About Us
- March 8, 2006 9:04 PM About Us
- February 19, 2008 9:10 AM Delaware Supreme Court Rules That Directors Lack Standing to Bring Derivative Suits
- August 17, 2007 4:51 PM Court of Chancery Adopts New Approach For Insurance Company Appraisal
- May 11, 2007 2:19 PM Court of Chancery Explains Appraisal Valuation Process
- May 2, 2007 3:06 PM Court of Chancery Upholds Beneficial Owners' Appraisal Rights
- February 23, 2007 5:39 PM Court of Chancery Finds Hidden Appraisal Right
- December 6, 2006 7:08 PM Court of Chancery Limits Appraisal Demands
- October 12, 2006 10:42 AM Court of Chancery Holds 5 Days Is Too Short For Merger Announcement
- August 18, 2006 7:40 PM Court of Chancery Awards Both Appraisal And Equitable Relief
- May 18, 2006 7:07 PM Court of Chancery Finds Merger Between Controlling Stockholder and Subsidiary Unfair
- May 10, 2006 1:57 PM Court of Chancery Denies Request for Two-Tier Confidentiality Order
- April 26, 2006 1:42 PM Court of Chancery Finds Remedy for Breach of Fiduciary Duty Identical to Appraisal Award
- April 12, 2006 8:45 PM Court of Chancery Imposes Class Certification with Hedge Fund as Class Representative
- February 10, 2006 9:22 PM Court of Chancery Accepts Fiduciary Status Through Partnership Interest-Assignment And Appraises Interest's Value
- December 20, 2005 8:20 PM Court of Chancery Determines Fair Value Of Stock In Appraisal Action
- August 19, 2005 10:11 PM In Appraisal Action, Court of Chancery Employs Discounted Cash Flow and Comparable Companies Methods To Value Shares Purchased by 98% Owner in Cash-Out Merger
- April 25, 2005 10:57 PM Court of Chancery Decides Atypical Appraisal Proceeding in Which Parties had Stipulated to All But One Asset of Merging Company
- March 4, 2005 7:27 PM Court of Chancery Outlines Quasi-Appraisal Remedy for Minority Shareholders Cashed Out in a Short-Form Merger
- February 3, 2005 7:16 PM Court Tolls Appraisal Statute Despite First-Filing In Bankruptcy Court
- January 6, 2005 7:54 PM Court of Chancery Determines Appraisal Value And Compounds Interest Quarterly
- December 18, 2007 10:22 AM Court of Chancery Explains Scope of Arbitration Agreement
- October 12, 2007 10:30 AM Court of Chancery Upholds Very Broad Arbitration Clause
- October 2, 2007 4:26 PM Court of Chancery Holds Arbitrator Decides If Claim Is Arbitrable
- July 27, 2007 10:58 AM Court of Chancery Stays Suit In Favor of Arbitration
- May 14, 2007 8:28 AM Court of Chancery Defers to Arbitration Panel
- April 27, 2007 11:30 AM Court of Chancery Explains Third Party Obligation To Arbitrate
- April 9, 2007 8:57 PM Superior Court Grants Motion to Dismiss Claims Raised in Arbitration, Denies Motion to Dismiss Separate Breach of Contract
- January 31, 2007 12:03 PM Court of Chancery Gives Arbitration Award Finality
- December 12, 2006 10:48 AM Court of Chancery Upholds Arbitration For Tobacco Case
- December 12, 2006 10:45 AM Federal Court Grants Renewal of Motion To Demonstrate Jurisdiction
- December 6, 2006 2:24 PM Court of Chancery Finds Limit On Advancement Rights
- November 10, 2006 5:02 PM Federal Court Affirms Arbitration Award That Included Share Valuation By Agreement
- July 10, 2006 11:35 AM Homebuyers' Claims Against Builder Dismissed Based on Arbitration Clause
- May 24, 2006 11:47 AM Court of Chancery Grants Motion for Summary Judgment in Favor of Arbitration of Dispute
- May 10, 2006 1:21 PM Court of Chancery Grants Motion to Enforce Confidentiality Provisions of Rule 174
- March 14, 2006 4:11 AM Court of Chancery Finds Violation of GAAP Claim Subject to Arbitration Because Claim was Actually Breach of Warranty and Representation
- January 24, 2006 1:33 AM Court Of Chancery Holds That Unlike Corporations, LLC Agreements Can Mandate Arbitration For Fiduciary Breach Claims
- January 10, 2006 12:55 AM Court Of Chancery Holds That Contractually Agreed Issues Of Substantive Arbitrability Are For Judicial Resolution
- November 3, 2005 5:53 PM Court Enforces Provision in Merger Agreement Permitting Arbitration of Disputed Representation-and-Warranty and Working-Capital Claims
- October 25, 2005 8:04 PM Court of Chancery Vacates Arbitration Panel's Award
- September 20, 2005 5:42 PM Court of Chancery Enjoins Consummation Of Purchase Agreement Pending Arbitration
- August 25, 2005 7:38 PM Federal Court Enforces Foreign Arbitral Award Without Permitting Counterclaim
- May 25, 2005 12:19 AM Superior Court Grants Defendant's Motion to Dismiss and Finds that Clause in Construction Contract Required Arbitration
- April 18, 2005 3:29 PM Court of Chancery Enforces Arbitration Clause of LLC Agreement Because Claims "Arose Under" the Agreement
- January 24, 2005 5:14 PM Court of Chancery Holds Limitation Act In 10 Del. C. 8111 And Not 8106 Applies For "Other [Work] Benefits"
- April 11, 2008 2:17 PM Court of Chancery Explains Causation Rules for Attorney Fee Award
- March 28, 2008 7:54 PM Court of Chancey Holds Only Compulsory Counterclaims Warrant Advancement
- March 28, 2008 7:47 PM Court of Chancery Limits Advancement Rights Upon Bylaw Amendment
- January 17, 2008 11:59 AM Court of Chancery Grants Advancement to an Employee
- January 8, 2008 3:06 PM Court of Chancery Sets Fees for Supplemental Proxy Materials
- November 20, 2007 4:19 PM Court of Chancery Holds Advancement Lost Despite Conversion
- September 4, 2007 5:11 PM Supreme Court Upholds Contract Based Fee Award
- July 31, 2007 11:05 AM Court of Chancery Permits Security For Advancement
- May 16, 2007 3:08 PM Court of Chancery Limits Indemnification For Fees
- May 8, 2007 4:55 PM Court of Chancery Denies Fee Request
- February 22, 2007 12:38 PM District Court Rejects Defenses to Breach of Contract, Awards Attorneys' Fees
