29 Mar, 2018 Court of Chancery Explains Expanded Jurisdiction Under Director Consent Statute By Albert J. Carroll LVI Group Investments LLC v. NCM Group Holdings LLC, C.A. No. 12067-VCG (Del. Ch. Mar. 28, 2018) In Hazout v. Tsang Mun Ting, 134 A.3d...
28 Mar, 2018 Court of Chancery Applies Revlon to a Warrant to Buy By Albert J. Carroll Carr v. New Enterprise Associates, Inc., C.A. No. 2017-0381-AGB (Del. Ch. Mar. 26, 2018) This decision addresses a host of interesting...
28 Mar, 2018 Court Of Chancery Explains When Directors Lack Independence To Consider Pre-Suit Demand By Albert J. Carroll In Re Oracle Corporation Derivative Litigation, C.A. No. 2017-037-SG (Del. Ch. Mar. 19, 2018) Delaware law requires a derivative...
28 Mar, 2018 Court Of Chancery Awards Nominal Damages For Breach Of Fiduciary Duty By Albert J. Carroll The Ravenswood Investment Company LP v. The Estate Of Bassett S. Winmill, C.A. No. 3730-VCS (Del. Ch. Mar. 21, 2018) It is easy to assume...
28 Mar, 2018 Superior Court Provides Guidance on When a Tort Claim May Be Based on a Breach of Contract By Morris James LLP Decisivedge LLC v. VNU Group LLC, C.A. N17C-05-584 WCC CCLD (March 19, 2018) Too frequently a plaintiff seeks to buttress its case by...
27 Mar, 2018 Morris James Welcomes New Director of Client Relations By Morris James LLP Dawn V. Sheiker Morris James LLP, a leading multidisciplinary law firm in Delaware, announced that Dawn V. Sheiker will join the firm in April as its...
25 Mar, 2018 What is Gap Insurance? By Susan D. Ament Clayton E. Bunting Keith E. Donovan Matthew R. Fogg Wilson A. Gualpa Kevin G. Healy Ross C. Karsnitz Michael G. Owen +5 more... Show less One of the most frustrating circumstances is when your car is totaled and the amount owed on your car is greater than the fair market...
23 Mar, 2018 Is Stockholder Litigation in Trouble in Delaware? An Update By Morris James LLP A series of recent Delaware court decisions have caused some plaintiffs law firms to decide stockholder litigation should no longer be...
20 Mar, 2018 Court of Chancery Enforces Section 145 Indemnification Rights of Subrogee By Albert J. Carroll Meyers v. Quiz-Dia LLC, C.A. No. 9878-VCL (Del. Ch. Mar. 16, 2018) This is an interesting indemnification decision for its handling of...
19 Mar, 2018 Ed McNally and Albert Carroll Distinguished as Two of the Top Ten M&A Authors on JD Supra By Morris James LLP Morris James is pleased to announce Edward M. McNally and Albert J. Carroll have been recognized in JD Supra’s annual Readers’ Choice...
18 Mar, 2018 How much is my claim worth? By Susan D. Ament Clayton E. Bunting Keith E. Donovan Matthew R. Fogg Wilson A. Gualpa Kevin G. Healy Ross C. Karsnitz Michael G. Owen +5 more... Show less The value of any type of personal injury case involves a variety of factors, including: the type of injury; the frequency of treatment;...
14 Mar, 2018 Delaware Public Policy Does Not Preclude D&O Insurance Coverage for Fraud By K. Tyler O'Connell In Arch Insurance v. Murdock, (Del. Ch. Mar. 1, 2018), a D&O insurance coverage dispute, the state Superior Court’s complex commercial...
13 Mar, 2018 What if my accident was caused by someone with no insurance? By Kevin G. Healy Susan D. Ament Clayton E. Bunting Keith E. Donovan Matthew R. Fogg Michael G. Owen Wilson A. Gualpa Ross C. Karsnitz +5 more... Show less If there is uninsured motorist (“UM”) coverage available, you will have a claim. Under Delaware law, uninsured motorist coverage applies...
08 Mar, 2018 Court Of Chancery Holds Demand Is Not Excused When Only Best Practices Were Not Followed By Morris James LLP Wilkin v. Narachi, C.A. 12412-VCMR (February 28, 2018) Demand on directors is not required when it is alleged that they have violated a...
08 Mar, 2018 Delaware Superior Court Upholds Coverage For Fraud Claim By Morris James LLP Arch Insurance Company v. Murdock, C.A. N16C-01-104 EMD CCLD (March 1, 2018) This decision upholds coverage under a D&O policy for a...
08 Mar, 2018 Court Of Chancery Explains Proper Evidence To Support Inspection Claim By Morris James LLP In Re UnitedHealth Group Inc. Section 220 Litigation, C.A. 2017-0681-VCMR (February 28, 2018) To obtain inspection rights from a Delaware...