240 ABA Journal Delaware articles.
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…
Jun 2, 2009 12:36 PM CDT
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…
May 1, 2009 7:39 PM CDT
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…
Apr 15, 2009 6:39 PM CDT
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.
…Mar 27, 2009 12:16 AM CDT
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…
Mar 24, 2009 10:58 PM CDT
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…
Sep 5, 2008 6:46 PM CDT
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…
Aug 27, 2008 11:07 PM CDT
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…
Aug 27, 2008 12:39 PM CDT
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…
Aug 1, 2008 12:35 PM CDT
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…
Jul 18, 2008 10:54 AM CDT
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.
…Jun 23, 2008 10:06 PM CDT
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…
May 13, 2008 9:09 PM CDT
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,…
Apr 30, 2008 12:45 PM CDT
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,…
Apr 29, 2008 11:50 AM CDT
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…
Apr 25, 2008 8:17 PM CDT
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