The Delaware Supreme Court recently reversed a decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery, highlighted on these pages, that addressed whether the general partner of a limited partnership relied in good faith on the formal legal opinion of a law firm to support a going-private transaction. (Photo at right shows the Supreme Court Building in
This post was prepared by Frank Reynolds, who has been following Delaware corporate law, and writing about it for various legal publications, for over 30 years.
The Delaware Chancery Court ordered general contractor Tutor Perini Corp. to turn over $8 million to Greenstar Services Corp.’s former owners, after finding they met the terms of a
The recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision in Windy City Investments Holdings, LLC v. Teachers’ Insurance and Annuity Association of America, C.A. No. 2018-0519-MTZ (Del. Ch. July 26, 2019), discussed an often recurring issue in commercial litigation: a seller of a business who claims that the Earn-Out provisions in the agreement of sale were
AT & T Corp. v. Lillis, (Del. Supr., March 9, 2009), read opinion here. In a rare split decision, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled 3-2 to affirm the original decision of the Chancery Court that was initially reversed by the Supreme Court (also a procedural rarity).
This case involves an attempt by former officers and directors of MediaOne Corp. (the
Fox v. Paine, (Del. Ch., Jan. 22, 2009), read opinion here.
This Chancery Court opinion involves the breakup of the wealth management partnerships between Saul Fox and Dexter Paine. On the even of trial, the parties entered into a settlement agreement in the form of a "memorandum of understanding" (MOU). Although everyone agreed that the MOU was binding