Highlights & Analysis of Key Decisions from Delaware's Supreme Court & Court of Chancery
In Re American International Group, Inc., Consolidated Derivative Litigation; American International Group, Inc. v. Greenberg, Del. Ch., No. 769-VCS (June 17, 2009), read opinion here.
A recent prior decision by the Chancery Court in this case was highlighted here. That decision was over 100-pages long. So by comparison, this 40-page decision might be considered relatively…
SinoMab BioScience Limited v. Immunomedics, Inc., No. 2471-VCS (Del. Ch., June 16, 2009), read opinion here.
Overview
This 50-page Chancery Court decision addresses in great detail the intellectual property rights involved in patent disputes between a biopharmaceutical company and its former employee. I will merely highlight the issues addressed in this case because the…
In re Nat’l City Corp. S’holders Litig., No. 4123-CC (Del. Ch. June 5, 2009), read decision here.
In this short letter decision, the Chancellor discusses the public policy reasons behind Chancery Court Rule 5(g) which deals with those situations when a document filed with the court may be placed “under seal.” This letter decision involved…
Holley Enterprises, Inc. v. The City of Wilmington, No. 4619-VCS (Del. Ch. June 5, 2009), read letter decision here.
This short Chancery Court letter decision provides a useful summary of the standard that must be satisfied before a temporary restraining order is granted–an important instrument to have in the toolbox of the those who handle business litigation…
Professor Larry Ribstein, a leading authority on LLCs, has written an article regarding litigation involving LLCs. Here is a link to his article entitled: Litigating in LLCs.
Duthie v. CorSolutions Medical, Inc., et al., No. 3048-VCN (Del. Ch., June 16, 2009), read opinion here. A prior Chancery Court decision in this advancement case, which also provides more background facts, has been summarized on this blog here.
Overview
This Chancery Court decision discusses in detail the conceptual and public policy basis for an important aspect…
Gatz v. Ponsoldt, No. 174-CC (Del. Ch., June 12, 2009), read revised opinion here.
Prior decisions in this case by the Delaware Supreme Court and Chancery Court were summarized here and here on this blog.
Overview
This short letter decision by the Chancery Court approved attorneys’ fees and expenses in the amount of 33% of the settlement…
In James Cable, LLC, v. Millennium Digital Media Systems d/b/a “Broadstripe”, et al., No. 3637-VCL (June 11, 2009), read opinion here, Vice Chancellor Lamb was faced with what has become an “all-too-familiar” fact pattern given the state of the economy recently.
Kevin Brady, a highly respected Delaware litigator, provides us with the…
The Delaware Chancery Court recently issued four decisions in as many weeks on topics related to electronic discovery. These cases have been summarized already on this blog but I want to collect links to them all on one page for convenience. The cases with links to their summaries are as follows:
Grace Brothers Ltd. v. Siena…
Whittington v. Dragon Group, L.L.C., No. 2291-VCP (Del. Ch., June 11, 2009), read opinion here.
Among the several prior decisions of the Chancery Court in this case, the two most recent have been summarized on this blog and are available here.
Overview
This Chancery Court decision is one in a series of Delaware decisions involving a dispute among…