Wimbledon Fund LP - Absolute Return Fund Series v. SV Special Situations Fund LP , C.A. No. 4780-CS (Del. Ch., Dec. 22, 2011), read letter ruling here . Read summaries of prior Delaware decisions in this matter here. This is the latest iteration of... Read More

Garrett v. Zon Capital Partners, L.P. , C. A. No. 5607-CS (Del. Ch., Nov. 10, 2011), read letter ruling here . Issue Addressed: Whether a motion for class certification should be granted pursuant to Court of Chancery Rule 23 in connection with a... Read More

In Frank v. Elgamal , C.A. No. 6120-VCN (Del. Ch. July 28, 2011), read letter ruling here , the Delaware Court of Chancery deferred making a decision on an application for interim fees in a class action challenging an acquisition. Issue Addressed ... Read More

Auriga Capital Corp. v. Gatz Properties, LLC , is an iconic opinion from the Delaware Court of Chancery that was issued on Jan. 27, 2012 and highlighted on these pages here. This decision is momentous because it explains why fiduciary duties will apply... Read More

On January 13, 2012, the Court of Chancery issued non-binding guidelines or "best practices" to help lawyers and their parties handle common and sometimes complex procedural issues that arise in litigation before the Delaware Court of Chancery... Read More

The below article first appeared on Aug. 24, 2011, in The Delaware Business Court Insider , here. The Delaware Court of Chancery decision that is the focus of the article was previously highlighted on this blog here. Litigation is fast-paced in the... Read More

In an interesting October 14, 2011 post-trial opinion, Delaware Chancellor Leo Strine entered a $1.263 billion award in the Southern Peru Copper Corporation Shareholder Derivative Litigation. The lawsuit relates to Southern Peru's April 2005 acquisition... 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

We typically focus on summarizing corporate and commercial decisions of Delaware's Supreme Court and Court of Chancery, but today we find noteworthy a bevy of new lawsuits just filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery. These new suits challenge bylaws... Read More

In Re Novell, Inc. Shareholder Litigation , Cons. C. A. No. 6032-VCN (Del. Ch. Aug. 30, 2011). Read letter ruling here . Issue Addressed: Whether interim application for fees in class action should be deferred as premature. Short Answer: Yes. ... Read More

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... Read More

Francis G.X. Pileggi 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... Read More