Two recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions awarded fees for errant pre-litigation conduct which makes then noteworthy for that point alone, although there is much else to commend them. In the matter styled Ramadurgam v. Destiny XYZ Inc., C.A. No. 2024-0057-PAF (Del. Ch. July 23, 2026), the court awarded fees for pre-litigation conduct
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Personal Jurisdiction over Foreign Defendants Examined
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Boulden v. Albiorix, Inc., C.A. No. 7051-VCN (Del. Ch. Jan. 31, 2013, revised Feb. 7, 2013).
Issue Addressed
This case addressed whether personal jurisdiction was appropriate by a court in Delaware on the various foreign residents involved.
Short Overview
The Court reviews the requirements for personal jurisdiction under Delaware’s long-arm statute, as well…
Chancery Denies Motion for Reargument and Affirms Decision to Provide Equitable and Monetary Remedies for Breach of an Agreement to Negotiate in Good Faith
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PharmAthene, Inc. v. SIGA Technologies, Inc., C.A. No. 2627-VCP (Del. Ch. Dec. 16, 2011), read opinion denying a motion for reargument here. The Court of Chancery’s original 117-page decision from September 2011 involving the award of damages for breach of an “agreement to negotiate in good faith” was highlighted on these pages here…
Chancery Rejects Jurisdiction Over Compensation Claim
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In Testa v. Nixon Uniform Co., (Del. Ch., Nov. 18, 2008), the Chancery Court rejected an argument that it had equitable or other jurisdiction over a claim that in essence, was for a form of compensation but importantly that compensation claim did not give the departing employee any right to stock, despite an effort to use DGCL Section…