31 Mar, 2020 The CARES Act: Assistance for Delaware Workers Impacted by COVID-19 By Allyson M. Britton James H. McMackin III On March 27, 2020, President Trump enacted the Coronavirus Relief and Economic Security Act, which is also known as the CARES Act. The...
31 Mar, 2020 Delaware Healthcare Businesses Note: Small Business Administration Releases Details of COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program By A. Kimberly Hoffman Details regarding the SBA’s program just became available. Delaware’s doctors and other healthcare related businesses are struggling as...
31 Mar, 2020 Superior Court Dismisses Fraud Claim Improperly Boot-Strapped to Breach of Contract Claim By P. Clarkson Collins Jr. K. Tyler O'Connell Kirsten A. Zeberkiewicz Cont’l Fin. Co., LLC, v. ICS Corp., C.A. No. N19C-07-184 AML (Del. Super. Feb. 20, 2020). This case represents another example of the...
27 Mar, 2020 Delaware Family Law Update: The Impact of "Shelter in Place" Orders on Families By Gretchen S. Knight Jill Spevack Di Sciullo Delaware Governor John Carney issued two modifications to his State of Emergency declaration on March 22, 2020. Starting Tuesday, March...
26 Mar, 2020 Chancery Addresses Civil Conspiracy Elements By Jonathan G. Strauss Albert J. Carroll O’Gara v. Coleman, C.A. No. 2018-0708-KSJM (Del. Ch. Feb. 14, 2020). This action arose out of corporate infighting among certain...
25 Mar, 2020 What to Do If You Are Injured as a Passenger in a Car By Morris James LLP In the United States, more than 3 million people are injured in car accidents every year. Delaware has a share of these accidents, with...
25 Mar, 2020 COVID-19 Tax Relief Update: Federal Gift Tax, Delaware Income Tax By James J. Gallagher II Bruce W. Tigani Please view our latest post on tax deadlines and updates related to COVID-19 here. Further guidance has been released by both the...
24 Mar, 2020 Intellectual Property Group Adds New Associate Cortlan S. Hitch By Cortlan S. Hitch Morris James is pleased to welcome new associate Cortlan S. Hitch to its Intellectual Property Group. Cortlan concentrates his practice...
23 Mar, 2020 Chancery Finds Pleadings Sufficient to Support Claim that a Corporate Self-Tender Offer was Coercive By Albert J. Carroll Davidow v. LRN Corp., C.A. No. 2019-0150-MTZ (Del. Ch. Feb. 25, 2020). Delaware law does not invoke the entire fairness test for a...
23 Mar, 2020 What do Delaware’s Latest Orders Responding to the COVID-19 Outbreak Mean to the Healthcare Industry and Patients? By James J. Gallagher II A. Kimberly Hoffman Bruce W. Tigani Delaware Governor John Carney issued two modifications to his State of Emergency declaration on March 22, 2020. Starting Tuesday, March...
23 Mar, 2020 Chancery Holds That Res Judicata Precludes Plaintiff’s Claim for Information Rights Under Merger Agreement By Albert H. Manwaring IV Bryan Townsend Albert J. Carroll Fortis Advisors LLC v. Shire US Holdings, Inc., C.A. No. 2018-0933-JRS (Del. Ch. Feb. 13, 2020). The doctrine of res judicata bars a...
20 Mar, 2020 IRS Extends Tax Filing Deadline to July 15 as Coronavirus Spreads, Mnuchin Says By James J. Gallagher II Bruce W. Tigani Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced Friday that the administration has moved the IRS deadline for filing income tax returns from...
19 Mar, 2020 COVID-19 Tax Relief Update: Extension to Pay By James J. Gallagher II Bruce W. Tigani TO VIEW OUR MARCH 20TH UPDATE, CLICK HERE. On March 13, 2020, the President issued an emergency declaration under the Stafford Disaster...
18 Mar, 2020 Belated Use of Special Committee and Uninformed Stockholder Vote Undermine Bid for Business Judgment Review of Going-Private Merger By K. Tyler O'Connell Delaware Business Court Insider The Court of Chancery’s recent decision in Salladay v. Lev, 2020 WL 954032 (Del. Ch. Feb. 27, 2020)...
18 Mar, 2020 Belated Use of Special Committee and Uninformed Stockholder Vote Undermine Bid for Business Judgment Review of Going-Private Merger By K. Tyler O'Connell The Court of Chancery’s recent decision in Salladay v. Lev, 2020 WL 954032 (Del. Ch. Feb. 27, 2020) denied the director-defendants’...
16 Mar, 2020 Flattening the Land Use Approvals Curve In Wake of Coronavirus: Update By A. Kimberly Hoffman Last Friday, March 13, 2020, I warned those seeking land use approvals or building permits for a new or existing healthcare use in New...