- January 22, 2007 11:11 AM Court of Chancery Limits Fee Request In Section 225 Case
- December 21, 2006 7:43 PM Court of Chancery Denies Fee Split Request
- December 6, 2006 2:24 PM Court of Chancery Finds Limit On Advancement Rights
- September 21, 2006 6:08 PM Superior Court Declines to Perform Post-Settlement Allocation of Class Claims and Holds Insurer Responsible for Negotiated Settlement and for Insured's Attorneys' Fees
- September 8, 2006 3:29 PM Court of Chancery Awards Interest On Advancement
- August 17, 2006 7:06 PM Court of Chancery Awards Fees For Bad Faith
- June 21, 2006 12:09 PM Court of Chancery Awards Fees for Disclosures
- May 22, 2006 9:56 AM Court of Chancery Grants Plaintiffs' Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings on Claim for Attorneys' Fees and Expenses Incurred in Bringing Action
- May 18, 2006 10:22 AM Court of Chancery Finds Majority Stakeholder, Chief Executive Officer and General Partner of Limited Partnership Breached His Fiduciary and Contractual Duties to Limited Partnership
- March 29, 2006 2:52 AM Court of Chancery Awards Attorneys' Fees Only for Work Devoted to Meritorious Claims
- March 21, 2006 2:43 PM Court of Chancery Finds Breach of Oral Contract Regarding Executive Compensation and Breach of Fiduciary Duty for Failure of Such Compensation to Satisfy Entire Fairness Test
- January 23, 2006 1:29 AM Court Of Chancery Awards Litigation Fees Advancement Under LLC Agreement And Fees On Fees For Present Suit
- January 23, 2006 1:18 AM Court Of Chancery Upholds Voluntary Advancement Provisions Irrespective Of Alleged Wrongful Conduct
- January 6, 2006 1:12 AM Court Of Chancery Grants Plaintiff's Rule To Show Cause And Finds Defendant Was Contemnor Despite Wrongful TRO
- January 5, 2006 12:59 AM Class Representative Awarded Additional Fee Compensation For Shouldering Extra Burden By Court Of Chancery
- December 14, 2005 3:14 PM Court Grants Significantly Smaller Fee Award Than That Sought by Plaintiffs' Counsel in Connection with Settlement of Derivative Action
- December 12, 2005 12:52 PM Federal Court Permits Reconsideration of Fees and Costs Award, and Imposes Them Entirely on Other Defendant for Bad-Faith Conduct
- May 26, 2005 8:19 PM Court of Chancery Denies Motion For Stay Pending Appeal on Advancement of Attorneys' Fees
- April 30, 2005 3:25 PM Federal Court Awards Attorney Fees And Expenses Despite Lack Of Bad Faith In Eleven Month Discovery Delay
- April 29, 2005 11:28 PM Court of Chancery Finds that Substantial Litigation Expenses Not a Sufficient Material Adverse Effect to Rescind a Contract
- April 5, 2005 4:07 PM Court of Chancery Finds Misappropriation of Trade Secrets and Awards Attorneys' Fees for Defendants' Willful and Malicious Misappropriation
- February 4, 2005 7:19 PM Defendant Fails To Rebut Presumption Of Beneficial Causation For Merger Fee Award
- April 8, 2008 2:14 PM Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog
- April 16, 2004 1:59 PM Ideoblog
- April 16, 2004 1:58 PM Business Law Prof Blog
- April 16, 2004 1:57 PM Professor Bainbridge
- April 16, 2004 1:56 PM The Wall Street Journal Blog
- April 16, 2004 1:53 PM Conglomerate
- April 16, 2004 1:52 PM Electronic Discovery Law Blog
- April 16, 2004 1:50 PM Point of Law Blog
- April 16, 2004 1:48 PM The CorporateCounsel.net Blog
- April 16, 2004 1:47 PM Corp Law Blog
- March 31, 2008 2:25 PM Court of Chancery Confirms Limits of Inspection Litigation
- November 21, 2007 3:22 PM Court of Chancery Extends Books And Records Inspection
- October 2, 2007 4:33 PM Court of Chancery Explains The "Some Evidence" Rule In Section 220 Cases
- July 20, 2007 8:28 PM Court of Chancery Limits Inspection Rights
- July 3, 2007 4:57 PM Court of Chancery Permits Inspection In Rights Offering
- May 17, 2007 5:06 PM Court of Chancery Limits Inspection For Proxy Battle
- March 29, 2007 2:00 PM Court of Chancery Limits Inspection of Partnership Records
- December 12, 2006 7:30 PM Court of Chancery Grants Limited Inspection Rights
- November 9, 2006 11:55 AM Court of Chancery Rejects Challenge To Stockholder Consent
- October 12, 2006 10:19 AM Court of Chancery Denies Books And Records Inspection
- October 4, 2006 8:31 AM Supreme Court Affirms the Credible Basis Rule
- August 9, 2006 11:00 AM Court of Chancery Denies Stay In Books and Records Case
- July 6, 2006 11:13 AM Court of Chancery Limits Use of Demand for Records
- June 19, 2006 1:36 PM Court of Chancery Determines Criteria To Decide Inspection Rights
- June 5, 2006 4:29 PM Court of Chancery Aids The Missing Stockholder
- May 16, 2006 4:17 PM Court of Chancery Orders Production of Documents in Books and Records Action
- March 10, 2006 3:49 AM Court of Chancery Dismisses De Facto Dividend Claim Because Disguised as Improperly Pled Claim of Self-Dealing
- December 13, 2005 6:01 PM Court of Chancery Denies Motion to Stay Books and Records Action in Favor of Separate Derivative Action Involving Substantially Similar Matters
- November 23, 2005 7:06 PM Books-and-Records Action Dismissed Where No Credible Evidence to Justify Investigation of Alleged Misconduct
- September 26, 2005 5:56 PM Court of Chancery Denies Motion For Continued Sealing Of Portions Of Derivative Complaint
- August 22, 2005 10:14 PM Court of Chancery Finds Proper Purpose in Books and Records Case Where Beneficial Owners Demonstrate that CEO Received Excessive Compensation
- July 19, 2005 9:54 PM Court of Chancery Holds that Private Securities Litigation Reform Act and Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act do not Preempt Books and Records Action
