LOS ANGELES - Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. has brought aboard all lawyers to its Los Angeles office from the full service litigation and transactional boutique Reeder Lu LLP, including partners Christopher S. Reeder and Richard Schloss.... Read More
WILMINGTON, Del. - Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott LLC, a full-service national law firm, has announced that Francis G.X. Pileggi , a leading Delaware attorney and law blogger, has joined the firm as member-in charge of the Wilmington office. Pileggi... Read More
By Ed Batts In light of Delaware case law developments over the past year, exclusive forum provisions are being increasingly adopted by public companies. What should you know about this complex but important area of corporate governance? 1. What... Read More
By Frederick Robinson and Glen Banks In its March 27th opinion in Biotronik A.G. v. Conor Medsystems Ireland Ltd . 1 [ enhanced opinion available to lexis.com subscribers ], a sharply divided New York Court of Appeals ruled that a "no consequential... Read More
China continues its ascent as a world economic power, rocketing to the position of #2 on the world business stage with an average annual GDP growth rate of 10%. Doing business with Chinese companies-or simply doing business alongside or in competition... Read More
Freedman v. Adams, C.A. No. 4199-VCN (Del. Ch. March 30, 2012). Issue Addressed The Court of Chancery addressed the standard for awarding attorneys' fees when there has been a stipulated dismissal of a derivative action which was largely mooted... Read More
Though 268 banks have failed since January 1, 2008, there has been relatively little litigation related to the failed banks, as least so far. For example, the FDIC only recently filed its first action against former directors and officers of a failed... Read More
By: Jay Coogan and John L. Reed The Delaware Supreme Court, sitting en banc, has held that a Delaware corporate bylaw that requires a losing claimant to pay the legal fees and expenses of the defendants is not invalid per se , and if otherwise enforceable... Read More