31 Oct, 2013 Court of Chancery Explains Pleading Rules for Fiduciary Duty Claim By Morris James LLP AM General Holdings LLC v. The Renco Group Inc., C.A. 7639-VCN (October 31, 2013) This is another example of how the Court of Chancery...
31 Oct, 2013 Court of Chancery Explains Limits of Jurisdiction Over Foreign Entities By Morris James LLP Baier De Adler v. Upper New York Investment Companies LLC, C.A. 6896-VCN (October 31, 2013) This is an interesting decision dealing with...
31 Oct, 2013 Court of Chancery Explains "At Issue" Waiver of Privilege By Morris James LLP JP Morgan Chase & Co. v. American Century Companies Inc., C.A. 6875-VCN (October 31, 2013) As is well known, the attorney/client...
31 Oct, 2013 Court Of Chancery Again Explains Conspiracy Theory Of Jurisdiction By Morris James LLP Microsoft Corporation v. Amphus, Inc., C.A. 8092-VCP (October 31, 2013) The alter ego and conspiracy theories of jurisdiction are among...
30 Oct, 2013 Superior Court Explains Insurance Policy Interpretation Rules By Morris James LLP First Bank of Delaware Inc. v. Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, C.A. N11C-08-221 (October 30, 2013) This decision sets out in...
29 Oct, 2013 Supreme Court Applies 'Reasonable Conceivability' Test By Lewis H. Lazarus Two important aspects of merger agreements are the price and the nature of the post-closing obligations of the sellers to defend or...
28 Oct, 2013 Court of Chancery Upholds Complaint of Insider Abuse By Morris James LLP TVI Corporation v. Gallagher, C.A. 7798-VCP (October 28, 2013) If you are looking for a case that lists almost every abuse a controlling...
23 Oct, 2013 Court of Chancery Upholds Election Results By Morris James LLP Red Oak Fund L.P. v. Digirad Corporation, C.A. 8559-VCN (October 23, 2013) In this unusual case, the Court of Chancery upheld the results...
16 Oct, 2013 Court Of Chancery Dismisses Suit Over Merger By Morris James LLP In re Bioclinica Inc. Shareholder Litigation, C.A. 8272-VCG (October 16, 2013) This is an interesting decision because it dismissed an...
14 Oct, 2013 Court of Chancery Explains their Corporate Benefit Rule By Morris James LLP Zimmerman v. Crothall, C.A. 6001-VCP (October 14, 2013) When litigation confers a benefit upon a corporate entity, it is only fair that...
14 Oct, 2013 Superior Court Adopts Chancery Anti-Reliance Law By Morris James LLP TEK Stainless Piping Products Inc. v. Smith, C.A. N13C-02-175 (October 14, 2013) When does the parties' contract bar a claim for fraud?...
13 Oct, 2013 Court of Chancery Explains When Actions are Void By Morris James LLP Klaassen v. Allegro Development Corporation, C.A. 8676-VCL (October 11, 2013) There is still an important distinction under Delaware law...
09 Oct, 2013 Chancery Closing the Door to Multidistrict Litigation By Morris James LLP Delaware Business Court Insider There is much agitation over multiforum litigation. Both the typical defendants in such cases,...
07 Oct, 2013 Supreme Court Upholds Its Pleading Standard By Morris James LLP Winshall v.Viacom International Inc., No. 39, 2013 (October 7, 2013, corrected October 8, 2013) This decision is particularly interesting...
07 Oct, 2013 Superior Court Explains Mutual Mistake Law By Morris James LLP Newport Disc Inc. v. Newport Electronics Inc., C.A. N12C-10-228 MMJ CCLD (October 7, 2013) This is an action where the defendant tried...
04 Oct, 2013 Court of Chancery Explains Consent Vote Rules By Morris James LLP Flaa v Montano, C.A. 8632-VCG (October 4, 2013) When can you challenge the right to consent to corporate action? This decision explains...