News from the Department of Self-Promotion: Recently I was awarded the 2019 Chief Justice William Killen Award for Second Amendment Legal Advocacy in connection with my most recent successful legal challenge of certain state regulations. The award was presented on behalf of the Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association, which is an affiliate of the National

A recent decision of the United States Supreme Court addressed the frequently encountered issue of arbitrability—that is, whether a court or an arbitrator should decide whether or not a particular issue is subject to arbitration based on the arbitration clause in an agreement.

This decision is noteworthy because the issue often arises about how to

A recent Delaware decision is noteworthy because of its clarification of when the statute of limitations begins to run in connection with the alleged breach of a contractual indemnification clause.

The Superior Court ruled that an indemnification claim for environmental remediation liability accrued when the seller refused to indemnify the buyer–and not when the buyer

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