Highlights & Analysis of Key Decisions from Delaware's Supreme Court & Court of Chancery
My 9th Edition as Editor-in-Chief of the Delaware Corporate and Commercial Law Monitor published by The National Review is now available.
We collect articles from around the country, by practitioners and academics, about the latest developments on the titular topic.
In a recent bench ruling, the Delaware Court of Chancery addressed an issue that it acknowledged had not been squarely decided by the court in a prior published decision: corporate counsel’s role and scope of engagement for a two-member deadlocked board. In Kundrun v. AMCI Group, LLC, C.A. No. 2025-0570-LM-VCL (Del. Ch. Oct. 22…
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently dismissed a complaint based on false allegations verified as true in a complaint, as well as fabricated documents and misrepresentations to the court, in Govette v. Bongiovani, C.A. No. 2019-0139-NAC (Del. Ch. Oct. 15, 2025).
Although this case might involve extreme facts, and enunciates basic principles that might…
I’m attending today a symposium hosted by the above center at the University of Delaware, organized by the center’s head, Prof. Larry Cunningham. The title is: “Boardroom Legacy: Weinbergs of Goldman Sachs & The Evolution of Courtroom Governance”.
The impetus of the convocation is the 1948 Princeton senior paper of John Weinberg, that has never…
My 8th Edition as Editor-in-Chief of the Delaware Corporate and Commercial Law Monitor published by The National Review is now available.
We collect articles from around the country, by practitioners and academics, about the latest developments on the titular topic.
A recent Delaware Court of Chancery ruling addressed the scope of discovery in connection with a dispute about a failed merger to the extent that “deeply personal” and embarrassing information about a CEO was sought, purportedly in connection with the role the CEO played in the alleged failure of his company to use contractually mandated…
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently determined the proper composition of a board in a proceeding under DGCL § 225 styled as Rainbow Mountain Inc. v. Begeman, C.A. No. 2018-0403-PAF (Del. Ch. August 25, 2025).
This case involved a dispute among 5 siblings and their extended family over the management and ownership of Virginia…
Frank Reynolds, who has been covering Delaware corporate decisions for various national publications for over 40 years, prepared this article.
The Court of Chancery recently refused to dismiss most of the unique Caremark claims a bankruptcy administrator brought against former Teligent Inc. directors and officers who allegedly wrecked their pharmaceutical company by failing to monitor…
The Delaware Supreme Court’s recent decision addressing the nuances and subtleties of a claim for aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty is must reading for corporate and commercial litigators. In the matter styled: In re Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc. Merger Litigation, Del. Supr., No. 281-2024 (June 17, 2025), the en banc high…
My 7th Edition as Editor-in-Chief of the Delaware Corporate and Commercial Law Monitor published by The National Review is now available.
We collect articles from around the country, by practitioners and academics, about the latest developments on the titular topic.