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240 ABA Journal Delaware articles.

Seven Buchanan Ingersoll Lawyers in Delaware Jump to Saul Ewing

Saul Ewing has snagged seven lawyers from the Wilmington, Del., office of Buchanan Ingersoll.

The lateral acquisition gives Saul Ewing a total of 19 lawyers in Wilmington and leaves Buchanan…

Delaware Chief Justice Defends Racy E-Mail Video

Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Myron Steele is apologizing to anyone who was offended by a racy video he sent to 38 male acquaintances using his state e-mail account.

The…

Lawyers Retool for Bankruptcy Practice, Due to Dismal Economy

Back when the economy was robust, attorney Brett King worked on mergers and acquisitions in Asia.

Now he and other lawyers there bill themselves as “restructuring” experts—sometimes concerneing the same…

30 WolfBlock Lawyers to Join Cozen

Observers predicted earlier that as many as 100 of the lawyers working at dissolving WolfBlock might wind up at another Philadelphia-based law firm, Cozen O’Connor.

Why WolfBlock Didn’t Merge to Survive

Like other well-known law firms that have suddenly imploded, WolfBlock focused in recent months and years on finding a merger partner.

But it never succeeded, and the partnership voted yesterday…

Opponent ‘Bought’ Privileged Docs, Used Them to Seek More

A struggling mortgage lender in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case may have opened up a major new battlefield in the legal malpractice arena.

Eager to put an end to a…

Joe Biden & Relatives Have Ties to Asbestos Law Firm

An Illinois law firm that specializes in plaintiffs asbestos litigation reportedly has close ties with Sen. Joe Biden, the expected running mate of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, and…

Biden Fought to Preserve Delaware as Corporate Bankruptcy Forum

Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden opposed a bill that would have cut down on the number of corporate bankruptcies filed in his home state of Delaware.

Biden says companies…

Free Laws

Delaware is still the go-to jurisdiction for many businesses to incorporate themselves, but lawyers there don’t take that position for granted. That’s why Scott Waxman, a partner at Potter Anderson…

Delaware Supreme Court Ruling a Defeat for Shareholder Activists

In a defeat for activist shareholders, the Delaware Supreme Court has declared invalid a proposed bylaw that would require a computer company to reimburse dissidents for the cost of getting…

Delaware Executions Botched, Lawyers for Inmates Say

Although the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that lethal injections are a permissible method of carrying out the death penalty, if properly administered, that doesn’t resolve the situation in Delaware.

Good News for Deal Lawyers: Carl Icahn Mulls Yahoo Proxy Fight

In a slow season for corporate deals, renowned activist investor Carl Icahn has provided some good news for mergers and acquisitions lawyers.

He reportedly has purchased as many as 50…

Yahoo Director’s Honeymoon to Delay Deposition in Pension Fund Suit

Delaware Chancellor William Chandler III says he is “a bit mystified” why a Yahoo director can’t find time for a deposition before he begins a delayed honeymoon on May 4,…

Wolf Block Acquires Five-Lawyer White-Collar Crime Firm in Delaware

East Coast law firm Wolf Block has acquired a five-lawyer law firm in Delaware that includes the state’s former attorney general, Charles Oberly III.

The Delaware firm,…

To Delete or Not to Delete? Not Doing So Puts Deal Lawyer on Hot Seat

In Peter Ehrenberg’s 34-year legal career, testifying in December in a Georgetown, Del., courtroom was clearly a low point for the Lowenstein Sandler partner. Like other M&A lawyers, he had…

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