• March 14, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Delaware Public Policy Does Not Preclude D&O Insurance Coverage for Fraud

    In Arch Insurance v. Murdock, a D&O insurance coverage dispute, the Superior Court's complex commercial litigation division reasoned broadly to hold that, absent a contrary choice of law clause, Delaware law applies to Delaware corporations' D&O insurance policies, and that Delaware public policy does not prohibit insuring losses from insureds' breaching the fiduciary duty of loyalty through fraudulent conduct.

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  • February 14, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

    People in the News—Feb. 14, 2018—Fox Rothschild

    Olufunke O. Leroy joined the Philadelphia office of Fox Rothschild as an associate in the firm's real estate department.

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  • February 7, 2018 | New York Law Journal

    Preclusion in Derivative Litigation

    Corporate Litigation columnists Joseph M. McLaughlin and Shannon K. McGovern write: A recent Delaware Supreme Court en banc decision has ended uncertainty in Delaware and potentially elsewhere introduced when two Court of Chancery decisions urged that a longstanding derivative preclusion rule violates due process.

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  • California State Teachers Ret. Sys. v. Alvarez

    Publication Date: 2018-02-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Corporate Governance
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart M. Grant, Michael J. Barry, and Nathan A. Cook; Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christine S. Azar, Ryan T. Keating, and Ned Weinberger, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel Girard, Amanda Steiner, Dena Sharp, Adam Polk, and Jordan Elias, Girard Gibbs LLP, San Francisco, CA; Thomas A. Dubbs, Louis Gottlieb, and Jeffrey A. Dubbin, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; Frederic S. Fox, Hae Sung Nam, Donald R. Hall, and Jeffrey P. Campisi, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: Donald. J. Wolfe, Steven C. Norman, and Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous and Alexander K. Mircheff, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Mark A. Perry, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, attorneys for appellees.

    Case Number: D68031

    Another jurisdiction's dismissal of derivative action for lack of demand futility had preclusive effect under federal law upon competing group of stockholders derivative litigation.

  • Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol Club, Ltd. v. Small

    Publication Date: 2017-12-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Regulation
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis G.X. Pileggi and Alexandra D. Rogin, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: Ralph K. Durstein and Devera B. Scott, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Dover, DE, attorneys for appellees.

    Case Number: D67983

    State agencies lacked authority to impose regulations amount to near-total ban on lawful firearms in state parks and forests, where Delaware Constitution protected citizens rights to bear lawful arms both inside and outside the home for the defense of self and family.

  • November 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Impact of 'Trulia' on Merger Litigation in State and Federal Courts

    John A. Neuwirth, Joshua S. Amsel, Christine T. Di Guglielmo and Evert J. Christensen Jr. write: Since 'Trulia', there has been a decline in Delaware in the number of run-of-the-mill challenges to nearly every public company merger transaction. But while the volume of merger litigation in Delaware has been on the decline, there has been a noticeable surge in filings in other jurisdictions, particularly federal courts.

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  • Shawe v. Pincus

    Publication Date: 2017-10-11
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Sleet
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant: David L. Finger and David B. Goldstein for plaintiff Philip R. Shawe; Jeremy D. Eicher for plaintiff Shirley Shawe; Douglas D. Herman, John K. Villa, Charles Davant IV and Anne M. Rucker for defendant Robert B. Pincus; Joseph C. Handlon, Lauren E. Maguire and Ryan P. Connell for defendant Jeffrey W. Bullock.

    Case Number: D67901

    The federal court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiffs action which they filed after receiving an adverse state court ruling in a related matter. Motion to dismiss granted.

  • Holland v. Bouchard, 16-CV-5936

    Publication Date: 2017-09-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Vernon Broderick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff: Andrew J. Goodman, Jeanne C. Barenholtz, Malcolm Seymour, Garvey Schubert Barer, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants: John K. Villa, Anne M. Rucker, William T. Burke, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC. Jonathan D. Lupkin Lupkin & Associates PLLC New York, NY.

    Case Number: 16-CV-5936

    42 USC §1983 Challenge to Delaware Court's Order Dismissed Under 'Younger' Do

  • September 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    NY Federal Judge Tosses Suit Accusing Del. Chancellor of Suppressing TransPerfect Workers' Free Speech Rights

    A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit accusing the chancellor of Delaware's Chancery Court and a court-appointed custodian of stifling the free-speech rights of a TransPerfect Global Inc. employee in connection with the forced sale of the profitable translation-services company.

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  • September 18, 2017 |

    Lee v. GEICO Choice Ins. Co.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Lee v. GEICO Choice Ins. Co.Superior Court of Delaware, New CastleAugust 23, 2017, Submitted; September…

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