Delaware

  • May 11, 2026

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled a varied mix of settlement approvals, political office disputes, transaction fights, emergency injunction bids and questions over how far the court can go to preserve records for litigation outside Delaware.

  • May 08, 2026

    10x, Curio Settle Genomics Patent Suit Before Trial

    10x Genomics on Friday said it has agreed to end its suit accusing Curio Bioscience of infringing a series of Prognosys Biosciences genomics technology patents that 10x Genomics is licensed to use.

  • May 08, 2026

    10x, Harvard Sue Sequencing Co. Over Biology Patents

    10x Genomics Inc. and Harvard have sued Element Biosciences Inc. in Delaware federal court, accusing the San Diego sequencing company of infringing four Harvard-owned patents through Element's AVITI24 platform and related Teton chemistry.

  • May 08, 2026

    Trump Admin Says Mail-In Voting Suits Are Premature

    The Trump administration asked a Massachusetts federal judge to dismiss challenges to the president's executive order limiting mail-in voting, saying it's premature to challenge the directive before any concrete steps are taken to implement it.

  • May 08, 2026

    3rd Circ. Rejects NJ Man's Bid To Revisit $40M Tax Conviction

    The Third Circuit has declined to reconsider upholding the conviction of a man who raked in $40 million from filing false tax returns.

  • May 08, 2026

    E-Commerce Finance Biz Files Ch. 7 With Over $50M In Debt

    Parker Group Inc., a Valar Ventures-backed digital banking service for online businesses, has filed for Chapter 7 in Delaware bankruptcy court with $50 million to $100 million each in assets and liabilities.

  • May 08, 2026

    Hydroturbine Buyer Said Seller Hid $10M In Liabilities

    A hydroturbine business and its parent company have sued Wärtsilä in Delaware Chancery Court, saying the company hid or failed to properly account for liabilities before selling American Hydro and then refused to send a postclosing purchase price dispute to an agreed-upon accounting arbiter.

  • May 07, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Judges Stuck On Drug Efficacy's Role In Patents

    A Federal Circuit panel struggled Thursday to pin down where the line is between patent enablement on cancer drug patents and U.S. Food and Drug Administration standards, as a Pfizer unit tried to revive its $107 million jury victory over AstraZeneca.

  • May 07, 2026

    How Litigation Funding Disclosure Could Affect ITC Cases

    The U.S. International Trade Commission's proposed rule to require disclosure of litigation funding in intellectual property cases could bring more transparency to disputes and promote settlements, but it could also discourage some suits if it's not carefully tailored, attorneys say.

  • May 07, 2026

    Netlist Backs DOJ Stance On Essential IP In Samsung Case

    The U.S. Department of Justice is correct that having a patent included in a standard does not necessarily give the patentholder market power, Netlist said in defending itself against Samsung's lawsuit accusing it of exploiting a standard-setting process.

  • May 07, 2026

    Judge Knocks Out Pfizer Partner's Vax Case Against GSK

    A Delaware federal judge on Thursday threw out a suit seeking a finding that a drug developer that partnered with Pfizer and BioNTech on their COVID-19 vaccine didn't infringe drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline's patents.

  • May 07, 2026

    ZoomInfo Must Face Apollo Antitrust, False Ad Claims

    A Delaware federal judge has allowed Apollo.io to press ahead with most of its counterclaims against competitor ZoomInfo Technologies LLC, finding that Apollo plausibly alleged that its larger rival used monopoly power, patent litigation and negative customer messaging to suppress competition in the sales-intelligence data market.

  • May 07, 2026

    DOL Can Argue With Honeywell, Siemens In 401(k) Appeals

    The Third Circuit on Thursday granted the U.S. Department of Labor time to argue in two cases where workers are seeking to revive proposed class actions alleging their employers violated federal benefits law by misallocating forfeitures from an employee 401(k) plan.

