Corporate & Securities Law

Delaware Chancery Court Doesn't Meddle in Bear Stearns Deal (In Favor of New York Proceeding)
Delaware Chancery Court Doesn't Meddle in Bear Stearns Deal (In Favor of New York Proceeding) From Travis Laster: On Wednesday, Vice Chancellor Parsons of the Delaware Court of Chancery stayed an action filed in Delaware to enjoin the Bear Stearns-JPMorgan...

Chancery Clarifies and Admonishes: eFiling Passwords for Delaware Lawyers Only
The Delaware Chancery Court issued a clarification yesterday to lawyers in order to clarify that passwords for eFilings of pleadings and other submissions with the Court are only to be used by Delaware lawyers and shall not be "lent to" (my words) or shared with non-Delaware lawyers, nor shall non-Delaware lawyers be added to the "electronic service list" through which those who eFile documents with the court are sent notice of eFilings by other lawyers in the case...

Delaware Chancery Court Forces Director Compensation Disgorgement
Delaware Chancery Court Forces Director Compensation Disgorgement Good to see more securities law blogs emerge. Joe Wallin's new "Corp Fin Blog" recently ran this item: In Julian v...

Delaware Court Orders Hexion to Pursue Financing of Huntsman Acquisition
My colleagues Phillip R. Mills and Justine Lee and I have prepared the following post on the Delaware Chancery Court’s recent decision in Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., v. Huntsman Corp...

Summary Of Important Delaware Corporate Cases In 2007
Francis Pileggi has written a summary of the key Delaware Chancery Court and Supreme Court cases of 2007.  Obviously, these cases are important to corporate litigation lawyers in other states, including Georgia...

Delaware Court of Chancery Holds Statute of Frauds Applies to LLC Agreements
(This post is based on a memo by Robert Saunders and his colleagues Allison Land and Ron Brown of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.) On October 22, 2008, Vice Chancellor Lamb of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued an opinion in Olson v...

Stacy Schneider
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How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
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California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.

Rutland School District
Double pay offered as part of class action wage dispute settlement, pending court approval.