31 Mar, 2021 Superior Court Finds Securities Lawsuits Do Not Fall within Relatedness Exclusion of Insurance Policy By K. Tyler O'Connell Company, C.A. No. N18C-09-210 (Del. Super. Ct. Feb. 2, 2021) This case arises from an insurance coverage dispute between an insured and...
31 Mar, 2021 Morris James Condemns Racial Injustice By Sherry A. Leary CLM Last summer, we stood with the Black community after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many others....
30 Mar, 2021 Chancery Grants Inspection Demand Relying on a Short-Seller’s Report By Samuel Bashman Albert J. Carroll Jacob v. Bloom Energy Corp., C.A. No. 2020-0023-JRS (Del. Ch. Feb. 25, 2021) In a post-trial opinion in this books-and-records action...
30 Mar, 2021 Superior Court Applies “Most Favorable” Choice of Law Provision, Finding Investment Fund’s Settlement of a Fraudulent Transfer Claim an Insurable Loss By Albert J. Carroll Sycamore Partners Management, L.P. v. Endurance American Insurance Company, C.A. No. N18C-09-211 AML CCLD (Del. Super. Feb. 26, 2021) The...
30 Mar, 2021 Chancery Dismisses Derivative Breach of Contract Claim Against Directors for Alleged Violations of Certificate of Incorporation By Samuel Bashman Albert J. Carroll Lacey v. Mota-Velasco, C.A. No. 2019-0312-SG (Del. Ch. Feb. 11, 2021) A corporate charter represents a contractual agreement between the...
24 Mar, 2021 Morris James Welcomes New eDiscovery Associate By Joseph C. Leonard Morris James is pleased to announce the addition of Joseph C. Leonard as an eDiscovery Associate in the firm’s Corporate and Commercial...
24 Mar, 2021 Morris James Welcomes New eDiscovery Associate By Joseph C. Leonard Morris James is pleased to announce the addition of Joseph C. Leonard as an eDiscovery Associate in the firm’s Corporate and Commercial...
17 Mar, 2021 Chancery Finds After Trial That $10 Billion Unit-for-Unit Merger Was “Fair and Reasonable” Under Partnership Agreement By Albert H. Manwaring IV Bryan Townsend K. Tyler O'Connell Dieckman v. Regency GP LP, C.A. No. 11130-CB (Del. Ch. Feb. 15, 2021) This matter concerned limited partners’ challenge under the...
17 Mar, 2021 Wilson Gualpa Discusses Diversity and Inclusion in the Delaware Bar By Wilson A. Gualpa Wilson Gualpa discusses the current landscape of diversity, equity and inclusion in Delaware at the Delaware State Bar Association's...
12 Mar, 2021 Chancery Court Strikes Down Anti-Activist Poison Pill as Unreasonably Broad By P. Clarkson Collins Jr. Delaware Business Court Insider In a recent post-trial decision the Delaware Court of Chancery upheld a stockholder challenge to a...
11 Mar, 2021 Chancery Grants Access to Facebook Board Emails in Books and Records Action By K. Tyler O'Connell Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island v. Facebook, Inc., C.A. No. 2020-0085-JRS (Del. Ch. Feb. 10, 2021) In this opinion, the...
10 Mar, 2021 Chancery Court Strikes Down Anti-Activist Poison Pill as Unreasonably Broad By P. Clarkson Collins Jr. Delaware Business Court Insider In a recent post-trial decision where the Delaware Court of Chancery upheld a stockholder challenge to a...
09 Mar, 2021 Morris James Promotes Allyson Britton to Counsel By Allyson M. Britton Morris James is pleased to announce that Allyson Britton has been promoted to Counsel. Allyson is a member of the firm's Employment and...
09 Mar, 2021 Delaware Bankruptcy Law: One Year Post COVID-19 By Brya M. Keilson Eric J. Monzo Bankruptcy Law Alert It has been just over a year since the first known COVID-19 cases and related shutdowns occurred in the US. In early...
08 Mar, 2021 Chancery Holds That a Deadlock Warranting Dissolution Can Be Genuine Even If the Circumstances Giving Rise to the Deadlock Were Contrived By Samuel Bashman K. Tyler O'Connell Mehra v. Teller, C.A. No. 2019-0812-KSJM (Del. Ch. Jan. 29, 2021) In a dispute over the validity of the dissolution of a limited...
04 Mar, 2021 Superior Court Addresses Scope of Privilege Waiver in Dispute Involving The American Bottling Company, Coke, and Bodyarmor By Kirsten A. Zeberkiewicz Barnaby Grzaslewicz Albert J. Carroll The American Bottling Co. v. BA Sports Nutrition, LLC et. al, C.A. No: N19C-03-048-AML CCLD (Del. Super. Feb. 11, 2021) Delaware courts...