- July 13, 2005 9:45 PM Court of Chancery Holds Fund to be Beneficial Owner Even When it Holds a Net Short Position or Purchases Shorted Shares from its Other Accounts
- July 7, 2005 9:39 PM Court of Chancery Holds that Unitholders in Private Equity Fund Can Inspect Books and Records After Fund Loses 75% of Value
- June 20, 2005 12:00 AM Court of Chancery Protects Certain Materials Obtained Through Section 220 Action as Confidential
- June 2, 2005 3:33 PM Court of Chancery Permits 220 Action To Proceed Despite Likelihood that Documents Would Give Rise to Precluded Causes of Action
- January 24, 2005 5:11 PM Court of Chancery Holds No Right To Books And Records Without Attested Documentary Evidence Supporting Shareholder Status
- February 29, 2008 8:42 PM Court of Chancery Interprets Indenture
- February 15, 2008 2:36 PM District Court Grants Summary Judgment on Consumer Fraud, Breach Claims
- February 15, 2008 10:55 AM District Court Finds Insurance Policy Language Precludes Breach Claim, But Estoppel and Waiver Claims Survive
- January 28, 2008 10:54 AM Superior Court Allows Expert Testimony On "Materiality" When Not An Ultimate Issue
- January 16, 2008 11:49 AM Court of Chancery Upholds Agreement To Agree
- January 14, 2008 12:52 AM Superior Court Grants Motion to Amend Answer, Even Though Defendant Had Some Knowledge of New Fact Before Filing
- January 14, 2008 12:38 AM Superior Court: Oral Contract Created By Contractor's Representations
- December 21, 2007 10:31 AM Court of Chancery Explains Contract Interpretation Rules
- November 26, 2007 4:21 PM Supreme Court: When Standing is Closely Related to Merits, 12(b)(6) Applies, Not 12(b)(1)
- November 26, 2007 4:10 PM Superior Court Holds Date-of-Discovery Rule Does Not Toll Statute of Limitations in Legal Malpractice Action When Evidence Indicates Knowledge of Facts Relevant to Claim
- November 9, 2007 3:32 PM Superior Court: No Ambiguity, No Extrinsic Evidence, No Dice
- November 8, 2007 4:14 PM Court of Chancery Upholds Objective Theory of Contract Interpretation
- November 2, 2007 4:25 PM Court of Chancery Explains Limits of Requirements Contract
- November 2, 2007 3:49 PM District Court Finds No Ambiguity or Third Party Beneficiary Status, Grants Motion for Summary Judgment
- October 8, 2007 12:14 PM District Court Applies Delaware Statute of Limitations Carve Out For Fiduciary Claims, Denies Summary Judgment
- September 4, 2007 11:14 AM Court of Chancery Explains Weight of Evidence
- August 24, 2007 4:51 PM Superior Court Holds Measure of Damages in Quasi-Contract Action is Value of Services Provided, Not Benefit Received
- August 13, 2007 5:57 PM District Court Allows Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim Under ERISA, Dismisses State Contract Claim
- August 9, 2007 3:02 PM Superior Court Holds Punitive Damages Are Not Precluded Where Separate Tort Claim Exists Alongside Contract Claims
- August 2, 2007 12:06 PM District Court Rejects Dismissal of Bad Faith Breach of Contract and Fraud Claims Against Insurer
- July 30, 2007 9:54 AM District Court Allows Estoppel, Breach of Contract, Fraud Claims Against LLC Member, Dismisses Other Defendants
- July 30, 2007 9:50 AM District Court Denies Motion to Dismiss For Failure to Join Indispensable Party
- July 30, 2007 9:38 AM District Court Grants Canadian Corporation's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction
- July 6, 2007 10:37 AM Court of Chancery Rejects Late Acceptance
- June 25, 2007 4:29 PM Superior Court Applies Contract Choice Of Law Rules
- June 21, 2007 11:00 AM District Court Finds Claims Don't Implicate ERISA, Remands to Superior Court
- June 19, 2007 2:29 PM Court of Chancery Limits Stockholder Agreement Buy Rights
- April 18, 2007 10:50 AM District Court Rejects Federal Jurisdiction Over Breach Claims, Remands to Superior Court
- April 9, 2007 7:04 PM Superior Court Upholds Grant of Summary Judgment to Homebuyer Who Exercised Unambiguous Termination Provision in Sales Contract
- April 9, 2007 6:44 PM Builders Sued After Construction Delayed, Move for Summary Judgment; Superior Court Denies Motion as to Contract Claims, Grants Motion as to Tort Claims Under Economic Loss Doctrine
- April 2, 2007 10:01 AM Court of Chancery Uses Parties' Actions To Decide Their Contract Rights
- March 14, 2007 4:16 PM District Court Grants Summary Judgment on Contract, Fraud Claims
- February 22, 2007 12:38 PM District Court Rejects Defenses to Breach of Contract, Awards Attorneys' Fees
- January 30, 2007 12:54 PM District Court Grants One Motion for Summary Judgment, Denies Other Motion
- January 19, 2007 9:44 AM District Court Denies Motion to Transfer
- January 17, 2007 3:45 PM Court of Chancery Clarifies Pleading Rules
- January 17, 2007 9:54 AM Court of Chancery Denies Reformation
- December 19, 2006 6:25 PM Superior Court Denies Motion to Vacate Confessed Judgment
- December 15, 2006 7:25 PM Court of Chancery Denies Cancellation of Guaranty
- December 14, 2006 4:32 PM Superior Court Invalidates Liquidated Damages Clause
- December 14, 2006 4:20 PM Superior Court Finds Breach Based on Actual and Apparent Authority, Invalidates Liquidated Damages Clause
- December 14, 2006 1:54 PM Superior Court Rejects Counterclaim of Exclusive Distributorship Contract, Awards Contract Damages to Plaintiff
- November 30, 2006 8:54 PM Superior Court Rejects Breach of Contract and Apparent Authority Claims, Grants Summary Judgment
- November 29, 2006 10:43 AM Federal Court Denies Motion For Reconsideration
- November 22, 2006 11:29 AM Court of Chancery Upholds Conspiracy Theory
- November 20, 2006 9:01 PM Superior Court Rejects Affirmative Defense of Res Judicata at Damages Stage
