This week, Volume 2, Edition 1 of the National Law Review‘s Delaware Corporate and Commercial Law Monitor was published, beginning its second year. I’m the Editor-in-Chief. It is published monthly and emailed to a select few from the mailing lists the NLR has for their 25 other newsletters, as well as the existing subscribers
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21st Annual Review of Key Delaware Corporate and Commercial Decisions
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The 21st edition of Francis Pileggi’s annual list of key corporate and commercial decisions of the Delaware Supreme Court and the Delaware Court of Chancery has been published by The National Law Review. This year’s list does not attempt to include all important decisions of those courts that were rendered in 2025, and eschews…
Delaware Supreme Court Reinstates Musk’s Tesla Compensation Package
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Posted in Delaware Supreme Court Updates
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…
Supreme Court Addresses Possible Excuse for Non-Compliance of Notice Provision Causing a Forfeiture
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Posted in Delaware Supreme Court Updates
The Delaware Supreme Court’s decision in Thompson Street Capital Partners, IV, LLP v. Sonova United States Hearing Instruments, LLC, No. 168, 224 (Del. April 28, 2025), reversed the dismissal of the claim of a seller challenging the compliance by a buyer with a contractual notice provision.
The high court found that the trial court…
National Law Review’s Delaware Corporate and Commercial Law Monitor, 9th Edition
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Posted in Commentary, Delaware Supreme Court Updates
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.
Twelfth Annual Delaware Firearms Law Seminar
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The Delaware Association of Second Amendment Lawyers (DASAL) and the Delaware Lawyers’ Chapter of the Federalist Society presented its twelfth annual Delaware Firearms Law Seminar in October at the Delaware Law School.
I discussed some of the recent landmark decisions shaping Delaware jurisprudence on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Other panelists included…
8th Edition of The National Law Review’s Delaware Corporate and Commercial Law Monitor
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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.
Delaware Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Aiding and Abetting Claim
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Posted in Delaware Supreme Court Updates
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…
Seventh Edition of National Law Review’s Corporate and Commercial Law Monitor
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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.
Delaware Supreme Court revives Amazon Sec. 220 suit, clarifies “credible basis” standard
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Posted in Delaware Supreme Court Updates
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…