30 Jul, 2019 Reporting a Car Crash in Wilmington Delaware By Kevin G. Healy Susan D. Ament Keith E. Donovan Matthew R. Fogg Michael G. Owen Clayton E. Bunting Wilson A. Gualpa Ross C. Karsnitz +5 more... Show less Reporting a car crash to the police and the insurance company protects you and bolsters the integrity of any related insurance claim or...
29 Jul, 2019 Chancery Awards $3 Million in Attorneys’ Fees Following Invalidation of Charters’ Forum-Selection Provisions for Securities Act Claims By Bryan Townsend K. Tyler O'Connell Sciabacucchi v. Salzberg, C.A. No. 2017-0931-JTL (Del. Ch. Jul. 8, 2019). In December 2018, the Court of Chancery held that...
29 Jul, 2019 Four Key Aspects of a Personal Injury Case 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 If you were injured in an accident and are considering taking legal action, understanding the key aspects of a personal injury case can...
29 Jul, 2019 Chancery Upholds Adequacy of Description of Buyer’s Indemnification Claims but Finds Indemnification Request for Pending Litigation Unripe By Lewis H. Lazarus K. Tyler O'Connell Horton v. Organogenesis Inc.,C.A. No. 2018-0537-KSJM (Del. Ch. July 22, 2019). Sellers in merger agreements generally agree to indemnify...
22 Jul, 2019 Jeff Waxman Moderates a Panel on Retention Issues at the ABI SE Conference Retention Issues By Jeffrey R. Waxman Jeffrey R. Waxman, a partner in Morris James’ Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights’ group, moderated a panel addressing retention issues at the...
18 Jul, 2019 Delaware Court of Chancery Orders Full Public Access to Confidential Filings Months After Settlement By Bryan Townsend K. Tyler O'Connell GKC Strategic Value Master Fund, L.P. v. Baker Hughes Inc., C.A. No. 2017-0769-SG (Del. Ch. Jun. 25, 2019). Universal public access to...
18 Jul, 2019 Chancery Allows Claims to Proceed Against Stockholder Subjecting It to Entire Fairness Review By P. Clarkson Collins Jr. Delaware Business Court Insider An “allegation that a transaction involves a controlling stockholder who stands on both sides is a...
18 Jul, 2019 Chancery Sustains Claims Against Special Committee Members Concerning Stock Incentive Plan By Albert J. Carroll Bryan Townsend Reith v. Lichtenstein, C.A. No. 2018-0277-MTZ (Del. Ch. June 28, 2019). As Reith explains, directors may lose the protections of the...
16 Jul, 2019 Chancery Holds Tension Between “Bespoke” Provision Governing Post-Closing Conduct By R. Eric Hacker K. Tyler O'Connell Dolan v. Altice USA, Inc., C.A. No. 2018-0651-JRS (Del. Ch. Jun. 27, 2019). The founders of Cablevision Systems Corp., the Dolan family,...
16 Jul, 2019 Chancery Declines to Stay or Dismiss Second-Filed Derivative Suit Against Google’s Parent Company By P. Clarkson Collins Jr. K. Tyler O'Connell Irving Firemen’s Relief and Ret. Fund v. Page, C.A. No. 2019-0355-SG (Del. Ch. Jul. 1, 2019). Delaware courts typically apply the McWane...
15 Jul, 2019 Material Omissions in Proxy Prevent 'Corwin' Dismissal of Challenge to Merger By Lewis H. Lazarus Since the Delaware Supreme Court’s 2015 Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings decision, practitioners in merger transactions have been able to...
15 Jul, 2019 Chambers High Net Worth 2019 Recognizes Morris James Private Wealth Law Attorneys By James J. Gallagher II Bruce W. Tigani Chambers High Net Worth recognizes private wealth law attorneys Bruce Tigani and Jim Gallagher in its 2019 edition. Chambers HNW ranks...
12 Jul, 2019 Meghan A. Adams Confirmed by the Delaware Senate to Serve as a Judge of the Superior Court of Delaware By Morris James LLP Morris James LLP is pleased to announce that Meghan A. Adams has been confirmed by the Delaware Senate to serve as a Judge of the...
12 Jul, 2019 Meghan A. Adams Confirmed by the Delaware Senate to Serve as a Judge of the Superior Court of Delaware By Morris James LLP Morris James LLP is pleased to announce that Meghan A. Adams has been confirmed by the Delaware Senate to serve as a Judge of the...
11 Jul, 2019 Court of Chancery Addresses Stockholder Standing to Enforce Corporate Contracts, Declines to Dismiss Claim for Breach of Anti-Takeover Protections By Albert H. Manwaring IV K. Tyler O'Connell Ark. Teacher Ret. Sys. v. Alon USA Energy, Inc., C.A. No. 2017-0453-KSJM (Del. Ch. Jun. 28, 2019). Section 203 of the Delaware General...
09 Jul, 2019 Court of Chancery Holds it Lacks Subject Matter Jurisdiction over Defamation Claims By P. Clarkson Collins Jr. K. Tyler O'Connell Stephen G. Perlman, Rearden LLC, and Artemis Networks, LLC v. Vox Media, Inc., C. A. No. 10046-VCS (Del. Ch. June 27, 2019). Unlike most...