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In Hickman v. Taylor, the United States Supreme Court recognized a qualified immunity from discovery of a lawyer's work product prepared in connection with litigation. The Delaware Court of Chancery has embraced the work product doctrine as enunciated...

The Delaware Court of Chancery's Guidelines Regarding the Preservation of Electronically Stored Information (ESI) were previously reviewed here on this blog, but now Kevin F. Brady of Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP in Wilmington, a nationally...

Overview This 33-page opinion of the Court of Chancery, issued yesterday on a holiday, grants an application for an interlocutory appeal of the original decision in this case dated May 26, 2010, which was highlighted on this blog here. The major issue...

I don't know, but I think Chancellor Chandler isn't all that impressed with the Supreme Court reversing his decision in the Airgas case. He sent a letter to the parties yesterday ( Letter here ) with a number of questions seeking supplemental...

Steven Mizel Roth IRA v. Laurus U.S. Fund, L.P ., C.A. 5566-VCN (Del. Ch. Feb. 25, 2011), read opinion here . This Court of Chancery opinion rejected a request to dissolve a limited partnership and refused to appoint a receiver in the context of an...

Vila v. BVWebTies LLC, C.A. No. 4308-VCS (Del. Ch. Oct. 1, 2010), read opinion here . Brief Overview This opinion adds needed depth to the case law on Section 18-802 of the Delaware LLC Act which allows a member of an LLC to seek dissolution...

Lavi v. Wideawake Deathrow Entertainment LLC , C.A. No. 5779-VCS (Del. Ch. Jan. 18, 2011), read letter ruling here . Issue Addressed The issue decided by the Court of Chancery in this books and records action under Section 18-305 of the Delaware...

Don't like the Airgas decision? Maybe you're with Chancellor Chandler in thinking that Interco wasn't all that bad - that fully-informed stockholders should have the right to decide whether or not to accept an offer. That's not the...

Download it, get a cup of coffee, close the door, and start reading this primer on the pill, Unocal, and "just say no" defense. Spoiler alert: Airgas wins and Air Products drops its bid and moves on. So, looks like no appeal in the works...

Feeley v. NHAOCG, LLC , is a pending Chancery case involving issues that relate to a contest for control, and which has thus far generated two opinions, highlighted on these pages here and here . A transcript of an oral argument in this case has recently...

The Deal Prof has a run-down on the Airgas decision . He has it about right: The signal this reversal sends is that it basically says don't worry about the language of your contracts so long as everybody "knows" what it means. ...

In Re CNX Gas Corp. Shareholders Litigation, C. A. Consol. No. 5377-VCL (Del Ch. May 25, 2010), read 42-page opinion here . This will be a very short overview until a fuller synopsis can be provided at a later date. Overview The Delaware Court...

The tenure of Chancellor William B. Chandler, III on the Court of Chancery since 1989 is the topic of a retrospective article on the site called Boardmember.com which is available here . The article describes the importance of the Court in the world...

Feeley v. NHAOCG, LLC , C.A. No. 7304-VCL (Del. Ch. Oct. 12, 2012) [ enhanced version available to Lexis.com subscribers ]. What this case is about: This Delaware Court of Chancery opinion addresses a dispute regarding management and control of an...

So, tomorrow Chancellor Chandler will take up the question of whether to order the Airgas board to pull its pill. Air Products, you'll remember, has been pursuing Airgas for many months now. Airgas has steadfastly said "No." In the fall...