Delaware

  • January 21, 2025

    Ex-Meta COO Sanctioned For Deleting Cambridge Emails

    A Delaware Court of Chancery judge on Tuesday sanctioned Meta Platforms Inc.'s former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg in consolidated litigation over the Facebook Cambridge Analytica data scandal, finding that she likely selectively deleted emails that related to the litigation.

  • January 21, 2025

    Del. Justices Seal Oracle's Win In $9.3B NetSuite Merger Suit

    The Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed the Chancery Court's toss last year of a challenge to Oracle Corp.'s $9.3 billion acquisition of NetSuite Corp. in 2016, saying the Chancery did not err in finding that the transaction was untainted from influence by Oracle's management or its founder and top shareholder.

  • January 21, 2025

    Receiver Sought For Partnership That Funded Affleck Films

    Film producer John P. Middleton has asked Delaware's Court of Chancery to appoint a receiver for The Film Capitol LLC, a partnership he formed in 2013 to provide funding for a production project with actor Casey Affleck.

  • January 21, 2025

    Judge OKs Deal To Keep Some American Freight Stores Open

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved a sale in Chapter 11 that will keep the lights on in more than two dozen American Freight home furnishing stores by transferring their leases from the bankrupt Franchise Group.

  • January 21, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Refuses To Restore Solar Cell Patent Claims

    An Indian industrial conglomerate failed on Tuesday to persuade Federal Circuit judges to breathe new life into a patent covering a way of assembling solar cells that it had asserted in Delaware federal court against a Korean rival.

  • January 21, 2025

    Co. Seeks IRS Refund In $2.7M Captive Insurance Case

    A Delaware federal court should refund tax penalties a company paid on a $2.7 bill from the IRS for activities related to captive insurance companies and promoting abusive tax shelters, the company argued Tuesday, saying the government provided no proof it did anything wrong.

  • January 21, 2025

    Dem States Challenge Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order

    Eighteen Democratic-led states, the District of Columbia and the city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts federal court on Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

  • January 17, 2025

    Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

    Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2024, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.

  • January 17, 2025

    Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

    Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 54 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, steering some of the largest deals of 2024 and securing high-profile litigation wins, including at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • January 17, 2025

    States Ask To Join Suit To Uphold Gun Show Loophole Closure

    Over a dozen states asked a Texas federal judge for permission to join a suit over the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' rule closing the so-called gun show loophole, saying in a motion that the incoming Trump administration wouldn't properly defend the rule.

  • January 17, 2025

    Bayer, J&J Minimized Drug Reaction Data, 3rd Circ. Told

    A doctor urged the Third Circuit on Friday to revive his whistleblower suit against Bayer Corp. and Johnson & Johnson, arguing that the drugmakers' regulatory approval applications played down the side effects of the antibiotics Cipro and Levaquin.

  • January 17, 2025

    Exhumation Catch Unclear In NFL Players' Deal, 3rd Circ. Told

    Family members of several late NFL players asked the Third Circuit on Friday to grant them national concussion settlement benefits that were denied for a lack of an eligible chronic traumatic encephalopathy diagnosis, arguing the requirement for a neurological exam on exhumed bodies was not made clear as part of the settlement notice.

  • January 17, 2025

    CFPB, Student Loan Co. Ink $2.25M Deal Over Debt Practices

    The National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts agreed to pay $2.25 million to resolve the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's suit accusing it of harming borrowers through unfair collection tactics on private student loan debts, according to a joint motion to approve the stipulated judgment filed in Delaware federal court.

  • January 17, 2025

    3rd Circ. Vexed By Remedies For Defunct Vax Mandate

    The Third Circuit wrestled Friday with how it could remedy injuries claimed to be suffered by nurses who lost their jobs for not complying with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy's vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, asking what order it could give about something that is no longer in effect and about jobs they no longer have.

  • January 17, 2025

    Judge Scolds Dormify For Founder Not Appearing In Court

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge sharply criticized Dormify Inc. after its founder didn't appear at a hearing Friday, ordering a hearing on whether to dismiss the dorm-room decorating retailer's Chapter 11 case or convert it to a Chapter 7 liquidation.

  • January 17, 2025

    Prime Sports Drink Fight In Wrong Venue, Chancery Finds

    A beverage bottler's lawsuit seeking damages tied to sports-drink startup Prime Hydration's alleged failure to honor a production contract has come up empty in Delaware's Court of Chancery, with a Thursday ruling that the complaint never tapped into the court's equity jurisdiction.

  • January 17, 2025

    Vanguard To Pay SEC, States $106M Over Surprise Tax Bills

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was joined by dozens of state regulators Friday in announcing a $106.4 million settlement with The Vanguard Group Inc. over claims that the company misled investors about the heightened capital gains taxes they would have to pay on certain retirement savings accounts.