  • May 07, 2026

    Kaman's Boeing Supply Suit Isn't Getting Fast-Tracked

    The Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday refused to fast-track Kaman Aerospace Corp.'s lawsuit against Falcon Jacksonville LLC or issue a temporary restraining order requiring Falcon to keep supplying Boeing, finding that the dispute is better suited for a damages case than emergency court intervention.

  • May 06, 2026

    Know 'The Record Below': Appellate Pros Talk Argument Prep

    A panel of appellate lawyers gave tips Wednesday on preparing for oral arguments at the 2026 Third Circuit Bench and Bar Conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania, encouraging lawyers to build an encyclopedic knowledge of their case and the relevant law, and to practice in front of others.

  • May 06, 2026

    Roberts Says High Court's Job Is To Make Unpopular Rulings

    Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the U.S. Supreme Court often must issue "unpopular" opinions, as the high court faces widespread backlash over its recent ruling limiting the Voting Rights Act's use in challenging racial discrimination in congressional redistricting.

  • May 06, 2026

    Judge Questions OMB Justification For Voiding Grants

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday pushed back on arguments by the Trump administration that federal agency grants are subject to termination at any time based solely on a change in priorities — a situation, she suggested, that would essentially render any contracts with the government "illusory."

  • May 06, 2026

    Tea Deal Sparks Chancery Fight Over Tax Records

    An international tea business has sued a food-and-beverage manufacturer in Delaware Chancery Court, accusing it of withholding tax and audit records needed to complete 2024 filings tied to the manufacturer's purchase of Harris Tea Co. LLC.

  • May 06, 2026

    Amber Denies Violating Confidentiality Order In Citgo Feud

    An affiliate of hedge fund Elliott Investment Management LP — whose $5.9 billion bid for Citgo's parent company was accepted late last year — is denying the oil giant's allegations that it improperly exposed company secrets in an op-ed last month, telling a Delaware federal court it has every interest in ensuring the company's success.

  • May 06, 2026

    4th Circ. Frees Noncitizen From Deportation, Faulting Judges

    The Fourth Circuit vacated the final removal order for a man the federal government wants to deport to Liberia despite his never living there and his fear of persecution due to his sexuality, finding that he didn't get a fair immigration hearing.

  • May 06, 2026

    Asbestos Trusts Fight Data Preservation Suit In Delaware

    Asbestos bankruptcy trusts told the Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday that Johnson & Johnson, Dow Chemical and other repeat asbestos defendants are trying to turn an old equitable remedy into a sweeping, indefinite preservation order for more than 1.1 million victims' private claims files.

  • May 06, 2026

    Judge Won't Force Hunter Biden's Foreign Agent Registration

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge won't force the U.S. Department of Justice to register Hunter Biden as a foreign agent, dismissing a suit brought by a group founded by now-Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller because it can't establish it suffered an injury.

  • May 06, 2026

    Canadian Furniture Co. Gets Provisional US Asset Shield

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday extended provisional protection to the U.S. assets of Quebec office furniture maker Bestar as it seeks U.S. recognition of its Canadian liquidation proceedings.

  • May 06, 2026

    NJ Judge Says Honeywell Fee Bid Must Wait For Appeal

    A New Jersey federal judge has said a Honeywell request for nearly $81,000 in attorney fees must wait while a former worker appeals the dismissal of a proposed class action alleging that the company violated federal law by mismanaging 401(k) forfeitures.

  • May 05, 2026

    Chemours Investor Suit Over Financial Metrics Axed, For Now

    A Delaware federal judge on Friday dismissed a proposed class action brought by Chemours investors alleging that the chemical company's executives manipulated financial metrics for personal gain, saying the plaintiffs didn't show the existence of a material misrepresentation.

