Carley Meiners

June 21, 2017 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Under a Delaware Supreme Court's decision, business judgment review applies to cleanse a fiduciary challenge to a noncontrol transaction that was approved by an uncoerced, fully informed, disinterested stockholder vote.

By Albert H. Manwaring IV

6 minute read

June 21, 2017 | Delaware Business Court Insider

In a highly anticipated opinion that many observers expect will have a significant impact on patent litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a domestic corporation resides only in its state of incorporation for purposes of patent venue.

By James S. Green Jr.

16 minute read

June 19, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

No area of law may be more ­vexing, and more subject to dispute, than the admission or exclusion of "other acts" evidence—often mis-labeled "prior bad acts" evidence—in criminal cases. Evidence of an "act" that only ­conveys the actor's character is inadmissible; but ­evidence with a non-character purpose may be admissible, subject to a balancing test.

By Jules Epstein

6 minute read

June 15, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

When an oil and gas driller enters bankruptcy, a host of unique issues often arise, inclu ding how to close abandoned wells in a ­responsible manner. The United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware recently confronted this problem in the case of an energy exploration and production company liquidating through Chapter 11, as in City of Beverly Hills v. Venoco (In re Venoco) 2017 Bankr. LEXIS 1457 (Bankr. D. Del. May 31, 2017).

By Francis J. Lawall 
and Michael J. Custer

13 minute read

June 15, 2017 | Delaware Business Court Insider

M&A practitioners are regularly faced with the question of whether derivative claims will survive a merger after which the plaintiff will no longer be a stockholder.

By Adam H. Offenhartz, Jefferson E. Bell and Mark H. Mixon Jr.

6 minute read

June 15, 2017 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Under the Delaware Supreme Court's decision in Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings, 125 A.3d 304 (Del. 2015), business judgment review applies to cleanse a fiduciary challenge to a noncontrol transaction that was approved by an uncoerced, fully-informed, disinterested stockholder vote.

By Albert H. Manwaring IV

6 minute read

June 14, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Kimberly Rice, president/chief strategist of KLA Marketing Associates and founder of the Women in the Law Rainmaker Forum, presented a program titled "Create the Career of Your Dreams by Charting Your Own Course" to women lawyers of the Bar Association of Lehigh County.

By Carley Meiners | The Legal Intelligencer

3 minute read

June 13, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The purpose of adoption is to act in the best interests of the child and to find a permanent, secure ­placement for their life. Preserving and honoring the promise of adoption is a ­critical family ­values issue. However, for an estimated 35,000 adult adoptees, because of a gap in the law, this ideal has not been 
fulfilled.

By Feige M. Grundman

6 minute read

June 13, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Mark C. Alexander Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law As the Arthur J. Kania Dean and professor of law at the Villanova University Charles…

By Carley Meiners | The Legal Intelligencer

105 minute read

June 14, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

2017 Lawyers on the Fast Track

By Carley Meiners | The Legal Intelligencer

131 minute read