A Delaware criminal defense lawyer was reprimanded and ordered to take a professionalism course for comments made to a former client and state prosecutors, including an assertion that he used to expose his “thing” to girls in a movie theater using a popcorn box held on his lap.
Mar 19, 2018 7:30 AM CDT
What damage might Donald Trump do to the press, and what legal options do journalists have available to defend their speech? And how might the administration fight the leaks to the media that appear daily?
Oct 1, 2017 1:20 AM CDT
Annual meeting program panelists discussed freedom of the press and the current president: George Freeman of the Media Law Resource Center, Floyd Abrams of the law firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel, Jim Rutenberg from the New York Times, David Walsh of the Sunday Times, Laura Lee Prather of Haynes and Boone, and Tom Clare of Clare Locke. Photo by Len Irish
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A periodic survey of corporations by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s legal-reform arm found that Delaware has lost its No. 1 ranking for being business-friendly in legal matters, dropping to…
Sep 12, 2017 1:45 PM CDT
The private prisoner transport company whose van was stolen by two inmates last week in Oklahoma — precipitating a national manhunt that remains underway — may be feeling a sense…
Sep 1, 2017 7:00 AM CDT
Patent lawsuits in the federal court for the Eastern District of Texas are on the decline as a result of a May ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Jul 19, 2017 7:45 AM CDT
The ABA achieved some significant victories during the past year by advocating for revisions to key federal regulations that will protect the independence of the legal profession and preserve the…
Mar 1, 2017 1:05 AM CST
A Delaware lawyer filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday that challenges a state constitutional requirement limiting the number of judges from one political party on state courts.
James Adams claims in…
Feb 23, 2017 7:00 AM CST
The Delaware Supreme Court has struck down the state’s death penalty law, ruling it gives judges too much decision-making power in violation of the Sixth Amendment right to a jury…
Aug 3, 2016 9:43 AM CDT
Corrected: The Delaware Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of the state’s death penalty statute in a case involving a law grad accused of killing a former classmate.
An assistant…
Jun 20, 2016 8:00 AM CDT
A Delaware prosecutor with an aversion to the smell of hard-boiled eggs has been suspended for 30 days as a result of a gun prank.
The prosecutor, Deputy Attorney General…
Jun 14, 2016 7:16 AM CDT
A Delaware chancery judge’s decision last week that a buyout group paid too little for Dell Inc. is drawing praise from shareholder advocates and creating alarm in corporate boardrooms.
The…
Jun 7, 2016 11:59 AM CDT
What once appeared to be a significant, multi-pronged probe of claimed widespread corruption concerning Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s Mexico operations has fizzled.
A three-year federal probe, while still ongoing, has determined…
May 16, 2016 11:55 AM CDT
Wheeler K. Neff, 67, is a corporate and banking lawyer with “a spotless record with the Delaware bar” during his 40-year legal career, his lawyer tells a local newspaper.
Yet…
Apr 8, 2016 10:30 AM CDT
Calling the terms of a $200 payday loan “unconscionable,” Delaware’s influential Court of Chancery voided it Monday and awarded the borrower $3,240 in damages, plus attorney fees.
Since plaintiff Gloria…
Mar 16, 2016 11:00 AM CDT