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…
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.
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…
Recent developments in AI allow for summaries of court decisions without the need, in theory, for much human input. So, what is the usefulness of blogs by lawyers (such as this one–now in its 20th year) that cover a particular legal topic if AI can do so much of the work? The answer is: insights…
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.
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 refused to dismiss most of the unique Caremark claims a bankruptcy administrator brought against former Teligent Inc. directors and officers who allegedly wrecked their pharmaceutical company by failing to monitor…
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…
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.
A recent decision from the Delaware Court of Chancery addressed damages for breach of the fiduciary duty of loyalty where they were not capable of precise measurement, and there was also a claim for spoliation. The most recent decision in this matter addresses damages. Sorrento Theraupetics, Inc. v. Mack, C.A. No. 2021-0210-PAF (Del. Ch.