- November 10, 2006 5:02 PM Federal Court Affirms Arbitration Award That Included Share Valuation By Agreement
- October 2, 2006 5:34 PM Superior Court Denies Summary Judgment in Breach of Contract Action
- August 25, 2006 8:38 AM Court of Chancery Holds Dividends May Not Be Forced
- August 24, 2006 9:38 AM Superior Court Dismisses Suit by Corporation Representing Former Shareholder for Lack of Standing
- August 23, 2006 10:59 AM Superior Court Resolves Contract Dispute Arising Out of Separated Ophthalmology Practice
- August 22, 2006 3:54 PM Superior Court Holds Alleged Oral Employment Agreement Unenforceable Under Statute of Frauds
- August 22, 2006 7:52 AM Court of Chancery Interprets Charter For Preferred Stock
- August 4, 2006 2:57 PM Court of Chancery Expands Duty To Act in Good Faith
- July 12, 2006 7:04 PM Superior Court Permits "New" Defense
- June 21, 2006 12:04 PM Superior Court Grants Partial Judgment For Plaintiff on Claim For Unpaid Severance Payments
- June 6, 2006 10:23 AM Court of Chancery Remedies Breach of LLC Agreement
- June 2, 2006 3:08 PM Court of Chancery Appoints Receiver To Remedy Breach of Duty
- June 1, 2006 4:18 PM District Court Grants Leave to File Third-Party Complaint
- May 31, 2006 8:32 AM Court of Chancery Orders Parties to Modify Release Language in Settlement Agreement
- May 24, 2006 10:28 AM Court of Chancery Grants Summary Judgment for Defendants in Case Arising From Interpretation of Limited Partnership Agreement
- May 22, 2006 11:02 AM District Court Dismisses Breach of Contract and Misappropriation of Trade Secrets Action for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
- May 12, 2006 4:07 PM Superior Court Denies Plaintiff's Motion for Reargument of Dismissal of Case for Failure to Substitute Counsel
- May 8, 2006 2:30 PM Court of Chancery Denies Plaintiff's Motion for Declaratory Judgment, Specific Performance and Damages Resulting From Alleged Breaches of Licensing Agreements
- May 2, 2006 12:07 AM Superior Court Finds that Settlement Agreement Did Not Require Insurance Companies to Reimburse Insureds for Money Paid to Cover Shortfalls in Payments to The Center for Claims Resolution by Defaulting Members
- April 28, 2006 2:11 PM District Court Denies Defendant's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment in Breach of Warranty Action
- April 25, 2006 7:00 PM Superior Court Grants Summary Judgment to Insurers, Finding that Certain of AT & T's D & O Policies Do Not Cover Claims in Underlying Litigation
- April 19, 2006 5:24 PM Court of Chancery Finds No Violation of an Enforceable Covenant Not To Compete
- April 12, 2006 8:45 PM Court of Chancery Imposes Class Certification with Hedge Fund as Class Representative
- April 3, 2006 9:57 PM Court of Chancery Awards Reliance Damages for Promissory Estoppel
- March 30, 2006 8:55 PM Superior Court Denies Defendant's Motion to Dismiss and Motion for a More Definite Statement in Breach of Contract Case
- March 27, 2006 1:54 PM Superior Court Enters Judgment in Favor of Defendant on Grounds that Defendant did not Breach Contract Where Plaintiff Waived Express and Implied Warranty that Material was Fit for Intended Use.
- March 24, 2006 1:28 PM Superior Court Denied Defendant's Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Join Indispensable Parties and Improperly Joined Claims
- March 21, 2006 2:43 PM Court of Chancery Finds Breach of Oral Contract Regarding Executive Compensation and Breach of Fiduciary Duty for Failure of Such Compensation to Satisfy Entire Fairness Test
- March 14, 2006 4:11 AM Court of Chancery Finds Violation of GAAP Claim Subject to Arbitration Because Claim was Actually Breach of Warranty and Representation
- March 8, 2006 3:22 AM Court of Chancery Uses Contract Interpretation Principles to Determine Rights of Bondholder Against Borrower
- March 2, 2006 4:44 PM District Court Denies Dismissal of Breach of Contract and Fraud Claims, But Dismisses Deceptive Trade Practices Claim
- February 14, 2006 9:53 PM Court of Chancery Holds "Anti-Reliance" Contract Provisions Cannot Exclude Liability For Fraudulent Misrepresentations
- February 10, 2006 9:22 PM Court of Chancery Accepts Fiduciary Status Through Partnership Interest-Assignment And Appraises Interest's Value
- February 7, 2006 7:59 PM Court of Chancery Partially Grants Plaintiffs' Motion For A Preliminary Injunction Enforcing A Non-Competition Agreement
- February 2, 2006 5:04 PM District Court Dismisses Proposed Insurance Class Action But Grants Leave to Amend Complaint
- February 1, 2006 9:17 PM Court of Chancery Holds For Defendant-Corporation On Untimely Stock-Options Claim
- January 31, 2006 8:07 PM Delaware Supreme Court Reverses the Superior Court's Certification of Class in Suit Against Securities Dealers
- January 27, 2006 4:35 PM Superior Court Finds "Volunteer" Director of LLC Immune from Suit and Requires Plaintiff to File a More Definite Statement As to Whether Board's Actions Were Void
- January 24, 2006 1:33 AM Court Of Chancery Holds That Unlike Corporations, LLC Agreements Can Mandate Arbitration For Fiduciary Breach Claims
- January 23, 2006 1:29 AM Court Of Chancery Awards Litigation Fees Advancement Under LLC Agreement And Fees On Fees For Present Suit
- January 23, 2006 1:18 AM Court Of Chancery Upholds Voluntary Advancement Provisions Irrespective Of Alleged Wrongful Conduct
- January 20, 2006 1:23 AM Court Of Chancery Permits Interlocutory Appeal On Poison Pill Contract Issues
- January 18, 2006 4:43 AM Superior Court Finds Company to be a De Facto Corporation and Dismisses Individual Defendants from Case
