This post was written by Eckert Seamans attorney Jamie Inferrera.
A Delaware court recently issued a decision reaffirming an individual’s right to keep and bear arms outside of the home. In Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association and the Bridgeville Rifle and Pistol Club v. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and Delaware Department of
Delaware case law is replete with decisions upholding provisions in contracts that choose Delaware as the governing law for any disputes related to an agreement. A recent Delaware decision adds to the large body of Delaware jurisprudence on this topic. See, e.g., selected decisions on choice-of-law enforceability from the Delaware Supreme Court and Delaware Court
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Digital Realty Trust v. Somers, explained that in order for a whistleblower to be protected from retaliation, in some circumstances, the employee must complain directly to the SEC. I provide a summary of the decision in my latest article for the magazine of the National Association of
A recent article on The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog collected decisions, mostly based on Delaware law, that address Earn Out disputes, which generally involve agreements for the sale of a company that allow for post-closing payments subject to various milestones or revenue targets being satisfied. Commonly, the buyer of the company is required
A recent opinion noted an issue that deserves further analysis; namely: are corporate officers protected by the business judgment rule (BJR)? In Palmer v. Reali, Civ. No. 15-994-SLR (D.Del. Sept. 29, 2016), the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware observed in the context of denying a Rule 12(b)(6) motion that no cases
This post was prepared by an associate in the Delaware office of Eckert Seamans.
The focus of this blog is key Delaware corporate and commercial litigation decisions. That includes the Complex Commercial Litigation Division of the Superior Court. The rules and procedures in that court are not always the same as those in the Court
The Delaware Court of Chancery was mentioned in an editorial on the opinion page of The Wall Street Journal today in connection with a decision by Judge Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in which he rejected a “disclosure only” settlement. In re Walgreen Co. Stockholder Litigation, No. 15-3799
In my latest ethics column for The Bencher, the national publication of the American Inns of Court, I highlighted a recent decision by a federal district court in which a law firm was disqualified based on its representation of two adverse subsidiaries of a parent company. The court’s useful application of Rule 1.7
The recent decision from the United States Supreme Court in Caetano v. Massachusetts, 577 U.S. _ (March 21, 2016), includes a concurring opinion that is a forceful reiteration of the Supreme Court’s position on the Second Amendment. As many readers know, the decision in McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 742, 750 (2010), held
The opinion in Professional Investigating & Consulting Agency, Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Co., C.A. No. N12C-06-196 MMJ CCLD (Del. Super. Mar. 23, 2015), applies the Delaware law of defamation in the context of a claim by one business vendor against a large iconic company. The fascinating and scholarly opinion uses the word “humiliation” in the