My latest ethics column for The Bencher, the national publication of the American Inns of Court, is on the titular topic, available at this hyperlink.
Selected Articles by Francis
No Such Thing as “Local Counsel” in Delaware Court of Chancery
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Courtesy of the Delaware Business Court Insider, we provide our article that appeared in the April 21, 2021 edition on an important topic for Delaware litigators.
No Such Thing as Local Counsel in Delaware Court of Chancery
By: Francis G.X. Pileggi* and Chauna A. Abner**
This is a compilation of selected key Delaware court…
Transfer of Cases from Delaware Court of Chancery to Delaware Superior Court
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My colleague, Chauna Abner, and I co-wrote an article on the practical topic and the gritty details of transferring cases from the Delaware Court of Chancery to the trial court of general jurisdiction in Delaware: the Superior Court. The article appeared in the Delaware Business Court Insider, in its March 10, 2021 issue.
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Company’s Privileged Communications Must Be Provided to Board Members
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I have been writing an ethics column for the national publication of The American Inns of Court, called The Bencher, for about 24 years or so. My latest column appears in the current edition and is reproduced below, courtesy of The Bencher and The American Inns of Court.
Company’s Privileged Communications Must Be Provided to…
When Tandem Claims May Proceed for Breaches of Both Fiduciary Duty and Contract
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Yours truly and my colleague Chauna Abner have published an article for the recent issue of The Delaware Business Court Insider on the titular topic. The analysis that determines when dual claims for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty based on substantially the same operative facts might survive a motion to dismiss, is…
Designating Documents as Confidential and Requesting They Remain Confidential Insufficient to Avoid Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege
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The following article appeared in the July 8, 2020 issue of the Delaware Business Court Insider.
Designating Documents as Confidential and Requesting They Remain Confidential Insufficient to Avoid Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently held that a party waived attorney-client privilege by producing documents to a federal commission during the course…
Legal Ethics and Lawyer Mobility
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In my latest legal ethics column for The Bencher, the publication of the American Inns of Court, (in which I have been writing an ethics column for over 20 years), I address some of the legal ethics issues that arise when a partner in a law firm laterally moves to another law firm–an increasingly…
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 …
Chancery Allows Delaware Expedited Relief Request Despite NY Forum Selection Clause
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A recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision entertained a request for expedited relief in Delaware despite a New York forum selection clause, in part due to the unavailability of the New York Courts that were not fully operational due to the coronavirus shutdown. Francis Pileggi and Chauna Abner co-authored an article with an overview of…
Candor to the Court
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In my recent ethics column for The Bencher, the publication of the American Inn of Courts (that I have been writing for over 20 years), I discuss the duty of candor to the court that lawyers have, and how that interfaces with the duty of confidentiality owed to clients.