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This article was prepared by Francis G.X. Pileggi and Rae Ra of the Delaware office of Lewis Brisbois

Last week, the Delaware Court of Chancery published its Guidelines on Attorney Civility (the “Guidelines”), to emphasize the “inveterate tradition of collegiality that remains a hallmark of the Delaware bar.” Delaware practitioners refer to this as the…

By: Chauna A. Abner*

This article first appeared in a recent issue of the Delaware Business Court Insider, and is reproduced here with their kind permission.

The Delaware Court of Chancery recently confirmed that when an LLC’s operating agreement provides that a managing board will manage the company, absent language to the contrary, all…

A recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision determined that the forum clause in the Tesla bylaws, after its redomestication in Texas, requiring derivative suits to be brought in Texas, would be upheld even though the lawsuits at issue were filed shortly before the Tesla shareholders approved the change and despite the suits being filed when…

This post was prepared by Rae Ra, a corporate and commercial litigation associate in the Delaware office of Lewis Brisbois.

On March 27, 2026, members of the Delaware Court of Chancery, the Register in Chancery, and practitioners gathered for a CLE seminar to discuss best practices in the Court of Chancery.  Topics ranged widely, from…

Over the last few years, compared to the last few decades, the trend of courts in many states has been to be less willing to enforce restrictive covenants based on closer scrutiny of nuances such as the legitimate business interest in the scope of the restrictions. This development is consistent with the increasing number of…