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241 ABA Journal Delaware articles.

Judge who sentenced DuPont heir to probation expressed concern about no jail time, transcript shows

A Delaware judge who sentenced a DuPont heir to probation for the rape of his young daughter didn’t say “he will not fare well…

Delaware Chancery Court uses little-known power, issues arrest warrant for party in corporate case

For the first time in decades and possibly its entire 220-year history, one of the nation’s top business courts has exercised a little-known power.

Delaware’s Court of Chancery this week…

DuPont heir’s sentencing judge gets security detail after child rape case makes national news

Updated: A security detail has been assigned to the Delaware judge who sentenced a DuPont heir to probation for the rape of his daughter beginning when she was 3 years…

DuPont heir got probation for child rape; judge said he wouldn’t fare well in prison

Corrected and updated: A lawsuit filed against DuPont heir Robert Richards IV is calling attention to the light sentence he received in 2009 for the rape of his daughter beginning…

Ruling banning secret arbitrations in Del. Chancery Court won’t be overturned by SCOTUS

The nation’s top court has refused to hear an unusual appeal by the Delaware Court of Chancery of a federal appellate court’s ruling that secret corporate arbitration hearings involving the…

Charged under federal cyberstalking law, relatives of courthouse shooter call case unconstitutional

Relatives of a Delaware courthouse shooter could get as much as life in prison if they are convicted in an unusual federal cyberstalking case that has been brought against them.

Fallout from claimed sunken treasure discovery dogs law firm

A law firm that represented two divers who claimed to have found emeralds from a sunken ship is now facing a request for sanctions because of its actions in the…

Del. drug-testing lab issues spark prosecution call for trial freeze in all current drug cases

Another state is dealing with reported irregularities at its drug-testing laboratory, calling into question convictions that occurred between 2010 and 2013 as an investigation continues into the apparent theft of…

Are secret arbitration panels illegal? Del. Chancery asks SCOTUS to nix 3rd Circuit ruling

In an unusual case pitting one of the nation’s most respected corporate law tribunals against a federal appeals court, the Delaware Court of Chancery is seeking a writ of certiorari…

Work-at-home lawyer suspended partly for lack of a ‘bona fide office’

Updated: The Delaware Supreme Court has ordered a two-year suspension for a lawyer who, among other violations, worked out of his Pennsylvania home and did not have exclusive, designated office…

State AG backtracks, says he should have investigated whether there was underage drinking at party

Maryland’s attorney general, Douglas F. Gansler, opposes underage drinking and has urged parents to take responsibility to prevent it.

But when it came to a high school graduation party attended…

3rd Circuit says Delaware Chancery Court’s secret arbitration program trials violated 1st Amendment

A divided federal appeals court Wednesday said a novel attempt by a highly regarded state court to offer an alternative to private arbitration of corporate matters violates the First Amendment…

Daughter of courthouse shooter held without bail in ‘unique’ cyberstalking case

The daughter of a man who reportedly shot his former daughter-in-law and another woman to death at a Delaware courthouse before committing suicide earlier this year is being held without…

Son of courthouse shooter is held without bail after ‘unique’ cyberstalking indictment

Appearing in court on Monday in what the public defender called a “unique” cyberstalking case against multiple family members accused of playing a role in a fatal Delaware courthouse shooting…

3 relatives of courthouse shooter indicted, feds say cyberstalking resulted in death of victim

The wife, son and daughter of a man who fatally shot two women at a Delaware courthouse earlier this year as they arrived for a child-support hearing have been federally…

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