The Delaware State Bar Association’s Professional Ethics Committee, for which I serve as the current Vice Chair, recently published Formal Opinion 2021-1 (July 9, 2021), that addresses the legal ethics issues related to lawyers who work remotely in states where they are not licensed–such as from their homes–as many were required to do when their
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Scholarly Explanation About Potential Derivative Suits Against Woke CEOs
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Corporate law scholar Prof. Stephen Bainbridge writes about the titular topic, as a supplement to a recent post on these pages, in which the good professor provides additional citations to cases and learned commentary on this issue, in the context of creeping federalization of corporate law.
Corporate Law and Woke CEOs
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One of the country’s foremost corporate law scholars, Prof. Stephen Bainbridge, who readers of Delaware corporate law decisions and readers of these pages will recognize as having earned a place in the pantheon of corporate law luminaries, has commented on the titular topic, based on a recent Wall Street Journal article that discusses a backlash…
Scope of CEO Authority
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Friend of the blog, and widely-recognized corporate law scholar, Prof. Stephen Bainbridge, provides insightful commentary on the titular topic, referenced by Prof. David Skeel. The press of deadlines for paying clients prevents me from adding my own commentary for now.
Protocols and Professionalism for Remote Court Proceedings
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This is a short compilation of several sources that are useful references for new protocols that are either recommended or required for remote court proceedings, including remote depositions. The links below include reminders of professionalism standards and other norms that still apply in the context of these new technological developments.
Delaware Court of Chancery Transcript Rulings: How Much Weight To Give Them?
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A recent post on the well-read blog of Prof. Stephen Bainbridge, our favorite corporate law scholar whose many publications are cited in Delaware court decisions, linked to an article that lawyers and other followers of Delaware corporate law should be interested in, by an eminent Delaware corporate litigator, on the topic of how much…
Is Blasius Still Good Law in Delaware?
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Regular readers are familiar with nationally-prominent corporate law scholar and friend of this blog, Professor Stephen Bainbridge, whose prolific scholarship is cited in Delaware corporate law decisions. His encyclopedic grasp of Delaware cases on corporate law rivals that of many experienced Delaware corporate law practitioners.
Video Interview of Yours Truly on 15 Years of Blogging About Delaware Corporate Law
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This past week I was the subject of an online video interview that was livestreamed on Facebook. LexBlog, the company that provides the “backroom” software support to host this blog, conducted the interview and we talked about the genesis of this blog and why I have continued to publish this blog over the last…
Francis Pileggi Joins Lewis Brisbois as Delaware Managing Partner
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I’m happy to report that I am now the Managing Partner of the new Delaware office of the Lewis Brisbois firm, which has over 1,500 lawyers, in over 40 practice areas of the law, in over 50 offices. I’m very excited to share this exciting next chapter in my professional career. The Delaware Law …
Delaware State Bar Association Responds to Attack Ads Against Delaware Courts
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Recent attack ads appearing on TV that apparently were financed by a disgruntled litigant unhappy with the results of a decision by a Delaware court, generated an unusual response from the Delaware State Bar Association. A website called Town Square Delaware provides a copy of the letter. The Delaware Business Court Insider also published an…