Delaware

  • April 04, 2024

    Divided PTAB Invalidates RFID Claim It Previously Upheld

    A Patent Trial and Appeal Board panel has invalidated part of an AmaTech Group Ltd. smart card patent on rehearing, finding fault in its earlier decision to uphold the claim across two opinions and a dissent. 

  • April 04, 2024

    Real Estate Fraudster Wins 3rd Circ. Bid To Testify

    The real estate agent who helped ex-NFL player Irving Fryar in a scheme to defraud several banks out of $1 million in mortgages was wrongly denied the ability to testify on his own behalf at a hearing over alleged violations of his supervised release, the Third Circuit ruled in a precedential opinion Thursday.

  • April 04, 2024

    Ex-CEO Reaches Legal Fee Agreement With Trump-Tied SPAC

    A Delaware vice chancellor has signed off on an agreement between Donald Trump-tied Digital World Acquisition Corp. and its former CEO to have the venture pay his legal costs related to federal probes and litigation in multiple states.

  • April 04, 2024

    Del. Justices Reverse Chancery On Match.com Deal Fairness

    Delaware's Supreme Court on Thursday undid a Chancery Court dismissal of a challenge to Match.com's 2019 reverse-spinoff from Barry Diller-controlled IAC Interactive, in a closely watched case rejecting the lower court's finding that Match had justified the use of a less onerous fairness test.

  • April 04, 2024

    Sport Aircraft Maker Icon Hits Ch. 11 With $170M Debt

    Light-sport aircraft manufacturer Icon Aircraft filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court Thursday with more than $170 million in debt and plans for an asset sale and liquidation.

  • April 03, 2024

    Sanofi Plans To Settle 4,000 Zantac Cancer Claims

    Sanofi said Wednesday that it has reached an agreement in principle to settle about 4,000 personal injury claims linking the discontinued heartburn drug Zantac to cancer.

  • April 03, 2024

    AT&T Faces Investor Suit Over $43B WarnerMedia Spinoff

    A Warner Bros. Discovery shareholder accused AT&T and its CEO John Stankey of hiding how serious the company's problems were as it spun off its $43 billion WarnerMedia unit, alleging that caused Discovery to pay far too much when it merged with its fellow news and entertainment giant. 

  • April 03, 2024

    Lucky Bucks Ch. 7 Trustee's Fraud Suit Can Continue In Del.

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday allowed an adversary suit brought by the Chapter 7 trustee for Georgia-based gambling machine company Lucky Bucks Holdings LLC to move forward, saying the court doesn't have enough information about fraud allegations to dismiss the case.

  • April 03, 2024

    Joonko Tells Chancery Ex-CEO Shouldn't Get Legal Fees

    Defunct job board startup Joonko, which closed last year after its CEO resigned amid fraud allegations, told Delaware's Court of Chancery on Wednesday that it has no obligation to advance her defense costs in federal government investigations because she is no longer a director or officer of the company.

  • April 03, 2024

    Pool Pump Co. Says 3rd Circ. Must Vacate New Energy Rule

    Pool products maker Zodiac Pool Systems LLC went to the Third Circuit Wednesday to challenge a new U.S. Department of Energy rule that the company says goes beyond the department's legal authority by setting energy conservation standards for pool pumps, which Zodiac asserts are exempt from such regulations.

  • April 03, 2024

    3rd Circ. Judge Wonders If Philly Union Rule Dispute Is Moot

    A Third Circuit judge on Wednesday wondered whether a former Philadelphia mayor's order requiring contractors to pay dues to "city-approved" unions was now moot, given the new administration's assurances that it won't be implemented, as contractors urged the court to find that the scrapped rule should be banned by law.

  • April 03, 2024

    3rd Circ. Won't Block Order To Replace NJ 'County Line' Ballot

    A federal appellate court panel refused Wednesday to block a district court order requiring New Jersey to change the layout of its ballot before the June 4 primary, even though some county clerks who are responsible for preparing the ballots argued that it was not feasible to make the changes in time.

  • April 03, 2024

    14 AGs Urge DOL To Seek More Payroll Info From Contractors

    Contractors performing construction, alteration or repair work on government buildings should have to give the U.S. Department of Labor more detailed information about the deductions they take from workers' wages, a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general told the agency in a letter publicized Wednesday.

