The Crime Report

OCTOBER 11, 2022

A judge in Delaware said restricting “ghost guns” was likely unconstitutional, which could further limit states’ ability to regulate guns. What’s less clear is how judges might rule on disarming felons, where historical evidence is harder to find.

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Law 360

MARCH 20, 2023

Debtors in the Delaware Chapter 11 case of cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading Ltd. sued the liquidators of a non-debtor Bahamian entity late Sunday, seeking a bankruptcy court ruling that the foreign entity has no claim to any of the property in the FTX empire.

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Law 360

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court ruling that tossed shareholder lawsuits against Fox Corp. and Snap Inc. claiming the companies are required to let shareholders vote on proposed charter amendments to exculpate officers, thereby clearing them of certain liabilities

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Law 360

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Delaware's Supreme Court on Monday overturned a 2022 Chancery Court order that dismissal of federal opioid-related damage claims against AmerisourceBergen in West Virginia justified scuttling a multibillion-dollar stockholder derivative lawsuit, finding the decision "inconsistent" with the court's rules for derivative actions and evidence.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Recent Delaware bankruptcy court rulings are a reminder that a creditor's right to sue a company's directors depends on whether a borrower is a corporation or a limited liability company, and that LLC creditors cannot sue directors for fiduciary breaches or otherwise pursue derivative claims, say David Hillman and Peter Antoszyk at Proskauer.

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Law 360

AUGUST 3, 2022

Twitter asked Delaware's chancellor on Wednesday to bar unwilling buyer Elon Musk from filing an early public answer to the social media giant's lawsuit to force him to close on a $44 billion take-private deal, arguing that court rules gave Twitter until late Aug.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

s scheduled March 10 director election, in a Delaware Chancery Court ruling that nevertheless deemed some Alden claims possible fodder for post-vote arguments. An Alden Global Capital LLC affiliate lost a bid late Friday to delay or block media company Lee Enterprises Inc.'s

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Objections, Delaware Chancery Court rulings and the stock market have deeply eroded what was once expected to be a $20 million stockholder class attorney fee awarded to counsel for AMC Entertainment Inc. stockholders who recently battled the company to compromise on a dilutive share conversion plan.

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Law 360

JUNE 13, 2023

The New York Jets got sidelined Tuesday in their Delaware Court of Chancery suit for appointment of a receiver to take control of Fubo Gaming Inc.'s s dissolution, with a from-the-bench court ruling that the legal play was premature.

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Law 360

MAY 17, 2023

does not owe stock to a former employee for his unvested stock options in an acquired subsidiary because VMware's obligations to pay him ended when he left the company, Delaware's Chancery Court ruled Tuesday. Cloud technology company VMware Inc.

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Law 360

MAY 12, 2023

billion deal, the Delaware Chancery Court ruled Friday. Ellison did not coerce the company into paying $3 billion too much for NetSuite Inc. in 2016 and did not mislead a special board committee that was negotiating the $9.3

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Law 360

APRIL 4, 2023

A New Jersey and Pennsylvania bistate commission handling a Delaware River bridge project went beyond its powers when it mandated that contractors make project labor agreements with specific unions in order to bid on the construction contract, a Garden State appeals court ruled Tuesday.

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Law 360

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A Delaware Chancery Court judge on Friday rejected investment firm Polychain Capital's bid to keep under wraps an arbitration award in an investors' rights dispute with Pantera Venture Fund that it's seeking to overturn, finding Polychain's "unreasonably extensive" redactions don't align with the "letter or spirit" of the court's rules.

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Law 360

JULY 20, 2022

Delaware's Supreme Court has reversed a Chancery Court ruling that upheld stockholder document demands for a probe of alleged insider trading by top NVIDIA Corp. figures, finding that the company was unfairly denied access to witnesses and their statements before trial.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A Delaware federal court ruled that an ex-executive of an insurance company owes her former employer $200,000 in stock benefits after she left her job for a competitor, despite her protests that the company decided she needed to fork over the stock in a bad faith process.

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Law 360

AUGUST 29, 2022

stockholders have told the Delaware Supreme Court that "four decades of carefully crafted jurisprudence" would be upended and a key entire fairness standard rendered "a paper tiger" if the justices let stand a trial court ruling in litigation over Tesla's purchase of SolarCity. Attorneys for Tesla Inc.

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Law 360

JUNE 27, 2022

s board chairman will preside over an upcoming meeting where shareholders will vote for directors, the Delaware Chancery Court ruled Monday, rejecting a bid from the chair's rival, the company's CEO, for neutral counsel to conduct the meeting. Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc.'s

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In Cantor Fitzgerald v.

