28 Apr, 2006 District Court Denies Defendant's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment in Breach of Warranty Action By Morris James LLP AES Puerto Rico, L.P. v. ALSTOM Power, Inc., C.A. No. 04-1282-JJF, 2006 WL 1154786 (D. Del. Apr. 28, 2006). Plaintiff alleged that...
26 Apr, 2006 Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal By Morris James LLP Berger v. Intelident Solutions, Inc., No. 596, 2005, 2006 WL 1132079 (Del. Apr. 26, 2006). Plaintiff, a minority shareholder in a...
26 Apr, 2006 Court of Chancery Finds Remedy for Breach of Fiduciary Duty Identical to Appraisal Award By Morris James LLP Delaware Open MRI Radiology Associates, P.A. v. Kessler, C.A. No. 275-N, 2006 WL 1215096 (Apr. 26, 2006). This case was described by...
25 Apr, 2006 Superior Court Grants Summary Judgment to Insurers, Finding that Certain of AT & T's D & O Policies Do Not Cover Claims in Underlying Litigation By Morris James LLP AT&T Corp. v. Clarendon America Ins. Co., C.A. No. 04C-11-167 (JRJ), 2006 WL 1382268 (Del. Super. Ct. April 25, 2006). This was an...
19 Apr, 2006 Court of Chancery Finds No Violation of an Enforceable Covenant Not to Compete By Morris James LLP American Homepatient, Inc. v. Collier, C.A. No. 274-N, 2006 WL 1134170 (Del. Ch. Apr. 19, 2006). Plaintiff alleged that a former employee...
14 Apr, 2006 Court of Chancery Awards $4.8 Million to Minority Shareholders for Damages Suffered from Director Defendants' Breach of the Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty By Morris James LLP Oliver v. Boston University, C.A. No. 16570-NC, 2006 WL 1064169 (Del. Ch. Apr. 14, 2006). Defendant Boston University ("BU") was the...
12 Apr, 2006 Court of Chancery Imposes Class Certification with Hedge Fund as Class Representative By Morris James LLP Regal Entertainment Group v. Amaranth LLC, C.A. No. 1226-N, 2006 WL 948257 (Del. Ch. Apr. 12, 2006). Plaintiff, Regal Entertainment...
12 Apr, 2006 United States District Court, District of Delaware Issues Order Regarding Deletion of Hard Drive By Morris James LLP On August 19, 2004, two corporals and a sergeant, all members of the Delaware State Police Department (the "Plaintiffs"), filed an action...
10 Apr, 2006 Delaware Supreme Court Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Insurer Where Decedent's Worker's Compensation Carrier Could Not be Identified By Morris James LLP Delaware Insurance Guaranty Association v. Pickering, C.A. No. 04C-09-240 (MMJ), 2006 WL 1067317 (Del. Supr. April 10, 2006). Prior to...
05 Apr, 2006 Court of Chancery Interprets Indemnification Provisions as Not Permitting Indemnification by Re-Organized Company By Morris James LLP Levy v. Hayes Lemmerz International Inc., C.A. No. 1395-N, 2006 WL 985361 (Del. Ch. Apr. 5, 2006). The plaintiffs in this case sought...
05 Apr, 2006 Court of Chancery Permits Derivative Action to Proceed Because Alleged Facts Created Reasonable Doubt that Directors were Disinterested By Morris James LLP Feldman v. Cutaia, C.A. No. 1656-N, 2006 WL 920420 (Del. Ch. Apr. 5, 2006). This action involved a series of transactions in which the...
03 Apr, 2006 Emerging Trends in Fiduciary Duty Litigation: Lessons Learned from Emerging Communications and Disney By Morris James LLP Partner, Lewis H. Lazarus and Associate, Joseph S. Naylor of Morris James' Corporate and Fiduciary Litigation Group were recently...
03 Apr, 2006 Court of Chancery Awards Reliance Damages for Promissory Estoppel By Morris James LLP Ramone v. Lang, C.A. No. 1592-N, 2006 WL 905347 (Del. Ch. Apr. 3, 2006). This case involved a dispute between two businessmen who hoped...
01 Apr, 2006 First Annual Mid-Atlantic Super eLaw Technology Conference By Morris James LLP The Corporate Counsel Technology Institute (CCTI) at the Widener University School of Law along with the Delaware State Bar Association...
01 Apr, 2006 District Court Denies Defendants' Motions to Dismiss Derivative Action for Failure to Comply with Demand Requirement By Morris James LLP Seinfeld v. Barrett, C.A. No. 05-298-JJF, 2006 WL 890909 (D. Del. Mar. 31, 2006). Plaintiff filed a derivative action against defendants,...