As I have done for opinions issued in 2005 and 2006, I have prepared a review here of key corporate and commercial decisions from the Delaware Chancery Court and Delaware Supreme Court during the year 2007. See my two prior yearly summaries here. The summary was prepared as an article that was published in the Jan. 16, 2008
Bloomberg Reports on Recent Chancery Court Filings
Here is a Bloomberg story today that reports on recent suits filed in Chancery Court involving a clash of the titans, John Malone and Barry Diller, and the contests for control over their varied and sprawling business interests. Yours truly was quoted and Bloomberg graciously allowed me to link the story above. UPDATE: Here is
Delaware Litigation via Pro Hac Vice Admissions
Many lawyers from around the country engage in Delaware litigation via pro hac vice admissions. (For our non-lawyer readers, that means they are not licensed in Delaware but obtain court approval to handle a particular case with the assistance of a local Delaware lawyer.)
Here are excellent seminar materials that I plan to send to
Republicans Searching for Gubernatorial Candidate
Veteran political reporter Celia Cohen reports here on her Delaware Grapevine site about the efforts of Delaware Republicans to find a candidate for Governor of Delaware–for the election in November 2008 (correct, there is precious little time left to find a candidate).
Procedural Aspects of LLC Claims
Professor Larry Ribstein, a nationally recognized authority on unincorporated associations, and author of the leading treatise on LLCs, comments here about some of the procedural entanglements that arise in connection with claims among LLC members, and the adoption by some courts of the concept of a derivative suit used in corporations even though it may not
Dealing with Difficult People
Some wags might see the title and think I am writing about working in a law firm. Wrong, but good guess.
This topic is directly related to the litigation issues addressed in this blog. More specifically, courtesy of the highly-regarded Delaware trial lawyer Richard DiLiberto, Jr., we provide you with seminar materials that he delivered today at
Why Do Delaware Judges Write Articles?
Here is a post from Renee Jones of the Conglomerate blog with thoughts about why some current and former Delaware jurists are so prolific–in addition to their published opinions.
Mediator’s Secret Weapon
Courtesy of Charles Fincher at LawComix.com.
Tyson Case Settles
Three Chancery Court decisions in the Tyson Foods case were summarized here, here and here regarding claims based on spring-loading of options. (The last decision was a discovery dispute). Here is an update report on Kevin LaCroix’s D & O Diary that describes a recent settlement of the case, pending court approval.
Blogging in Large Law Firms
This musing will be short but to the point. I know that many of my readers are lawyers in large firms so I am openly soliciting comments about this post from them as well as any other readers. It has been about 3 years since I started this blog and I have been fortunate to enjoy a fair