Highlights & Analysis of Key Decisions from Delaware's Supreme Court & Court of Chancery
Frank Reynolds, who has been covering Delaware corporate decisions for various national publications for over 40 years, prepared this article.
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently barred Credit Glory Inc.‘s president from bringing breach of fiduciary duty claims against an ex-officer/director of their credit aid company based on the same ‘” abhorrent” sexual harassment conduct…
A recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision is noteworthy for several key principles applied to a set of facts that involve company counsel using corporate machinery and corporate funds to join with a faction of the board to oust a board member. Dalby v. Kastner, C.A. No. 2025-0136-NAC (Del. Ch. Aug. 29, 2025), is…
A recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision explained why a lack of candor resulted in discovery abuses that justified fee-shifting. In Legent Group, LLC v. Axos Financial, Inc., C.A. No. 2020-0405-KSJM (Del. Ch. Nov. 7, 2025), the court explained the factual basis for its findings that the lack of candor created unnecessary expenses, requiring…
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…
This article was prepared by Keith Walter, a partner in the Delaware office of Lewis Brisbois.
In Ghatty v. Mudili, C.A. No. 2025-0615-LLW (Del. Ch. Oct. 21, 2025), the Court of Chancery addressed a § 225 dispute over the removal of two corporate directors of a private Delaware corporation. The plaintiffs—three directors constituting a…
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…