Judge Posner on Blogs

Posted on July 30th, 2005 by Francis Pileggi

Federal Circuit Court Judge Richard Posner has an article in The New York Times about the impact of blogs on the mainstream media. Thanks to Instapundit for the tip. Posner himself has a blog that is done jointly with economist … Continue reading →

Update on Expected Disney Opinion by Chandler

Posted on July 29th, 2005 by Francis Pileggi

The Conglomerate blog has a post today in which they report a source that indicates the Disney opinion expected by Chancellor Chandler may be published in another week, at which time the Conglomerate blog will begin an online symposium to … Continue reading →

Cox Case Update

Posted on July 28th, 2005 by Francis Pileggi

The blog called Overlawyered has a post about a state court judge in Atlanta who granted the full amount of fees requested by attorneys for shareholders in the Cox Communications litigation. This can be contrasted sharply with the 85-page decision … Continue reading →

Just Call Me Cavaliere

Posted on July 28th, 2005 by Francis Pileggi

Cavaliere means “knight” in Italian. At this link is a copy of a Certificate that I just received, in which both the President and the Prime Minister of Italy, memorialize that they have conferred upon me the title of “Cavaliere” … Continue reading →

Favoritism Causes Liability in California

Posted on July 28th, 2005 by Francis Pileggi

The California Supreme Court recently ruled in Miller v. Dept of Corrections, No. 05C.D.O.S. 6268, that a manager’s sexual liaisons with subordinates to whom favoritism was shown, created a hostile work environment for the other subordinates who did not sleep … Continue reading →

Recent Chancery Court Section 220 case

Posted on July 28th, 2005 by Francis Pileggi

In a recent Chancery Court decision applying Section 220 of the DGCL, the court reiterated the requirements that must be satisfied in a demand for books and records. The proper purpose prerequisite in the statute requires that the stockholder establish … Continue reading →

Social Responsibility of Corporations

Posted on July 28th, 2005 by Francis Pileggi

Since the scope of this blog includes corporate law, a post concerning the social responsibility of corporations, by the prolific and influential federal Circuit Judge Richard Posner, and multiple comments about his post and his co-blogger’s post on the same … Continue reading →

2005 Update of Prof. Ribstein’s Book

Posted on July 28th, 2005 by Francis Pileggi

Here is a link to the 2005 Update to Prof. Ribstein’s book entitled Unincorporated Business Entities, including the latest cases and commentaries on agency and LLCs, for example.

VC Strine’s Latest Article

Posted on July 26th, 2005 by Francis Pileggi

In the current issue of The Business Lawyer, that I just received today, Vice Chancellor Leo Strine, Jr., publishes his latest article on far-reaching insights about key aspects of Delaware corporate law and public policy. Must reading for anyone interested … Continue reading →

Reverse Merger Not Subject to Transfer Tax

Posted on July 25th, 2005 by Francis Pileggi

A recent Delaware Supreme Court decision includes a useful primer on statutory interpretation principles as well as an analysis of why it allowed a reverse merger of existing LLCs to transfer ownership of real estate without being subject to local … Continue reading →

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