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, wrote this article.
The full Delaware Supreme Court recently ruled that the federal Employee Retirement Income Act of 1974 does not automatically bar the managers of an investment fund from accessing ERISA assets to defend themselves from state…
Over the last 21 years that I have been writing this blog I have often posted about an annual corporate law seminar in New Orleans called the Tulane Corporate Law Institute, that I am attending again this year. Started by the late great Delaware Supreme Court Justice Andrew G.T. Moore over 30 years ago…
Over the last few years, compared to the last few decades, the trend of courts in many states has been to be less willing to enforce restrictive covenants based on closer scrutiny of nuances such as the legitimate business interest in the scope of the restrictions. This development is consistent with the increasing number of…
The recent Chancery decision in Calumet Capital Partners LLC v. Victory Park Capital Advisors, LLC, C.A. No. 2025-0036-JTL (Del. Ch. Jan. 29, 2026), addressed various issues in a motion to dismiss claims involving poaching of employees and disloyalty among business partners.
Although there is much to commend this 74-page decision, I will limit my…
Volume 2, Edition 2 of the National Law Review‘s Delaware Corporate and Commercial Law Monitor has been published. 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 of this blog who read…
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…
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…
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.
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