30 Nov, 2021 Lewis Lazarus Speaks to University of Delaware Entrepreneurship and Leadership Students By Lewis H. Lazarus Partner Lewis Lazarus will speak on December 2, 2021 to students in the University of Delaware’s class on Entrepreneurship and Leadership...
30 Nov, 2021 What Happens After an Accident With a Box Truck or Delivery Van? 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 This past October, a tragedy occurred in the Delaware Valley region involving a box truck and a pedestrian: just after 10 AM, an...
22 Nov, 2021 Chancery Addresses Indemnification Claim Turning on the Contractual Definition of a Covered Person By Albert J. Carroll Kirsten A. Zeberkiewicz GMF ELCM Fund L.P., et al. v. ELCM HCRE GP LLC, et al., C.A. No. 2018-0840-SG (Del. CH. Sept. 22, 2021) This indemnification dispute...
22 Nov, 2021 Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Contractual Waiver of Statutory Appraisal Rights By Albert J. Carroll Kirsten A. Zeberkiewicz Manti Holdings, LLC, et al. v. Authentix Acquisition Co., Inc., No. 354, 2020 (Del. Sept. 13, 2021) This decision arose out of the...
22 Nov, 2021 CCLD Rejects Several Defenses to Insurance Coverage of a Settlement Paid By Investment Fund By Kirsten A. Zeberkiewicz Albert J. Carroll Sycamore Partners Management, L.P. v. Endurance American Insurance Co., C.A. No. N18C-09-211 AML CCLD (Del. Super. Sept. 10, 2021) Prior...
17 Nov, 2021 Chancery Dismisses Derivative Claims That Private Equity Sponsors Comprised A Control Group By K. Tyler O'Connell Barnaby Grzaslewicz Patel v. Duncan, C.A. No. 2020-0418-MTZ (Del. Ch. Sept. 30, 2021) For stockholders to comprise a control group, the alleged group members...
15 Nov, 2021 Chancery Examines Cornerstone Standard for Establishing Non-Exculpated Fiduciary Duty Claims By Lewis H. Lazarus R. Eric Hacker Albert J. Carroll In Re BGC Partners, Inc. Derivative Litigation, Consol. C.A. No. 2018-0722-LWW (Del. Ch. Sep. 20, 2021) A director protected by an...
11 Nov, 2021 I Fell On a Friend’s Property, and I Don’t Want to Sue Them, but My Bills are Piling Up—What Should I Do? 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 Slip and fall accidents are an unfortunately all-too-common occurrence. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
11 Nov, 2021 Court of Chancery Enjoins Arbitration, Holds It Has Jurisdiction to Decide Substantive Arbitrability In Face Of Competing Arbitration Provisions By K. Tyler O'Connell Barnaby Grzaslewicz AffiniPay, LLC, et al. v. West, C.A. No. 2021-0549-LWW (Del. Ch. Sept. 17, 2021)As a general matter, Delaware courts retain jurisdiction...
10 Nov, 2021 Chancery Addresses When an Efforts Clause-Based Earnout Claim May Ripen By Lewis H. Lazarus R. Eric Hacker Albert J. Carroll S’holder Representative Servs., LLC v. Alexion Pharm., Inc., C.A. No. 2020-1069-MTZ (Del. Ch. Sep. 1, 2021) Mergers and sale agreements...
10 Nov, 2021 Partner Matthew Fogg Discusses Distracted Driving with High School Students By Matthew R. Fogg Partner Matthew Fogg was a guest presenter at Glasgow High School in conjunction with The End Distracted Driving program on Friday,...
10 Nov, 2021 Wilson Gualpa Receives DSBA Young Lawyers Leadership Award By Wilson A. Gualpa Morris James is pleased to announce that personal injury attorney Wilson Gualpa has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Young...
09 Nov, 2021 Chancery Declines to Order Production of Privileged Document By Albert J. Carroll Joseph C. Leonard Drachman v. BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc., C.A. No. 2019-0728-LWW (Del. Ch. Aug. 25, 2021) Drachman addresses the...
08 Nov, 2021 Chancery Rejects MFW Defense Based on Failure to Disclose That a Conflicted Controller Participated in Arbitration Proceedings By Samuel Bashman Albert J. Carroll Ligos v. Isramco, Inc., C.A. No. 2020-0435-SG (Del. Ch. Aug. 31, 2021) Under MFW, a conflicted controller transaction may get the benefit...
04 Nov, 2021 Morris James ranked among “Best Law Firms” by U.S News & World Report By Morris James LLP Morris James has been ranked in twenty-six practice areas in the 2022 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers guide to “Best Law Firms". The...
04 Nov, 2021 Chancery Stays Advancement Action in Favor of Pending Related Federal Action By Samuel Bashman Albert J. Carroll The Harmon 1999 Descendants’ Trust v. CGH Investment Management, LLC, C.A. No. 2021-0407-KSJM (Sept. 21, 2021) Generally, absent unusual...