  • April 03, 2024

    Blue Bell Creameries Panel Seeks Del. Derivative Suit Revival

    Citing a failure to reach a mediated settlement, a Blue Bell Creameries Inc. board panel has moved to reactivate a long-sidelined Delaware Court of Chancery derivative suit seeking to hold the ice cream company's past directors and officers accountable for deadly food-safety oversight failures in 2015.

  • April 03, 2024

    CEO's $5.2B Pay Plan Not Like Musk's, Trade Desk Says

    A potentially $5.2 billion stock option grant that The Trade Desk Inc. gave its CEO is nothing like a recently voided $55 billion compensation package that Tesla's board gave Elon Musk, and a shareholder suit challenging the award should be dismissed, the company told Delaware's Court of Chancery on Wednesday.

  • April 03, 2024

    Casa Systems Files For Ch. 11 With $316M Debt, Plans Sale

    Communications equipment company Casa Systems Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware, with plans to sell its 5G mobile core and RAN business to software company Lumine Group.

  • April 03, 2024

    Window-Shading Co. View Inc. Hits Ch. 11 With $359M Debt

    View Inc., a maker of office windows that automatically shade in response to sunlight, has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court with $359.4 million in debt and an agreement to hand the company to lenders.

  • April 02, 2024

    Crypto Co. Beats RICO But Not Fraud Claim Over $186M Hack

    A Delaware federal judge has significantly trimmed a proposed class action accusing companies behind a blockchain system that enabled users to transfer crypto of running an illegal money-transmitting business and misrepresenting the system's security measures before a $186 million hack, saying the suit's racketeering, negligence and conversion claims all fail.

  • April 02, 2024

    Backlash To 3rd Circ. Nom Could Hamper More Muslim Picks

    Only two Muslims serve on the federal bench, well below the prevalence of people practicing the faith within the U.S., and the recent travails of a third picked to serve on the court might bode ill for adding more.

  • April 02, 2024

    3rd Circ. Preview: Black Lung, Back Pay On Tap In April

    The Third Circuit this month will consider Keystone Coal Mining Co.'s contention that a lower court erred in deeming a miner's black lung a "total disability," while a shuttered rehabilitation facility has asked the court to undo the National Labor Relations Board's determination that it owes unionized employees back pay and bonuses for work done during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • April 02, 2024

    Judge Notes There's No 'Jump To Conclusions' Mat In His Court

    In throwing out a lawsuit against a luxury car brand, a Delaware federal judge likened an expert report proffered by a patent litigation outfit to the absurd "Jump To Conclusions" mat from the 1999 movie "Office Space."

  • April 02, 2024

    Straight Path Attys Seek $9.5M Fee After Chancery IDT Ruling

    Attorneys who mostly lost a yearslong Court of Chancery stockholder suit seeking as much as $1.2 billion in damages from IDT Corp. founder Howard Jonas based on allegedly coerced liability releases are seeking a $9.5 million attorney fee, saying the case proved Jonas' fiduciary disloyalty.

  • April 02, 2024

    Hunter Biden Can't Toss 'Vindictive' Criminal Tax Charges

    Hunter Biden lost his bid to end his criminal tax case over claims his prosecution is vindictive and politically motivated, among other arguments, after a California federal judge ruled Monday that Biden "filed his motion without any evidence" and merely "cites portions of various internet news sources, social media posts and legal blogs."

  • April 02, 2024

    Theseus Investor Seeks Appraisal After Concentra Merger

    A fund invested in clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Theseus Pharmaceuticals Inc. has petitioned Delaware's Court of Chancery for an appraisal of the investor's 250,000 shares following Theseus' $4.05 per-share consolidation in February with Concentra Biosciences LLC.

  • April 02, 2024

    Chile Telecom Co. WOM Can Tap $100M DIP In US Bankruptcy

    The second-largest cellphone network operator in Chile, WOM SA, can access $100 million of a debtor-in-possession package during the first leg of its Chapter 11 case, a Delaware bankruptcy judge ruled Tuesday, overriding objections from creditors.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    The Pop Culture Docket: Judge Elrod On 'Jury Duty'

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    Though the mockumentary series “Jury Duty” features purposely outrageous characters, it offers a solemn lesson about the simple but brilliant design of the right to trial by jury, with an unwitting protagonist who even John Adams may have welcomed as an impartial foreperson, says Fifth Circuit Judge Jennifer Elrod.

