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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | January 31, 2018
The Delaware Court of Chancery on Tuesday extinguished a decadelong civil conspiracy suit stemming from a failed partnership to commercialize Russian satellites, saying that extensive discovery had exposed the plaintiff's central theory as a sham.
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By Kevin Dooley Kent and Brittany J. Gigliotti | January 31, 2018
It has been a year and a half since Pennsylvania's Fair Value Legislation, Act 12 of 2016, 66 Pa. C.S. Section 1329 (Act 12) went into effect in June 2016. Since Act 12's enactment, Pennsylvania has seen an uptick in investor-owned utilities' (IOUs) attempts to privatize municipal water authorities, and IOUs have publicized their plans to focus on “growth through acquisition.”
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By Cogan Schneier | January 31, 2018
US Foods and Sysco sued major chicken producers in federal court in Illinois on Tuesday.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Edward M. McNally | January 31, 2018
Where does your company want to be sued? Of course, the obvious answer is “nowhere.” But in this litigious country that is not realistic.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Justin T. Kelton | January 31, 2018
In a recent decision, Judge Andre G. Bouchard of the Delaware Court of Chancery addressed the question of whether a plaintiff who obtains a corporate benefit through litigation may target a particular stockholder to pay a common fund fee award.
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By Howard Spier | January 24, 2018
Nearly everyone agrees that high-speed passenger rail is a great idea. As Brightline high-speed rail makes its debut in South Florida, it's time to focus more attention on passengers and crews.
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By ALM Staff | January 24, 2018
Nominations are sought for in-house departments and attorneys as part of the DBR's annual Professional Excellence Awards to recognize Legal Departments of the Year.
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By Rasha Gerges Shields | January 24, 2018
In the era of telecommuting and daily cyberbreaches, companies face an ever-increasing challenge protecting their data from improper disclosures. Although many companies have invested in technology that protects them (to a certain extent) from outside intruders, these technological advancements do very little to stop the insider threat—disloyal and disgruntled employees.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By K. Tyler O'Connell | January 24, 2018
Stockholder M&A challenges in the Delaware Court of Chancery have declined in the wake of the well-known Trulia (and its federal corollary Walgreens) and Corwin decisions, which respectively reduced incentives for pre-closing M&A challenges by outlining a strict standard of review for disclosure-only settlements; and confirmed that, regardless of whether the process at issue complied with Revlon, transactions approved by an informed and uncoerced stockholder vote are subject to the protections of the business judgment rule.
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By Lidia Dinkova | January 23, 2018
A Dezer Development attorney says the lawsuits have nothing to do with the company's future redevelopment plans.
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