Any litigator who has been practicing long enough will confront a challenge with a pre-trial deadline. The Delaware Bar, at least traditionally, has had a custom of freely granting reasonable requests for extensions. But in summary proceedings, where a trial is often scheduled within 90 days of a complaint being filed, special nuances need to
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Chancery Addresses Potential Penalties for Failure to Meet Court-Ordered Discovery Deadlines
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Posted in Chancery Court Updates
A recent decision by the Delaware Court of Chancery is useful for litigators who need to know what remedies are available when an opposing party does not provide documents required by court-ordered deadlines: Dolan v. Jobu Holdings, LLC, C.A. No. 2020-0962-JRS (Del. Ch. Sept. 2, 2021).
Quick Overview of Case:
In connection with a…
Anthology of Blurbs About Recent Delaware Corporate and Commercial Decisions
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In a departure from the manner in which most cases have been highlighted on these pages, this post includes a collection of short blurbs about recent Delaware corporate and commercial decisions, identifying the key issues addressed, with a link to the whole opinion. This experimental approach to highlighting recent decisions was prompted by a combination…
Chancery Refuses to Modify Ruling that Excluded Expert Witness
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Posted in Chancery Court Updates
Encite LLC v. Soni, et al., Del. Ch., C.A. No. 2476-VCG (Dec. 13, 2011). The prior decision by the Court of Chancery in this case, that this ruling refused to modify, was highlighted on this blog here. Another Chancery decision in this matter was summarized here.
This summary was prepared by a former associate …