- January 12, 2006 8:40 PM Superior Court Finds that Plaintiff Was Entitled to Advisory Fee Pursuant to Contract
- January 10, 2006 12:55 AM Court Of Chancery Holds That Contractually Agreed Issues Of Substantive Arbitrability Are For Judicial Resolution
- January 4, 2006 1:06 AM Court Of Chancery Denies Declaratory Judgment And Anticipatory Breach Of Contract On Ripeness Grounds
- December 23, 2005 4:48 PM Court of Chancery Substantially Denies Motion to Dismiss Complaint Seeking Release of Escrowed Funds and Other Relief
- December 20, 2005 5:50 AM Court Refuses to Dismiss Suit to Invalidate Corporation's Extension of Poison Pill
- December 15, 2005 8:33 PM Court Enforces Lease Provision Protecting Supermarket from Competition from Other Shopping Center Tenants
- November 22, 2005 6:44 PM Corporation's Use of Sale Proceeds Violates Language in Indenture Agreements
- November 22, 2005 12:18 PM Superior Court Finds Defendant Acted in Good Faith When it Terminated Asset Purchase Agreement Pursuant to Provision of Contract Allowing for Termination if Defendant Could be Exposed to Asbestos Liability
- October 27, 2005 12:35 AM Superior Court Holds that a California Company that Places a Product in the "Stream of Commerce" Does Not Have Sufficient Contacts with Delaware for the Court to have Personal Jurisdiction over the Defendant
- October 26, 2005 8:12 PM Court of Chancery Finds LLC Member Had Standing To Bring Derivative Claims On Behalf Of LLC, But That Her Claims Were Subject To Arbitration
- October 20, 2005 11:26 AM Federal Court Sets Aside Judgment of Dismissal and Reopens Judgment To Enter Settlement Agreement On Record
- October 19, 2005 6:06 PM Court of Chancery Partially Grants Defendants' Motion To Dismiss Complaint
- September 25, 2005 3:17 PM Federal Court Dismisses Delaware-Based Deceptive Trade Practices Claim But Denies Dismissal Of Contract, Conversion And Enrichment Claims For Motor Yacht Charter
- August 23, 2005 10:16 PM Court of Chancery Grants Motion to Amend Arguments in Brief On Eve of Oral Argument in Exchange for Payment of Attorneys' Fees
- August 11, 2005 10:01 PM Court of Chancery Refuses to Dismiss Claims for Tortious Interference, Unfair Trade Practices, and Fraudulent Misrepresentation in Connection with Sale of Business
- August 1, 2005 7:41 PM Superior Court Finds that Both Parties to a Contract Must Contractually State an Intention to Benefit a Third Party to Create a Third Party Beneficiary
- July 26, 2005 12:44 PM Superior Court Refuses to Dismiss Delaware Action, But Stays Delaware Action in Favor of Michigan Action
- July 6, 2005 9:35 PM Court of Chancery Denies Preliminary Injunction to Business Partner Who Alleges Breach of Confidentiality and Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
- June 22, 2005 12:01 PM Superior Court finds that Defendant Breached Contract By Failing to Pay Invoices and Waived Any Right to Claim Fraudulent Misrepresentation as a Defense
- May 25, 2005 12:19 AM Superior Court Grants Defendant's Motion to Dismiss and Finds that Clause in Construction Contract Required Arbitration
- April 29, 2005 11:28 PM Court of Chancery Finds that Substantial Litigation Expenses Not a Sufficient Material Adverse Effect to Rescind a Contract
- April 27, 2005 1:24 AM Superior Court Dismisses Case Against Member of Limited Liability Company, Finding that Member Was Not Liable for the Actions of the Limited Liability Company
- April 26, 2005 4:47 PM Federal Court Dismisses Consumer Fraud And Punitive Damages Claims In Diversity Suit Under Arizona Law
- April 1, 2005 8:49 PM Court of Chancery Dismisses Wal-Mart's Claims Regarding Corporate-Owned Life Insurance Policies
- March 30, 2005 7:39 PM Superior Court Finds that Plaintiff Had Security Interest in Certain Items Formally Owned by Restaurant Owner that Defaulted on Loan, But Not in Fixtures Placed in Restaurant
- March 10, 2005 10:45 PM Court of Chancery Finds Assignment of Subcontract Ineffective Based on Plain Language of the Agreement
- March 3, 2005 7:54 PM Court of Chancery Dismisses Claims Against Third-Party Defendants for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction Despite Officer and Agent Status
- February 28, 2005 1:44 PM Superior Court Denies Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment in Breach of Asset Purchase Agreement Case
- February 23, 2005 8:46 PM Superior Court Denies Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim Because Indemnification Provision Required a Court to Rule on the Merits Before Provision Could be Invoked
- February 23, 2005 5:26 PM Superior Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Damages Claim as Speculative in Breach of Contract Case
- February 16, 2005 7:25 PM Superior Court Grants Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment and Finds that Former Employee Was Obligated to Repay Gains Realized from Exercising Stock Options
- February 10, 2005 10:29 AM Federal Court Denies Re-Argument In Fiduciary and Contract Breach Case
- February 8, 2005 11:39 AM Federal Court Denies Jury Trial in Breach Of Contract And Fiduciary Duty Breach Claims
- February 4, 2005 7:32 PM Following Bench Trial in Breach of Contract Case, Superior Court Awards More than a Million Dollars to Plaintiff
- January 31, 2005 7:08 PM Superior Court Holds That It Has Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Limited Partnership Because of Forum Selection Clause in Contract
- January 28, 2005 5:32 PM Court of Chancery Examines Post-Merger Insurance Agreement And Denies Injunction Demanding Notice Under Policies
- January 24, 2005 5:23 PM Court of Chancery Holds Claims Accrue Upon Receipt Of Inquiry Notice Of Wrongful Act
