Delaware Court of Chancery Rule 5.1 defines the requirements for court filings to receive confidential treatment, contrary to the presumption that all court filings should be made available to the public. (The former terminology “under seal” is no longer used in the current version of the rule.) A recent Chancery decision addressed the filing of
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Chancery Denies Costs for Cancelled Deposition
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Case Financial, Inc. v. Alden, (Del. Ch., Dec. 16, 2008), read opinion here. This Chancery Court decision is in a category of those that I like to refer to as "useful tools for the toolbox of a litigator." In this letter decision, the court rejected a request to order costs or fees pursuant to Rule…
Chancery Orders Second Deposition on Documents Produced After First Deposition
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In Christen v. Trados, Inc., 2008 Del. Ch. LEXIS 179, the Chancery Court ,in a letter decision, decided that a second deposition of key persons had to be taken based on documents produced after their first deposition was concluded. However the court declined, in its discretion, to award costs pursuant to Rule 37.