My latest ethics column for The Bencher, the national publication of the American Inns of Court, is on the titular topic, available at this hyperlink.
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No Such Thing as “Local Counsel” in Delaware Court of Chancery
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Courtesy of the Delaware Business Court Insider, we provide our article that appeared in the April 21, 2021 edition on an important topic for Delaware litigators.
No Such Thing as Local Counsel in Delaware Court of Chancery
By: Francis G.X. Pileggi* and Chauna A. Abner**
This is a compilation of selected key Delaware court…
Company’s Privileged Communications Must Be Provided to Board Members
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I have been writing an ethics column for the national publication of The American Inns of Court, called The Bencher, for about 24 years or so. My latest column appears in the current edition and is reproduced below, courtesy of The Bencher and The American Inns of Court.
Company’s Privileged Communications Must Be Provided to…
16th Annual Review of Key Delaware Corporate and Commercial Decisions
16th Annual Review of Key Delaware Corporate and Commercial Decisions
By: Francis G.X. Pileggi and Chauna A. Abner
This is the 16th year that Francis Pileggi has published an annual list of key corporate and commercial decisions of the Delaware Supreme Court and the Delaware Court of Chancery. This list does not attempt to include…
Legal Ethics and Lawyer Mobility
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Posted in Selected Articles by Francis
In my latest legal ethics column for The Bencher, the publication of the American Inns of Court, (in which I have been writing an ethics column for over 20 years), I address some of the legal ethics issues that arise when a partner in a law firm laterally moves to another law firm–an increasingly…
Francis Pileggi Joins Lewis Brisbois as Delaware Managing Partner
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Posted in Commentary, Selected Articles by Francis
I’m happy to report that I am now the Managing Partner of the new Delaware office of the Lewis Brisbois firm, which has over 1,500 lawyers, in over 40 practice areas of the law, in over 50 offices. I’m very excited to share this exciting next chapter in my professional career. The Delaware Law …
Candor to the Court
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Posted in Selected Articles by Francis
In my recent ethics column for The Bencher, the publication of the American Inn of Courts (that I have been writing for over 20 years), I discuss the duty of candor to the court that lawyers have, and how that interfaces with the duty of confidentiality owed to clients.
Motion to Disqualify Granted Under Rule 1.9
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Posted in Other Court Decisions
A recent decision of the Delaware Superior Court featured an unusual ruling in Delaware: A motion to disqualify counsel was granted based on a conflict of interest under Rule of Professional Conduct 1.9, relating to prior representation of a client.
Why the Decision is Notable:
Although the facts in the 21-page decision styled Sun …
15th Annual Review of Key Delaware Corporate and Commercial Decisions
The following article is reprinted with permission from the Jan. 15, 2020 edition of “The Delaware Business Court Insider”, (c) 2020 ALM Media Properties, LLC. All rights reserved.
By: Francis G.X. Pileggi and Chauna A. Abner
This is the 15th year that Francis Pileggi and various co-authors have created an annual list of important…
Delaware Supreme Court Instructs on Standards of Deposition Conduct
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A recent Delaware Supreme Court opinion provides a tutorial on the standards imposed on Delaware lawyers when a deponent, who is the lawyer’s client, engages in inappropriate conduct during a deposition. See Shorenstein Hays-Nederland Theaters LLC Appeals, Nos. 596, 2018 and 620, 2018 (Del. Supr. June 20, 2019). My overview of the decision was…