- January 24, 2005 5:19 PM Court of Chancery Holds Limitation Statutes Run From Notice Of Wrongful Act
- January 24, 2005 5:14 PM Court of Chancery Holds Limitation Act In 10 Del. C. 8111 And Not 8106 Applies For "Other [Work] Benefits"
- January 12, 2005 5:08 PM Court of Chancery Holds Breach Of Material Term Renders Contract Voidable At Option Of Seller Without Notice
- January 6, 2005 9:30 PM Corporation Seeking Injunction, Declaratory Judgment, Specific Enforcement And Contract Damages Prevails In Court of Chancery On Dismissal Motions
- January 6, 2005 9:05 PM Court of Chancery Denies Unpleaded Prejudgment Interest Request
- March 24, 2008 11:20 AM Superior Court Denies Motion to Dismiss or Stay First-Filed Delaware Action
- November 2, 2007 3:49 PM District Court Finds No Ambiguity or Third Party Beneficiary Status, Grants Motion for Summary Judgment
- July 30, 2007 9:50 AM District Court Denies Motion to Dismiss For Failure to Join Indispensable Party
- July 30, 2007 9:38 AM District Court Grants Canadian Corporation's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction
- July 3, 2007 9:30 AM Superior Court Orders Insurers to Pay Defense Costs to Sun-Times Media Group, Denies Insurers' Motion to Dismiss or Stay
- September 21, 2006 6:08 PM Superior Court Declines to Perform Post-Settlement Allocation of Class Claims and Holds Insurer Responsible for Negotiated Settlement and for Insured's Attorneys' Fees
- September 18, 2006 11:17 AM Superior Court Grants Defendant Insurers' Motion to Dismiss Because Employees who Served as Directors and Officers Suffered No Loss to which D&O Insurance Coverage Applies
- July 31, 2006 1:04 PM DuPont awarded partial summary judgment in insurance-civerage litigation relating to polybutylene piping
- May 18, 2006 4:01 PM Superior Court Grants AT&T Corp. Leave to Appeal Interlocutory Order Granting Summary Judgment
- May 2, 2006 12:07 AM Superior Court Finds that Settlement Agreement Did Not Require Insurance Companies to Reimburse Insureds for Money Paid to Cover Shortfalls in Payments to The Center for Claims Resolution by Defaulting Members
- April 25, 2006 7:00 PM Superior Court Grants Summary Judgment to Insurers, Finding that Certain of AT & T's D & O Policies Do Not Cover Claims in Underlying Litigation
- April 10, 2006 1:48 PM Delaware Supreme Court Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Insurer Where Decedent's Worker's Compensation Carrier Could Not be Identified and Thus Could Not be Deemed an "Insolvent Insurer"
- April 5, 2006 1:32 AM Court of Chancery Interprets Indemnification Provisions as Not Permitting Indemnification by Re-Organized Company While Permitting Indemnification by Pre-Organized Company
- March 22, 2006 7:37 PM District Court Enjoins Plaintiff from Initiating Third-Party Proceedings Against Defendants and from Pursuing Global Settlement Strategy in Pending Asbestos Cases
- January 31, 2006 9:51 PM Superior Court Finds that Insurers Are Not Yet Obligated to Reimburse AT&T for Funds Used for Shareholder Settlement and Grants Insurers' Motions to Dismiss Claims For Reimbursement of Settlement
- January 24, 2006 9:24 PM Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Superior Court and Finds that Defendant Became an "Insured" for Purposes of 18 Del. C. § 4211(2)(a) by Operation of Law after Named Insured Merged Into Defendant
- September 29, 2005 1:00 AM Choice of Law Analysis: Delaware's "Continuous Trigger" Theory vs. Alabama's Reliance on the "Exposure Trigger" Theory
- August 18, 2005 2:03 AM Superior Court Prevents AT&T From Voluntarily Dismissing the Majority of Defendants
- July 26, 2005 12:44 PM Superior Court Refuses to Dismiss Delaware Action, But Stays Delaware Action in Favor of Michigan Action
- April 1, 2005 8:49 PM Court of Chancery Dismisses Wal-Mart's Claims Regarding Corporate-Owned Life Insurance Policies
- March 4, 2005 6:43 PM Superior Court Grants Corporation's Commercial Liability Insurer's Motion for Summary Judgment Based on Automobile Exclusion
- March 1, 2005 5:56 PM Superior Court Grants Motion for Reargument and Limits Discovery
- January 28, 2005 5:32 PM Court of Chancery Examines Post-Merger Insurance Agreement And Denies Injunction Demanding Notice Under Policies
- January 24, 2005 5:23 PM Court of Chancery Holds Claims Accrue Upon Receipt Of Inquiry Notice Of Wrongful Act
- April 22, 2008 10:22 AM Superior Court Dismisses Negligent Misrepresentation Claim Because Contract Barred Reliance On Extra-Contractual Representations
- March 20, 2008 10:48 AM Abbott Labs Sued by States Under Sherman Act
- February 15, 2008 2:36 PM District Court Grants Summary Judgment on Consumer Fraud, Breach Claims
- February 1, 2008 5:09 PM District Court Finds That Participation in Delaware Merger Confers Jurisdiction, Denies Motion to Dismiss
- November 26, 2007 4:10 PM Superior Court Holds Date-of-Discovery Rule Does Not Toll Statute of Limitations in Legal Malpractice Action When Evidence Indicates Knowledge of Facts Relevant to Claim
- October 4, 2007 3:45 PM District Court Grants All Motions to Dismiss in Anti-Trust Class Action
- August 9, 2007 3:02 PM Superior Court Holds Punitive Damages Are Not Precluded Where Separate Tort Claim Exists Alongside Contract Claims
- August 2, 2007 12:06 PM District Court Rejects Dismissal of Bad Faith Breach of Contract and Fraud Claims Against Insurer
- July 30, 2007 9:54 AM District Court Allows Estoppel, Breach of Contract, Fraud Claims Against LLC Member, Dismisses Other Defendants
- July 30, 2007 9:50 AM District Court Denies Motion to Dismiss For Failure to Join Indispensable Party
- July 30, 2007 9:38 AM District Court Grants Canadian Corporation's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction
- July 20, 2007 8:33 PM Court of Chancey Upholds Fraud Claim In Company Sale
- April 18, 2007 10:50 AM District Court Rejects Federal Jurisdiction Over Breach Claims, Remands to Superior Court
- April 9, 2007 7:09 PM Superior Court Dismisses Claim for Tortious Interference With Contract Because Complaint Failed to Allege a Breach of Contract
- April 9, 2007 6:44 PM Builders Sued After Construction Delayed, Move for Summary Judgment; Superior Court Denies Motion as to Contract Claims, Grants Motion as to Tort Claims Under Economic Loss Doctrine
- April 6, 2007 4:47 PM Court of Chancery Extends Noncompete Period
- March 14, 2007 4:16 PM District Court Grants Summary Judgment on Contract, Fraud Claims
- January 30, 2007 12:54 PM District Court Grants One Motion for Summary Judgment, Denies Other Motion
- January 23, 2007 9:15 AM District Court Grants Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
- January 8, 2007 9:34 AM Court of Chancery Limits Tortious Interference Claims
- December 12, 2006 10:41 AM Court of Chancery Limits Noncompete Agreement
- November 22, 2006 11:29 AM Court of Chancery Upholds Conspiracy Theory
- November 20, 2006 9:01 PM Superior Court Rejects Affirmative Defense of Res Judicata at Damages Stage
- October 16, 2006 10:37 AM Court of Chancery Applies Limitations Statute
- October 16, 2006 10:08 AM Court of Chancery Rejects Balancing Test Under Rule 23.1
- September 18, 2006 4:22 PM District Court Follows Reasoning Of Recent Court of Chancery Opinion On Whether Choice-of-Law Provision Governs Related Tort Claim
- September 15, 2006 12:57 PM Court of Chancery Grants Ten Year Injunction
- September 15, 2006 9:01 AM Supreme Court Upholds Application of Daubert Rules
- August 17, 2006 3:18 PM Court of Chancery Rejects Deepening Insolvency Theory
- August 4, 2006 2:57 PM Court of Chancery Expands Duty To Act in Good Faith
- June 7, 2006 3:56 PM Superior Court Declines To Expand Economic-Loss Doctrine in Dismissing Negligent Mispresentation Claim
- June 2, 2006 3:32 PM Court of Chancery Rescues Janitor
- May 8, 2006 7:42 PM District Court Issues Show Cause Order to Determine Whether Tort Action Should Be Dismissed for Failure to Prosecute
- April 19, 2006 5:24 PM Court of Chancery Finds No Violation of an Enforceable Covenant Not To Compete
- March 30, 2006 8:55 PM Superior Court Denies Defendant's Motion to Dismiss and Motion for a More Definite Statement in Breach of Contract Case
- March 28, 2006 11:05 PM Court of Chancery Dismisses Complaint Because a Creditor Erroneously Asserted Derivative Claims as Direct in the Hope of Escaping Bankruptcy Court Jurisdiction
- February 28, 2006 10:16 PM Court of Chancery Permits Third Complaint Amendment In Nigerian Judgment-Enforcement Action
- February 22, 2006 10:09 PM Court of Chancery Dismisses Caremark Claims But Retains Loyalty And Fraud Counts
- February 14, 2006 9:53 PM Court of Chancery Holds "Anti-Reliance" Contract Provisions Cannot Exclude Liability For Fraudulent Misrepresentations
- February 7, 2006 7:59 PM Court of Chancery Partially Grants Plaintiffs' Motion For A Preliminary Injunction Enforcing A Non-Competition Agreement
- January 23, 2006 1:18 AM Court Of Chancery Upholds Voluntary Advancement Provisions Irrespective Of Alleged Wrongful Conduct
- January 12, 2006 8:40 PM Superior Court Finds that Plaintiff Was Entitled to Advisory Fee Pursuant to Contract
- December 15, 2005 8:33 PM Court Enforces Lease Provision Protecting Supermarket from Competition from Other Shopping Center Tenants
- December 14, 2005 8:27 PM Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Claims for Tortious Interference and Civil Conspiracy in Connection with Telecommunications Merger
- October 27, 2005 8:16 PM Court of Chancery Grants Motion To Stay Litigation Pending Resolution Of Prior Filed Case In District Court
- September 30, 2005 12:42 PM Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss For Failure To Join Indispensable Party Pending Discovery On Agency Issue But Dismisses Common Law Counts As Merged In Trade Secret Claim
- September 9, 2005 5:33 PM Court of Chancery Allows Employer To Recover Its Confidential Information From Former Employee's Computer
- August 12, 2005 10:03 PM Court of Chancery Holds that Purchasers of Small Business Failed to Prove that Sellers Defrauded Them
- August 11, 2005 10:01 PM Court of Chancery Refuses to Dismiss Claims for Tortious Interference, Unfair Trade Practices, and Fraudulent Misrepresentation in Connection with Sale of Business
- July 6, 2005 9:35 PM Court of Chancery Denies Preliminary Injunction to Business Partner Who Alleges Breach of Confidentiality and Misappropriation of Trade Secrets
- July 1, 2005 9:22 PM Court of Chancery Refuses to Pierce Corporate Veil or Impose Successor Liability to Enable a Former Employee to Recover Judgment
- June 17, 2005 2:25 PM Superior Court Dismisses the Action Because Statue of Limitations for Fraud had Expired
- April 5, 2005 4:07 PM Court of Chancery Finds Misappropriation of Trade Secrets and Awards Attorneys' Fees for Defendants' Willful and Malicious Misappropriation
- April 1, 2005 8:49 PM Court of Chancery Dismisses Wal-Mart's Claims Regarding Corporate-Owned Life Insurance Policies
- March 30, 2005 7:39 PM Superior Court Finds that Plaintiff Had Security Interest in Certain Items Formally Owned by Restaurant Owner that Defaulted on Loan, But Not in Fixtures Placed in Restaurant
- March 24, 2005 9:09 PM In Bench Trial, Superior Court Finds Defendants Did Not Commit Common Law Fraud