  • 4 Business-Building Strategies For Introvert Attorneys

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    Introverted lawyers can build client bases to rival their extroverted peers’ by adapting time-tested strategies for business development that can work for any personality — such as claiming a niche, networking for maximum impact, drawing on existing contacts and more, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.

  • Opinion

    3 Ways Justices' Disclosure Defenses Miss The Ethical Point

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    The rule-bound interpretation of financial disclosures preferred by U.S. Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas — demonstrated in their respective statements defending their failure to disclose gifts from billionaires — show that they do not understand the ethical aspects of the public's concern, says Jim Moliterno at the Washington and Lee University School of Law.

  • Despite Fears, American Axle Is Rarely Used To Nix Patents

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    When the Federal Circuit decided American Axle v. Neapco, invalidating claims as being directed to ineligible subject matter under Section 101, practitioners feared the decision would affect the eligibility and validity of mechanical patents under the section, a fear that recent research shows hasn't been borne out, say Ryan Schermerhorn, Christopher Zahn and Daniela Dulworth at Marshall Gerstein.

  • Del. Ruling May Signal New Era Of Board Accountability

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    The Delaware Supreme Court's recent ruling in Coster v. UIP unifies the Schnell, Unocal and Blasius standards and requires boards to prove the reasonableness of their actions that affect stockholder votes, which will likely make it more difficult for boards to interfere with contested director elections, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • What Courts' Deference Preference Can Mean For Sentencing

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    The Fifth Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Vargas decision deepens the split among federal appeals courts on the level of deference afforded to commentary in the U.S. sentencing guidelines — an issue that has major real-life ramifications for defendants, and is likely bound for the U.S. Supreme Court, say Jennifer Freel and Michael Murtha at Jackson Walker.

  • Caregiver Flexibility Is Crucial For Atty Engagement, Retention

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    As the battle for top talent continues post-pandemic, many firms are attempting to attract employees with progressive hybrid working environments — and supporting caregivers before, during and after an extended leave is a critically important way to retain top talent, says Manar Morales at The Diversity & Flexibility Alliance.

  • How A Union Fight Played A Key Role In Yellow's Bankruptcy

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    Finger-pointing between company and union representatives appears to be front and center at the early stages of trucking company Yellow’s bankruptcy case, highlighting the failed contract negotiations' role in the company's demise, says George Singer at Holland & Hart.

  • What To Watch As Justices Take Up Title VII Job Transfer Case

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    With its recent decision to hear Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether an involuntary job transfer can count as employment discrimination under Title VII — an eventual ruling that has potential to reshape workplace bias claims nationwide, says Adam Grogan at Bell Law Group.

  • In-Office Engagement Is Essential To Associate Development

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    As law firms develop return-to-office policies that allow hybrid work arrangements, they should incorporate the specific types of in-person engagement likely to help associates develop attributes common among successful firm leaders, says Liisa Thomas at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Perspectives

    A Judge's Pitch To Revive The Jury Trial

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    Ohio state Judge Pierre Bergeron explains how the decline of the jury trial threatens public confidence in the judiciary and even democracy as a whole, and he offers ideas to restore this sacred right.

  • What Patent Bills Would Mean For Infringement Litigation

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    Attorneys at Farella Braun summarize a pair of recently introduced patent bills — one that would reform patent eligibility and another that would change procedures for litigating patent invalidity — and explore the potential impact of each.

  • How To Recognize And Recover From Lawyer Loneliness

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    Law can be one of the loneliest professions, but there are practical steps that attorneys and their managers can take to help themselves and their peers improve their emotional health, strengthen their social bonds and protect their performance, says psychologist and attorney Traci Cipriano.

  • Opinion

    Litigation Funding Disclosure Should Be Mandatory

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    Despite the Appellate Rules Committee's recent deferral of the issue of requiring third-party litigation funding disclosure, such a mandate is necessary to ensure the even-handed administration of justice across all cases, says David Levitt at Hinshaw.

  • Recalling USWNT's Legal PR Playbook Amid World Cup Bid

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    As the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team strives to take home another World Cup trophy, their 2022 pay equity settlement with the U.S. Soccer Federation serves as a good reminder that winning in the court of public opinion can be more powerful than a victory inside the courtroom, says Hector Valle at Vianovo.

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