• Thomas v. B & I Lending LLC

    Publication Date: 2003-05-02
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Matt Wilson and Anthony O. Lakes The Wilson Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, Lisa A. Schmidt and Zoe A. Forrester Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, De., for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A2162

    Defendants did not have a reasonable opportunity to file suit first as provided for in the parties' Standstill Agre

  • Thomas v. B & I Lending LLC

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Matt Wilson and Anthony O. Lakes The Wilson Law Firm PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank M. Lowrey IV Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, Lisa A. Schmidt and Zoe A. Forrester Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, De., for appellees.

    Case Number: A02A2162

    A Standstill Agreement's provision giving the defendants the right to file litigation first could not be construed to run forever, so a factual determination must be made as to whether the defendant

  • May 22, 2013 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    No Second Bite at the Apple for Allergan Plaintiffs

    As we previously wrote in the December 27, 2012, edition of the Del Business Court Insider, the highly-publicized decision concerning the application of collateral estoppel to Del

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  • July 1, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    You Gotta Problem?

    Even the best-intentioned internal investigations are inviting targets for second-guessers. Just ask Weil, Gotshal & Manges after its brush with scandal-plagued American International Grou

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  • July 7, 2005 | The American Lawyer

    You Got a Problem?

    Even the best-intentioned internal investigations are inviting targets for second-guessers. Just ask Weil, Gotshal & Manges after its brush with scandal-plagued American International Grou

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  • June 4, 2008 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Del. High Court Remands Options Valuation Case

    The Delaware Supreme Court remanded an options valuation case to the Court of Chancery in late May, affirming the lower court’s view of certain contract terms as ambiguous, but requ

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  • August 16, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Disclosure of Merger Negotiations: New Rules in Delaware

    The Delaware Court of Chancery in Alessi v. Beracha, 2004 Del. Ch. LEXIS 76, 2004 WL 1052389 (May 11, 2004), re-examines the Delaware Supreme Court's 1987 decision in Bershad v. Curt

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  • October 14, 2009 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Court of Chancery Dismisses Two NYMEX Actions in One Opinion

    Vice Chancellor John W. Noble issued an opinion Sept. 30 that performed double duty, granting motions to dismiss in two cases involving the acquisition of NYMEX Holdings Inc. by the CME Grou

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  • April 5, 2010 | National Law Journal

    2010 APPELLATE HOT LIST

    AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD Twenty-four victories in 2009 are emblematic of the firm's stature in appellate law. Its success lies in its coupling of long-est

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  • July 20, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Bankruptcy Practice

    In Production Resources Group, LLC v. NCT Group Inc.,1 the Delaware Court of Chancery in a noteworthy decision recently reaffirmed longstanding principles relating to directo

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