- March 22, 2005 6:28 PM Court of Chancery Dismisses Attorney General's Claims under the Consumer Fraud Act and the Deceptive Trade Practices Act as Being Time Barred, but Sustains Claim under the Health Spa Regulation
- February 11, 2005 7:26 PM Court Sanctions Counsel Under R.11 & R.37 For Inexcusable Violations
- January 28, 2005 5:37 PM Court of Chancery Denies Answer Amendment On Public Policy Grounds
- January 24, 2005 5:23 PM Court of Chancery Holds Claims Accrue Upon Receipt Of Inquiry Notice Of Wrongful Act
- January 12, 2005 3:40 PM Federal Court Permits Amendment Of Answer And Addition Of Counterclaim In Suit Involving Trade Secrets Violation Under Kansas Law
- January 6, 2005 9:05 PM Court of Chancery Denies Unpleaded Prejudgment Interest Request
- May 5, 2008 4:04 PM Court of Chancery Again Rejects a One Person Special Litigation Committee
- May 1, 2008 10:17 AM Court of Chancery Denies Inspection of Partnership Records
- April 25, 2008 8:08 PM Court of Chancery Permits Special Committee Discovery
- April 22, 2008 10:22 AM Superior Court Dismisses Negligent Misrepresentation Claim Because Contract Barred Reliance On Extra-Contractual Representations
- April 14, 2008 2:06 PM Court of Chancery Upholds Right To Nominate Directors
- April 11, 2008 2:17 PM Court of Chancery Explains Causation Rules for Attorney Fee Award
- April 10, 2008 4:54 PM Court of Chancery Stays Action Against Bear Stearns In DE In Favor Of NY Proceedings
- April 10, 2008 1:59 PM Court of Chancery Finds Duty To Speak
- April 9, 2008 9:47 AM Delaware Bankruptcy Court Applies Caremark to Officers
- March 31, 2008 2:25 PM Court of Chancery Confirms Limits of Inspection Litigation
- March 28, 2008 8:01 PM Court of Chancery Upholds Proxy Power
- March 28, 2008 7:54 PM Court of Chancey Holds Only Compulsory Counterclaims Warrant Advancement
- March 28, 2008 7:47 PM Court of Chancery Limits Advancement Rights Upon Bylaw Amendment
- March 27, 2008 3:42 PM Supreme Court Affirms PHLX Settlement
- March 24, 2008 11:20 AM Superior Court Denies Motion to Dismiss or Stay First-Filed Delaware Action
- March 20, 2008 10:48 AM Abbott Labs Sued by States Under Sherman Act
- March 19, 2008 2:28 PM SLC Formed After Demand Excused is Not "Too Late"
- March 13, 2008 11:01 AM Court of Chancery Explains Bylaw on Proxy Solicitation
- March 7, 2008 12:00 AM Court of Chancery Explains Options Cases
- March 6, 2008 11:33 AM Court of Chancery Reviews Class Representative Qualifications
- February 29, 2008 8:42 PM Court of Chancery Interprets Indenture
- February 29, 2008 12:22 PM Court of Chancery Denies Standing For Lost Shares
- February 19, 2008 9:10 AM Delaware Supreme Court Rules That Directors Lack Standing to Bring Derivative Suits
- February 15, 2008 2:36 PM District Court Grants Summary Judgment on Consumer Fraud, Breach Claims
- February 15, 2008 10:55 AM District Court Finds Insurance Policy Language Precludes Breach Claim, But Estoppel and Waiver Claims Survive
- February 14, 2008 1:03 PM Court of Chancery Dismisses Suit Over Decision To Not Pursue A Merger
- February 14, 2008 12:50 PM Court of Chancery Explains Requirements For SLC Report
- February 1, 2008 5:09 PM District Court Finds That Participation in Delaware Merger Confers Jurisdiction, Denies Motion to Dismiss
- February 1, 2008 4:28 PM Court of Chancery Dismisses Complaint Based On Conjecture
- January 28, 2008 10:54 AM Superior Court Allows Expert Testimony On "Materiality" When Not An Ultimate Issue
- January 17, 2008 11:59 AM Court of Chancery Grants Advancement to an Employee
- January 16, 2008 11:49 AM Court of Chancery Upholds Agreement To Agree
- January 15, 2008 3:02 PM Court of Chancery Orders Meeting For Bankrupt
- January 15, 2008 2:49 PM Court of Chancery Defines Illegal Vote Buying
- January 14, 2008 12:52 AM Superior Court Grants Motion to Amend Answer, Even Though Defendant Had Some Knowledge of New Fact Before Filing
- January 14, 2008 12:48 AM Superior Court: Employer Owes No Duty to Employee's Spouse
- January 14, 2008 12:38 AM Superior Court: Oral Contract Created By Contractor's Representations
- January 8, 2008 3:06 PM Court of Chancery Sets Fees for Supplemental Proxy Materials
- January 2, 2008 12:04 PM Court of Chancery Requires Disclosure By Special Committee
- December 21, 2007 10:31 AM Court of Chancery Explains Contract Interpretation Rules
- December 20, 2007 10:42 AM Court of Chancery Upholds Statute of Repose for Dissolved Corporations
- December 18, 2007 10:22 AM Court of Chancery Explains Scope of Arbitration Agreement
- December 13, 2007 8:22 PM Superior Court: Equitable Counterclaim Does Not Equal Ticket to Chancery
- December 13, 2007 4:02 PM Court of Chancery Holds Board Meeting Is Void
- November 30, 2007 4:54 PM Court of Chancery Dismisses Merger Claims
- November 27, 2007 12:58 PM Court of Chancery Upholds Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Attorney
- November 26, 2007 4:21 PM Supreme Court: When Standing is Closely Related to Merits, 12(b)(6) Applies, Not 12(b)(1)
- November 26, 2007 4:10 PM Superior Court Holds Date-of-Discovery Rule Does Not Toll Statute of Limitations in Legal Malpractice Action When Evidence Indicates Knowledge of Facts Relevant to Claim
- November 21, 2007 3:22 PM Court of Chancery Extends Books And Records Inspection
- November 21, 2007 3:10 PM Court of Chancery Limits Jurisdiction Over Officers
- November 20, 2007 4:19 PM Court of Chancery Holds Advancement Lost Despite Conversion
- November 15, 2007 4:54 PM Supreme Court Upholds Preferred Stock Provision
- November 9, 2007 3:32 PM Superior Court: No Ambiguity, No Extrinsic Evidence, No Dice
- November 8, 2007 4:14 PM Court of Chancery Upholds Objective Theory of Contract Interpretation