Barry M Klayman

Barry M Klayman

December 07, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Court Addresses the Requirements for Issuing Letters of Request Under the Hague Convention

In In re Cote D'Azur Estate, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster considered a motion for the issuance of a letter of request under the Hague Convention. In granting the motion, the vice chancellor addressed the requirements for issuing letters of request.

By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger

8 minute read

November 09, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The Requirements of Equitable Fraud as a Basis for Chancery Court Jurisdiction

The distinction between legal and equitable fraud is not always clearly drawn, yet subject matter jurisdiction in the Delaware Court of Chancery can depend on it.

By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger

6 minute read

October 12, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Court Upholds Garnishment of Beneficiary's Interest in Distributions From a Del. Statutory Trust

In Protech Minerals v. Dugout Team, No. 288, 2021, 2022 WL 4004606 (Del. Sept. 2, 2022), the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed that trust distributions are personal property subject to garnishment. The court declined to consider whether the result would be different if the trust were a spendthrift trust.

By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger

7 minute read

August 31, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Bankruptcy Code Preempts LLC Act's Statute of Repose for Recovery of Distributions

In Miller v. Black Diamond Capital Management (In re Bayou Steel BD Holdings), Adv. Pro. No. 21-51013 (KBO), 2022 WL 3079861 (Bankr. D. Del. Aug. 3, 2022), U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Karen B. Owens held that Delaware's three-year statute of repose on the liability of a member for distributions from a limited liability company, measured from the date of distribution, was preempted by Section 546 of the Bankruptcy Code.

By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger

7 minute read

August 03, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Lacks Jurisdiction to Award Damages for an Improvidently Entered Injunction in the Absence of a Bond

Can the Delaware Court of Chancery award damages to a defendant who was improperly enjoined by an order that dispensed with the need for a bond because of the parties' prior contractual waiver that a bond be required?

By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger

7 minute read

July 06, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Equity May Allow a Pro Rata Recovery in a Derivative Action

The Delaware Court of Chancery has broad discretion to tailor a remedy to suit a particular situation. The recovery in a derivative action generally goes to the corporation, but that rule is not absolute.

By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger

6 minute read

June 01, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Director's Access to Company's Privileged Information Upheld Despite Proxy Contest

Where two halves of a deadlocked board are competing in a proxy contest, can one half assert the corporation's privilege against the other?

By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger

8 minute read

May 04, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Stark Upholds Granting of Nunc Pro Tunc Retentions by Bankruptcy Court

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a per curiam opinion in 2020, said that the federal courts may issue nunc pro tunc orders, or "now for then" orders, to reflect the reality of what had already occurred.

By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger

6 minute read

March 30, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Slights Addresses Third-Party Direct Actions by Judgment Holders Against an Insurer

May a third party bring a direct action against an insurer for coverage on a theory of subrogation when equitable subrogation does not apply and the right cannot be traced to a statute or contract?

By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger

8 minute read

March 02, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Court Refuses Appointment of a Custodian Under DGCL Section 226(a)(3) to Continue Defunct Corporation

Although Vice Chancellor Travis Laster denied the petition based on the language of the statute, his opinion appears to abandon the court's previous policy against permitting the revival of defunct Delaware corporations for use as blank check companies.

By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger

7 minute read