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In the latest episode of my Delaware Corporate Litigation Insights podcast, I am joined by K&L Gates litigation partner Steven Caponi to examine a recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision involving fabricated quotations generated through the use of AI in a court filing.
The Delaware Court of Chancery’s recent published decision where the issue
Voluminous commentary exists regarding the substantive comparisons between Delaware corporate law and competing states such as Texas, but an article that my partner and I published for Bloomberg Law compares the more practical aspect of expedited services that the Delaware Division of Corporations offers, such as same day service for corporate filings. Delaware still provides
A recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision identified more than 21 reasons why an LLC is not purely a creature of contract. Hassanein v. NTO Fund I, LLC, C.A. No. 2025-0299-DH (JTL) (Del. Ch. August 4, 2026), is noteworthy for several reasons.
It should be included in the pantheon of iconic and consequential Delaware
A recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision is noteworthy for allowing an unusual procedural vehicle as a reply to counterclaims, as well as featuring an unusual initial retort to the counter-counterclaims, in the context of an intricate series of claims between and among parties involved in a dispute about the ouster an initial investor of
In Episode 3 of the Delaware Corporate Litigation Insights Podcast, hosts Francis Pileggi & Chauna Abner are joined by Lewis Brisbois partner Aimee Czachorowski to examine three recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions that every corporate litigator should have on their radar. The trio explore how Delaware courts are approaching forum selection clauses in
Two recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions awarded fees for errant pre-litigation conduct which makes then noteworthy for that point alone, although there is much else to commend them. In the matter styled Ramadurgam v. Destiny XYZ Inc., C.A. No. 2024-0057-PAF (Del. Ch. July 23, 2026), the court awarded fees for pre-litigation conduct
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
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last month in Wolford v. Lopez, clarified prior U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the proper interpretation of the Second Amendment. Some courts continue to defy the supreme law of the land on this issue.
In the Wolford decision, the country’s highest court admonished the Hawaii Supreme Court that
The Delaware Supreme Court recently interpreted issues regarding the enforcement of Delaware state securities laws in Swan Energy, Inc. v. Investor Protection Unit, No. N24C-03-071 (Del. Supr., July 16, 2026). Delaware’s high court distinguished a U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the availability of jury trials and determined based on the specific facts, claims and