Discovery Oversight Exposed Counsel to Deposition
In LaPoint v. AmerisourceBergen Corp, , the Chancery Court gave the defendant two options to having its lead counsel deposed in light of the failure of the lead counsel to confirm that 416 boxes of documents that were responsive to … Continue reading
Blogs in the Mainstream of Corporate World
For good insights into why blogs are now part of the corporate mainstream, and how they both report on and likely influence stock prices of major companies, read the post of Kevin O’Keefe of LexBlog fame. Here is the link: … Continue reading
Bank of New York held Liable for Civil Conspiracy to steal business from credit agency and Interference with Agency’s Prospective Contractual Relationships
In a decision of great importance to businesses who jealously protect their confidential information and who must guard against employees taking that information to compete against them, the Delaware Supreme Court in a recent decision provided some additional ammunition for … Continue reading
Blogs Cited in Court Opinions
Citing to blogs in court opinions has come of age. Courtesy of Law.com, and a blog by Ian Best that it links to, one can read an interview with a federal judge explaining why he cites to blogs in his … Continue reading
Corporate Buffet of Legal Issues: Excessive Compensation; Indemnification; Fees for Demand Under Section 220; Receiver for Solvent Corporation and Ultra Vires in Closely Held Corp.
A recent Chancery Court case, Carlson v. Hallinan, covered many corporate issues of import in a 74-page opinion. The length of the ruling is not unusual in Chancery Court, but the smorgasbord of issues discussed in the court’s decision is … Continue reading
Attorneys’ Fees
The blog called Overlawyered reports on commentary by Vice Chancellor Strine in connection with a fee application in the Hollinger case. Here is the link: Overlawyered: Judge Strine hails non-aromatic fee request
Exception to Attorney/Client Privilege Requires Production of Documents
Although I posted about the big decision a few months ago in the UniSuper case here, which reportedly was settled recently, in a subsequent letter opinion in UniSuper Ltd. v. News Corporation, download file, Chancellor Chandler addressed a discovery dispute … Continue reading
Dismissal Based on Failure to Make Presuit Demand
In Highland Legacy Limited v. Singer, download file, the Delaware Chancery Court granted a Motion to Dismiss pursuant to Chancery Court Rule 23.1 for failure to make presuit demand in connection with a claim that excessive payments were made to … Continue reading
Blogger Symposium
Larry Ribstein posts here about his just published a paper that will be discussed at a symposium sponsored by Harvard Law School about blogging among lawyers and its impact on legal scholarship. Here is an abstract of his article: The … Continue reading
Article on Conflicts
The kind folks at the Legal Ethics Forum blog have a post that refers to my recent ethics column in The Bencher about a Florida decision involving a conflict issue for an attorney representing a corporation and a majority shareholder. … Continue reading
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