Litigation

Chancery Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Against Verizon Union Strikers
In Verizon of Delaware v. Communications Workers of America, Local Nos. 13100 and 13101, et al., C.A. No. 6766-CS (Order) (Del. Ch. Aug. 10, 2011), available here, the Court of Chancery addressed the problems that arose with picketing during the … Continue reading →

Chancery Applies Preliminary Injunction Standard to a Motion for a TRO
The below article first appeared on Aug. 24, 2011, in The Delaware Business Court Insider, here. The Delaware Court of Chancery decision that is the focus of the article was previously highlighted on this blog here...

Court of Chancery Denies Motion for Preliminary Injunction; Finds Revlon Applies When Merger Consideration is Evenly Split Between Cash and Stock
On May 24, 2011, in In Re Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. Shareholder Litigation, C.A. No. 6164-VCP, the Court of Chancery denied a motion for preliminary injunction and a request that the Court delay a stockholder vote regarding a merger...

After Omnicare: Delaware Chancery Court Denies Injunction Against Target Merger Agreement
After Omnicare: Delaware Chancery Court Denies Injunction Against Target Merger Agreement From Cliff Neimeth of Greenberg Traurig: In its first published consideration of the issue since the Delaware Supreme Court's 2003 decision in Omnicare v...

Court of Chancery Clarifies Basis for Determining Amount of Bond for Preliminary Injunction
Service Corporation of Westover Hills v. Guzzetta, C.A. No. 2922-VCP (Del. Ch. July 21, 2011), read opinion here. The Delaware Supreme Court’s remand decision in this case last year was highlighted on this blog here...

New Master in Chancery is Appointed for Delaware Court of Chancery
The Delaware Court of Chancery announced today that a new Master in Chancery has been appointed. Abigail Myers LeGrow comes to the Court of Chancery from her position as a corporate litigation associate at Potter Anderson & Corroon...

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