The less than common excuse for a plaintiff not satisfying a required element of a breach of contract claim known as the prevention doctrine was addressed in the recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision styled World Energy, LLC v. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., C.A. No. 2025-0912-MTZ (Del. Ch. July 6, 2026). The court
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Chancery Recites Fundamental Principles of Delaware Corporate Law
By Francis Pileggi on
Posted in Court of Chancery Updates
In the context of explaining why certain challenges to a stockholders’ agreement were not barred by laches and were otherwise timely, the Delaware Court of Chancery recently recited several enduring fundamental principles of Delaware corporate law and corporate governance in the gem of a decision styled: West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund v. Moelis & …