Expert Analysis

  • How 11th Circ.'s Zafirov Decision Could Upend Qui Tam Cases

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    Oral argument before the Eleventh Circuit last month in U.S. ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates suggests that the court may affirm a lower court's opinion that the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act are unconstitutional — which could wreak havoc on pending and future qui tam cases, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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    Muay Thai Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Muay Thai kickboxing has taught me that in order to win, one must stick to one's game plan and adapt under pressure, just as when facing challenges by opposing counsel or judges, says Mark Schork at Feldman Shepherd.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building

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    A successful legal career is built through intention: understanding expectations, assessing strengths honestly and proactively seeking opportunities to grow and cultivating relationships that support your development, say Erika Drous and Hillary Mann at Morrison Foerster.

  • Citgo Ruling Offers Award Enforcement Road Map

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    A recent opinion from the Delaware federal court approving a $5.892 billion bid for Citgo Petroleum shares brings the long-running enforcement of the Crystallex arbitration award against Venezuela closer to resolution and offers crucial lessons for creditors pursuing sovereign debt, says Vitaly Morozov at Pierson Ferdinand.

  • Chancery Exec Noncompete Ruling Offers PE Buyer Lessons

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    In Derge v. D&H United Fueling Solutions, the Delaware Court of Chancery sided with a private equity-backed portfolio company by enforcing a noncompete against an executive, providing private equity buyers with a checklist of factors for an enforceable noncompete in the sale-of-business context, says Danielle Asaad at Squire Patton.

  • Reviewing 2025's Artificial Intelligence Disputes Over IP

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    2025 brought the first major fair use rulings involving generative artificial intelligence, and in 2026 courts will weigh in on more discovery disputes, renewed motions to dismiss, class certification challenges and fair use defenses that could shape the course of future AI litigation, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • 3 Securities Litigation Trends To Watch In 2026

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    Pending federal appellate cases suggest that 2026 will be a significant year for securities litigation, with long-standing debates about class certification, new questions about the risks and value of artificial intelligence features, and private plaintiffs' growing role in cryptocurrency enforcement likely to be major themes, say attorneys at Willkie.

  • 4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape

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    The legal profession spent 2025 at the edge of its ethical comfort zone as courts, firms and regulators confronted how fast-moving technologies and new business models collide with long-standing professional duties, signaling that the profession is entering a period of sustained disruption that will continue into 2026, says Hilary Gerzhoy at HWG Law.

  • Navigating AI In The Legal Industry

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    As artificial intelligence becomes an increasingly integral part of legal practice, Law360 guest commentary this year examined evolving ethical obligations, how the plaintiffs bar is using AI to level the playing field against corporate defense teams, and the attendant risks of adoption.

  • How Fractional GCs Can Manage Risks Of Engagement

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    As more organizations eliminate their in-house legal departments in favor of outsourcing legal work, fractional general counsel roles offer practitioners an engaging and flexible way to practice at a high level, but they can also present legal, ethical and operational risks that must be proactively managed, say attorneys at Boies Schiller.

  • 3 Notable Developments In Ch. 15 Bankruptcy This Year

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    Several notable Bankruptcy Code Chapter 15 decisions from 2025 warrant review, including rulings that clarified the framework of Chapter 15 surrounding nonparty releases, reinforced the principles of a debtor's center of main interest in the face of extensive mass tort litigation, and reviewed synthetic cross-border proceedings, say attorneys at Troutman.

  • Del. Dispatch: Key 2025 Corporate Cases And Trends To Know

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    The Delaware corporate legal landscape saw notable changes in 2025, spurred by amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, ubiquitous artificial intelligence fervor, boardroom discussion around DExit, record shareholder activism activity and an arguably more expansive view of potential Caremark liability, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

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    Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving

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    Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.

  • What Trump Order Limiting State AI Regs Means For Insurers

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    Last week's executive order seeking to preclude states from regulating artificial intelligence will likely have minimal impact on insurers, but the order and related congressional activities may portend a federal expectation of consistent state oversight of insurers' AI use, says Kathleen Birrane at DLA Piper.

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