A Delaware judge criticized lawyers for two public pension funds Monday for basing their shareholder lawsuits against Wal-Mart on a New York Times story rather than their own investigation.
In the latest development in an unusual shareholder derivative suit that seemingly had concluded with a ruling by a Delaware Chancery Court judge that a proposed $13.25 million settlement is…
Delaware’s top court has publicly reprimanded a 16-year solo business law practitioner for resisting multiple court appointments to handle matters in Sussex County’s family court.
A lawsuit that a lawyer aide filed against former Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell alleging that he wasn’t paid opened today in Delaware’s New Castle County Court of Common…
A case pending in Delaware considers whether the heirs of a man who bought an antique stock certificate at an estate sale are now entitled to a $130 million stake…
Saying that some meaningful sanction was required for a clear-cut violation of settled law requiring pro hac vice admission before an out-of-state lawyer can take a deposition in a Delaware…
The attorney general of New York today filed suit in state court against three major banks and an electronic mortgage recording operation, contending that they circumvented legal requirements and cost…
Two attorneys have sued a well-known Boston law firm and its managing partner, contending that his alleged affair with one plaintiff’s wife, who is also a lawyer there, cost both…
A near-record verdict for Southern Peru Copper Co. in a Delaware shareholder derivative suit has resulted in a monster payday for the company’s counsel.
In at least the third would-be class action filed since technology blogger Trevor Eckhart last month reported that smartphones are providing carriers with private information about individual…
Granting a writ of mandamus, a federal appellate court has rejected the notion that incorporating in Delaware is a controlling factor in determining whether a company must defend a lawsuit…
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