A recent Delaware decision is notable for two reasons. First, it provides an example of a relatively rare defamation finding in a decision by the Delaware Court of Chancery. In Laser Tone Business Systems, LLC v. Delaware Micro-Computer LLC, C.A. No. 2017-0439-TMR (Del. Ch. Jan. 17, 2020), the court granted damages in the amount
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Chancery Refuses Jurisdiction for Defamation Claim
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Posted in Chancery Court Updates
A recent Court of Chancery decision is one of several relatively recent rulings that clarify the limited scope of equitable relief that is available for defamation claims as a narrow exception to the general rule that equity will not enjoin a libel. The opinion in Preston Hollow Capital LLC v. Nuveen LLC, C.A. No. 2019-0169-SG…
Chancery Addresses Claims That Ex-Employees of Agilent Took Trade Secrets to Start New Company
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Posted in Chancery Court Updates
Agilent Technologies, Inc. v. Kirkland, (Del. Ch., Jan. 20, 2009), read opinion here.
The common fact pattern addressed in this Chancery Court decision: ex-employee’s former employer alleges that confidential data taken from former employer is being used against it by ex-employee in new business.
This case began with claims involving allegedly false statements about a party’s products to…