28 Jun, 2007 District Court Declines to Exercise Supplemental Jurisdiction Over Fiduciary Duty Claims, Grants Motion to Dismiss By Morris James LLP Lemon Bay Partners LLP v. Hammonds, C.A. No. 05-327 (D.Del. June 26, 2007) In this shareholder derivative action for breach of fiduciary...
27 Jun, 2007 Court of Chancery Stays Suit In Favor of Arbitration By Morris James LLP Friendly Ghost Enterprises LLC v. McWilliams, C.A. No. 2935-VCN (July 27, 2007). Sometimes fiduciary duty claims are mixed in with...
25 Jun, 2007 Superior Court Applies Contract Choice Of Law Rules By Morris James LLP AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.v. Federal Insurance Company, C.A. No. 030-12-232-WCC (June 25, 2007). What law applies is often a thorny...
21 Jun, 2007 District Court Finds Claims Don't Implicate ERISA, Remands to Superior Court By Morris James LLP Gallagher v. E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., C.A. No. 07-47-JJF (D. Del. June 19, 2007) In this suit for breach of contract, specific...
19 Jun, 2007 Court of Chancery Limits Stockholder Agreement Buy Rights By Morris James LLP Seidensticker v. The Gasparilla Inn Inc., C.A. No. 2555-CC (June 17, 2007). Agreements among stockholders of privately held companies...
15 Jun, 2007 Court of Chancery Explains Proper Merger Negotiations By Morris James LLP In Re: Lear Corporation Shareholders Litigation, C.A. No. 2728-VCS (June 15, 2007). The tactics to use and the terms to seek in merger...
14 Jun, 2007 Court of Chancery Overturns Standstill Agreement By Morris James LLP In Re: The Topps Company Shareholders Litigation, C.A. No. 2786-VCS (June 14, 2007). The duties of directors in a sale of the company...
07 Jun, 2007 Court of Chancery Rejects Options Suit By Morris James LLP Desimone v. Barrows, et. al., C.A. No. 2210-VCS (June 7, 2007). Since the Tyson decision, some have predicted that the Court of Chancery...