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The Delaware Supreme Court recently reinstated the compensation package that Tesla awarded to Elon Musk and that the Delaware Court of Chancery invalidated in two separate prior rulings, in the matter styled In re Tesla, Inc. Derivative Litigation, Del. Supr., No. 534, 2024 (Dec.19,2025). As one might expect, commentary about this ruling has already…

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…

Frank Reynolds, who has been covering Delaware corporate decisions for various national publications for over 40 years, prepared this article.

A Delaware Supreme Court panel recently reversed the dismissal of an Amazon.com Inc. shareholder’s books and records action, finding that the complaint’s alleged violations of antitrust law established a “credible basis” from which the Court…

As the Editor-in-Chief of the National Law Review‘s publication called the Delaware Corporate and Commercial Law Monitor, I’m pleased to share the Fifth Edition that has now been published. (My role for this relatively new publication will be in addition to my full-time practice and maintaining this blog–now in it’s 20th…

Frank Reynolds, who has been covering Delaware corporate decisions for various national publications for over 40 years, prepared this article.

The Delaware Supreme Court recently ruled that the Court of Chancery should have revived a derivative suit over a stock sale by a major Kraft Heinz Co. investor after learning the action had been wrongly…

The Delaware Supreme Court provides useful clarification regarding when a fraudulent concealment claim tolls the statute of limitations for indemnification claims, in LGM Holdings, LLC v. Gideon Schurder, et al., Del. Supr., No. 314, 2024 (April 22, 2025).

Background

In this post-closing dispute involving claims of intentional breach of representations and warranties in…

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 recommended that the Delaware Supreme Court deny a quick interlocutory appeal of its decision that a Sears Hometown & Outlet Stores investor is entitled to the full share of the…