Court.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

No other district court other than Texas has as much impact on patent litigation as Delaware. The post 3 Lessons From The Delaware Bench Bar Conference (Part I) appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Delaware courts started getting ready for the holidays this week, gifting one of their top justices to the Third Circuit, putting a bow on a multimillion-dollar fee award, and wrapping up a cognac dispute for an arbitrator. Hope you enjoy the last wrap-up this year of last week's news from Delaware's Chancery Court.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Last week, Delaware's Chancery Court considered a multimillion Tesla settlement, curtailed a couple of ongoing disputes with quick docket decisions, and got a nod from the state's highest court on a $600 million merger walkaway fee.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 13, 2023

“How the Supreme Court’s decision in unclaimed property case will affect Delaware”: Brandon Holveck of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has this report. The post “How the Supreme Court’s decision in unclaimed property case will affect Delaware” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Lawsuits that went nowhere got pretty expensive in Delaware's Court of Chancery last week, which saw the award of a multimillion-dollar "mootness" fee and a settlement of litigation that closed a $720 million deal. New cases involved Walt Disney, Real Life, Zendesk and animal health company Covetrus Inc.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 23, 2023

From chewing gum to Netflix, cannabis to Caribbean jet-setting, Delaware Chancery Court litigation covered its share of vices last week. Not to mention proxy battles, insider trading allegations, share appraisal demands and lots of foot-dragging.

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Law 360

MARCH 21, 2022

Delaware's Chancery Court got trendy last week with two disputes over alleged fake social media campaigns and the fast-tracking of a case involving a New York reality TV star. Court watchers also bid farewell to two legal legends who left their mark on Chancery Court.

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Law 360

MAY 8, 2023

It's spring, and May flowers are popping up — as are new Delaware Chancery Court lawsuits, in an array of topics ranging from cryptocurrency to baking and meal delivery companies.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 17, 2023

Supreme Court’s decision in unclaimed property case affects Delaware”: Tom Byrne of Delaware Public Radio has this report. Supreme Court’s decision in unclaimed property case affects Delaware” appeared first on How Appealing. “Examining how the U.S.

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