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Law 360

APRIL 5, 2022

s next annual meeting whether to hold a special meeting later to consider his alternative slate of directors is procedurally invalid, the head of Delaware's Chancery Court ruled Tuesday. A proposal from activist investor Carl Icahn that stockholders decide at Southwest Gas Holdings Inc.'s

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Law 360

JANUARY 21, 2022

directors and its controlling stockholder of using the company as a closely held "piggy bank" were dismissed Friday in a Delaware Chancery Court ruling that kept alive two counts against controller Innovate Corp. Most claims in a suit accusing DBM Global Inc. and one director.

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Law 360

JANUARY 10, 2022

The Delaware Supreme Court ruled Monday that three Chubb units have no duty to defend Rite Aid in suits brought by Ohio counties over the costs of responding to the opioid epidemic, reversing a trial court's finding that the actions sought potentially covered damages.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Two-and-a-half years later, a bankruptcy court in Delaware confirmed a $2.5 And however the Supreme Court rules in the Purdue Pharma case, the group observed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit will have an opportunity to consider that decision before acting on the victims’ appeal.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 26, 2021

The justices said Monday they will review a lower-court ruling that upheld New York’s restrictive gun permit law. The court’s action follows mass shootings in recent weeks in Indiana, Georgia, Colorado and California. The others are: California, Delaware, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

2] In the World Wrestling case , the plaintiffs were a company incorporated under the State of Delaware, USA laws. They filed for a trade mark infringement in a suit in the Delhi High Court. The issue in this case was regarding the jurisdiction of the Delhi High Court, as neither of the parties resided in the territory of Delhi.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 10, 2023

“A Mississippi case leads US appeals court to strike down lifetime gun ban for drug users”: Margaret Baker of The Biloxi Sun Herald has this report. Lindsay Whitehurst of The Associated Press reports that “ Appeals court rules against longstanding drug user gun ban cited in Hunter Biden case.”

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 29, 2023

The Court answered this question in the affirmative. More importantly, the court considered the requirement of a “real connecting link” in the context of Art. 7(1) of the Brussels Ibis Regulation. 35 of the Brussels Ibis Regulation.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

McCall , a tire manufacturer resists Georgia courts’ exercise of jurisdiction on the basis of the state’s registration statute for foreign corporations. Cooper’s activities in Georgia had no connection to McCall’s claims against Cooper, meaning that Georgia courts lacked “specific jurisdiction” over Cooper.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

That’s because current disclosure of litigation funding relies on a patchwork of state law, court rules, self-reporting, FOIA requests, leaks to journalists, and funding pitches. 29] Notably, they continue to file and litigate in the Western District of Texas; IP Edge, too, has ceased filing in Delaware, per reporting and data. [30]

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The Fashion Law

JUNE 10, 2021

Alex and Ani filed a petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on June 9, citing assets and liabilities that both range from $100 million to $500 million. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware on December 3. Bankruptcy Code in the District of Delaware.”

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 10, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday put a bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of the highly addictive opioid painkiller OxyContin, on hold while it reviews a challenge to the legality of the plan, which would shield the Sackler family, the owners of the drug company, from lawsuits. There were no recorded dissents.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The two doctors at the center of the Supreme Court case (who are currently serving sentences of more than 20 years) are both awaiting lower-court rulings on whether they are now entitled to new trials themselves. The post The <em>other</em> Supreme Court ruling with big repercussions for U.S.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 22, 2021

There is a major new ruling in Delaware that could impact universities and colleges across the country. A federal judge ruled in favor of allowing students at the University of Delaware to proceed with their claim that the school “unjustly enriched itself” during the COVID-19 pandemic. University of Delaware.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 16, 2023

Bray, the Chief United States Probation Officer for the District of Delaware, never signed off on the agreement. The Fifth Circuit recently reversed the trial court, ruling that the federal statute conflicts with the Second Amendment. That means that Biden could be treated like other defendants. Bruen to toss out the sentence.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The appellate court also found that even if the trial court erred, the error was harmless because the State proved both acts beyond a reasonable doubt. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review. In Delaware v. Delaware filed a motion to remand to state court (November 20).

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 14, 2023

At its conference yesterday, a double one, the Supreme Court ruled on a robust 164 matters. The court granted review in EpicentRx, Inc. Actions of note included: Forum selection.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 4, 2022

Gun rights groups are also challenging similar bans in California, New York, New Jersey and Delaware. Among them: laws in California and New Jersey that limit the amount of ammunition a gun magazine can hold and a 2013 ban on “assault weapons” in Maryland.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Ron DeSantis moves forward with his plan on relocating undocumented persons to Delaware. In Florida, DeSantis pledged to use federal COVID funds to send undocumented persons to Delaware, home state of President Joe Biden. Most of these immigrants are told to report to an immigration office , and many are not given court dates.

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