Delaware Supreme Court

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  Letter detailing Hurd’s misconduct is unsealed

  By Ashley Post  |  January 3, 2012

  Try as he might, Mark Hurd can’t escape the aftermath of a sexual harassment scandal that happened nearly a year and a half ago.

• Litigation: Delaware Court of Chancery approves of merger agreement without “fiduciary out”

  By John Reed  |  December 8, 2011

  In 2003, in the case of Omnicare, Inc. v. NCS Healthcare, Inc., 818 A.2d 914 (Del. 2003), the Delaware Supreme Court held that stockholder voting agreements “negotiated as part of a merger agreement, which guaranteed shareholder approval of the merger if put to a vote, coupled with a merger agreement...

• Litigation: The Delaware Court of Chancery’s largest judgment

  By John Reed  |  November 23, 2011

  On Oct. 14, 2011, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a 105-page post-trial opinion in In re Southern Peru Copper Corporation Shareholder Derivative Litigation, which involved a challenge to Southern Peru Copper Corp.’s purchase of Minera Mexico, S.A. de C.V. from Southern Peru’s controlling stockholder, Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V.,...

• Litigation: Optional merger consideration results in denial of appraisal rights

  By John Reed  |  November 10, 2011

  Examining the effects of Krieger v. Wesco Financial Corp.

• Litigation: Disloyal director conduct doesn’t always constitute bad faith

  By John Reed  |  October 20, 2011

  Recent decision shows that Delaware courts continue to carefully guard stockholder voting rights.

• Litigation: Drafting lessons from the Delaware Court of Chancery

  By John Reed  |  October 13, 2011

  In a recent opinion—GRT, Inc. v. Marathon GTF Technology, Ltd., et al.—Delaware Chancellor Leo E. Strine, Jr., addressed the question of whether a provision in a joint venture agreement, which stated that particular representations would survive for one year and thereafter terminate along with any remedy for breach, effectively operated...

• Litigation: 1 more step to go?

  By John Reed  |  September 29, 2011

  Creditors’ rights continue to evolve in Delaware courts.

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  Delaware Supreme Court allows insurers to challenge STOLI policies

  By Danielle Feinstein  |  September 26, 2011

  Last week the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that insurers can contest life policies that pay investors when the subject of the policy dies.

• SuperConference 2010

  By Christopher Danzig, Cathleen Flahardy, Chelsea Hennessy, Mary Swanton, Lauren Williamson  |  July 1, 2010

  Reports from the Premier Conference for the In-House Bar.