Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog
Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog provides business-litigation commentary and case summaries from Delaware's chancery and supreme courts. It also includes developments in legal ethics.
Author: Author Francis G.X. Pileggi is a lawyer who practices primarily in the areas of corporate and commercial litigation in the Wilmington, Del., office of Fox Rothschild.
Blawg Related Categories: Corporate Law • Corporate Compliance • States • Delaware • Business Law
Recent Posts from Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog
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Chancery Addresses Requirements for Contract "Under Seal" to Enjoy Longer Statute of Limitations
Whittington v. Dragon Group LLC, 2008 WL 2316305 (Del. Ch., June 6, 2008), read opinion here. This opinion addresses issues against the backdrop of sibling warfare (in the form of business litigation). The key issues…
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Chancery Interprets Anti-SLAPP Statute
In Nichols v. Lewis, 2008 WL 2253192 (Del Ch., May 29, 2008), read opinion here, the Chancery Court addressed the following issues in this opinion involving a developer who bought a farm but encountered unexpected troubles…
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Chancery Rules on Breach of Loyalty by General Partner of L.P.
In Venhill Limited Partnership v. Hillman, 2008 WL 2270488 (Del. Ch., June 3, 2008), read opinion here, the Chancery Court addressed egregious breaches of the duty of loyalty by the general partner of a limited partnership…
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Can Yahoo "Just Say No" to Microsoft?
Prof. Bainbridge is skeptical that Delaware cases provide a sound basis for the "just say no" defense, and here is his analysis of Delaware court decisions on the topic along with reference to his prior…
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Professors Smith and Bainbridge Opine on the Delaware Corporate Issues Regarding the Ongoing Microsoft v. Yahoo Contest
Prof. Gordon Smith here and Prof. Stephen Bainbridge here, regale us with a scholarly analysis of the Delaware corporate law issues involved with the pending Chancery Court lawsuit by shareholders against Yahoo in connection with…
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Chancery Grants "Quasi-Appraisal" Remedy for Breach of Section 253 Short-Form Merger Requirements
In Berger v. Pubco Corp., 2008 WL 2224107 (Del. Ch., May 30, 2008), read opinion here, the Delaware Chancery Court fashioned a "quasi-appraisal" remedy due to a breach of the statutorily mandated requirements of a short-form…
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Chancery Explains Why Special Litigation Committee Report Was Rejected
In Sutherland v. Sutherland, 2008 WL 2221770 (Del. Ch., May 29, 2008), read opinion here, the Delaware Chancery Court denied a motion to reargue its May 5 decision, pursuant to Chancery Rule 59(f), in which it…
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Supreme Court Affirms Stock Option Claims As Derivative
In Feldman v. Cutaia, (Del. Supr., May 30, 2008), read opinion here, the Delaware Supreme Court today affirmed the Chancery Court's ruling that, based on the facts before it, a stock option-related claim was a…
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Chancery Court Reviews Corporate Issues Involving Sultan of Brunei
In Zaman v. Amedeo Holdings, Inc., 2008 WL 2168397 (Del. Ch., May 23, 2008), read opinion here, the Delaware Chancery Court reviews corporate issues involving the ultra-rich Sultan of Brunei, and the London barristers of his…
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Bylaws and Delaware Law
Professor Bainbridge has a post here that reviews recent Delaware decisional law and statutes concerning bylaws. His post is more like a mini-law review article and it includes a scholarly analysis that addresses limitations on who can amend bylaws as well…