  • January 16, 2025

    Joann Can Fund Speedy Ch. 11 Sale Plans With Cash On Hand

    Joann Inc. is racing to find a going concern buyer before mid-February, or it will take an offer from a firm that plans to liquidate the 80-year-old national craft supply retailer, attorneys told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Thursday, laying out the tight timeline proposed in its second Chapter 11 in less than a year.

  • January 16, 2025

    NPE Patent Litigation Increased By 22% In 2024

    Patent lawsuits launched by nonpracticing entities shot up in 2024, with the Eastern District of Texas being the primary hotbed for such cases, according to a new report.

  • January 16, 2025

    Chancery Nixes More Docs For Exxon-Pioneer Merger Suit

    Ruling that "any further intrusions are unwarranted," Delaware's Court of Chancery on Thursday rejected a Pioneer Natural Resources stockholder bid for additional emails and text messages between the company's former CEO and Exxon Mobil Corp.'s top executive related to the two company's $60 billion merger.

  • January 16, 2025

    Merck Defends 3rd Circ. Win In Mumps Vaccine Antitrust Case

    Merck urged the Third Circuit not to reconsider a ruling that immunized the company from antitrust claims over submissions it made to federal regulators for its mumps vaccine, arguing the appeals court was right to find the submissions were protected.

  • January 16, 2025

    Yellow Corp., Teamsters Debate WARN Suit Ahead Of Trial

    Yellow Corp. and the unions representing many of the workers it laid off met in Delaware bankruptcy court Thursday to preview arguments they will deliver at a trial, set to start next week, that will determine whether the trucking company can escape some of the WARN Act claims it is facing after laying off 25,000 employees.

  • January 16, 2025

    Spirit Aero Hit With Chancery Suit Over $8.3B Boeing Merger

    A Spirit Aerosystems stockholder has launched a proposed class suit in the Delaware Chancery Court challenging the company's $8.3 billion all-stock acquisition by its largest customer, Boeing, announced in July 2024, citing disclosure failures and other concerns.

  • January 16, 2025

    3rd Circ. Unsure Pa. GOP Can Challenge Biden's Voting Order

    Republican lawmakers from Pennsylvania told the Third Circuit on Thursday that President Joe Biden's executive order expanding "get-out-the-vote" information by using third parties trampled on their authority as legislators, with the appellate panel questioning their standing to bring the case.

  • January 16, 2025

    Biden's Imprint On The Judiciary In 6 Charts

    President Joe Biden leaves office with 235 lifetime judges confirmed, just one more than President Donald Trump seated during his first term, and many firsts for diversity.

Expert Analysis

  • A Look At Sweepstakes Casinos' Legal Issues In Fla., Beyond

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    Scheduled for trial in Florida federal court this fall, the VGW sweepstakes case underscores the growing urgency for gambling states to clarify and enforce their laws in response to emerging online gaming models, as the expansion of sweepstakes casinos challenges traditional interpretations of gambling regulations, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • Chancery May Have Raised Bar For Books, Records Requests

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    The Delaware Court of Chancery recently approved the denial of a books and records demand against Amazon, raising important questions about what evidence and purpose a stockholder is required to show to succeed on such a request, say attorneys at Selendy Gay.

  • The Fed. Circ. In 2024: 5 Major Rulings To Know

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    In 2024, the Federal Circuit provided a number of important clarifications to distinct areas of patent law – including design patent obviousness, expert testimony admissions and patent term adjustments – all of which are poised to have an influence going forward, say attorneys at Knobbe Martens.

  • Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win

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    Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.

  • Issues To Watch In 2025's ERISA Litigation Landscape

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    Whether 2024’s uptick in new Employee Retirement Income Security Act cases will continue this year will likely depend on federal courts’ resolution of several issues, including those related to excessive fees, defined contribution plan forfeitures, and pleading standards for ERISA-prohibited transaction claims, say attorneys at Groom Law.

  • Series

    Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Opinion

    No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.

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    A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.

  • Top 10 Noncompete Developments Of 2024

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    Following an eventful year in noncompete law at both state and federal levels, employers can no longer rely on a court's willingness to blue-pencil overbroad agreements and are proceeding at their own peril if they do not thoughtfully review and carefully enforce such agreements, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

  • 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond

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    In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.

  • Best Practices To Find Del. Earnout Provisions That Hold Up

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    Recent Delaware earnout litigation illustrates the need for careful drafting and proactive planning to avoid later divergent interpretations of the signed contract, and a series of drafting tips can help, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • 7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring

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    President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection

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    Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Opinion

    Section 230 Debates Will Continue, With Or Without TikTok

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    Regardless of whether TikTok is forced to shut down in the U.S. in the coming weeks, legal disputes will continue over social media platforms' responsibility under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act for harms allegedly caused by content shared on their apps, says Carla Varriale-Barker at Segal McCambridge.

  • Series

    Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.

  • Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation

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    Litigation will likely play a prominent role in shaping policy outcomes during the second Trump administration, and stakeholders have several tools at their disposal to steer regulatory litigation toward more favorable venues, say attorneys at Covington.

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