30 Sep, 2019 Chancery Again Defers to Deal Price in Appraisal By Albert H. Manwaring IV K. Tyler O'Connell In re Appraisal of Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc., Cons. C.A. Nos. 12736-VCL (Del. Ch. Aug. 12, 2019). In Columbia Pipeline Group, the...
26 Sep, 2019 Chancery Addresses the Implied Covenant in an At-Will Employment Relationship and Delaware’s Statutory Restriction on Physicians’ Non-Competes By P. Clarkson Collins Jr. K. Tyler O'Connell Dunn v. Fastmed Urgent Care, C. A. No. 2018-0934 MTZ (Del. Ch. Aug. 30, 2019). This case arises out of a physician’s sale of his limited...
24 Sep, 2019 Lewis H. Lazarus to Participate in Panel Discussion Commemorating the Landmark Case Paramount Communications, Inc. v. Time Inc. By Lewis H. Lazarus Morris James partner Lewis H. Lazarus will participate in a DSBA CLE titled “The Test of Time: A 30-Year Lookback at Paramount...
23 Sep, 2019 Lewis H. Lazarus Participates in Panel Discussion Commemorating the Landmark Case Paramount Communications, Inc. v. Time Inc. By Lewis H. Lazarus Morris James partner Lewis H. Lazarus will participate in a DSBA CLE titled “The Test of Time: A 30-Year Lookback at Paramount...
23 Sep, 2019 'Scott v. DST Systems': Court Rejects Mootness Fee for Target’s Supplemental Disclosures Explaining Valuation Analyses By K. Tyler O'Connell Delaware Business Court Insider Disclosure-only settlements of M&A class actions have received increased scrutiny since decisions like...
23 Sep, 2019 Michelle G. Gallo Joins Morris James’ Commercial Litigation and Real Estate Practices By Michelle G. Bounds Morris James LLP is pleased to announce that Michelle G. Gallo has joined the firm as an associate in Morris James' Georgetown office....
23 Sep, 2019 Blue Bell Creameries: Chancery Finds Zapata Committee to Address Derivative Claims is not Available to Conflicted General Partner By K. Tyler O'Connell Wenske v. Blue Bell Creameries, Inc., C. A. No. 2017-0699-JRS (Del. Ch. Aug. 28, 2019). In Zapata v. Maldonado, 430 A.2d 779 (Del. 1981),...
23 Sep, 2019 'Scott v. DST Systems': Court Rejects Mootness Fee for Target’s Supplemental Disclosures Explaining Valuation Analyses By K. Tyler O'Connell Disclosure-only settlements of M&A class actions have received increased scrutiny since decisions like the Delaware Court of Chancery’s...
17 Sep, 2019 Chancery Finds Plaintiffs Lost Direct and Derivative Standing After Sale of Shares By Jonathan G. Strauss Albert J. Carroll Urdan v. WR Capital Partners, LLC, C.A. No. 2018-0343-JTL (Del. Ch. Aug. 19, 2019). It is well-settled Delaware law that the right to...
17 Sep, 2019 Chancery Explains When Deal Price is a Persuasive Indicator of Fair Value in an Appraisal Proceeding By R. Eric Hacker Albert J. Carroll In re Appraisal of Stillwater Mining Co., Consol. C.A. No. 2017-0385-JTL (Del. Ch. Aug. 21, 2019). Recent Delaware Supreme Court...
12 Sep, 2019 Eric Monzo and Dawn Sheiker Present at the Legal Marketing Association's Southeast Conference By Eric J. Monzo Dawn V. Sheiker Eric Monzo, Chair of the firm's Marketing and Business Development Committee and Partner in the Bankruptcy Group, and Dawn Sheiker,...
06 Sep, 2019 Lewis H. Lazarus Speaks at ABA Business Law Section CLE By Lewis H. Lazarus Lewis H. Lazarus moderate a panel entitled “Streamlining Business Cases for Trial: A View from the Bench” at the ABA’s Business Law...
06 Sep, 2019 Chancery Dismisses Derivative and Direct Claims By Lewis H. Lazarus Delaware Business Court Insider It is well-settled in Delaware that a stockholder seeking to pursue derivative claims must own shares at...
05 Sep, 2019 Chancery Dismisses Derivative and Direct Claims Upon Finding Shareholder Plaintiffs Sold Shares Without Preserving Rights By Lewis H. Lazarus Delaware Business Court Insider It is well-settled in Delaware that a stockholder seeking to pursue derivative claims must own shares at...
04 Sep, 2019 Loot Crate Inc. Forgoes a $1 Million Walkaway Fee in a Delaware Chapter 11 Stalking Horse Sale By Brya M. Keilson Eric J. Monzo Jeffrey R. Waxman The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Loot Crate bankruptcy cases represented by Morris James LLP argued against entry of...
04 Sep, 2019 Chancery Applies California Law Despite a Delaware Choice-of-Law Provision By Lewis H. Lazarus K. Tyler O'Connell NuVasive Inc. v. Miles, C.A. No. 2017-0720-SG (Del. Ch. Aug. 26, 2019). When a contract, executed by parties in a foreign jurisdiction,...