Celia Cohen

October 02, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI), and the buzz surrounding it, has many companies embracing its benefits. But as the use of AI increases, so…

By Celia Cohen and Nathaniel Botwinick

8 minute read

June 24, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Practitioners and investors need to keep apprised of the rapid developments in cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency may be the wave of the future, but as with any new technology, wrinkles need to be ironed out and the law needs to evolve up.

By Celia Cohen and Matthew Niss

8 minute read

December 06, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The formation of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team heralds a focus of enforcement resources towards the financial ecosystem that allows ransomware and similar threats to flourish.

By Mayling Blanco, Celia Cohen and Matthew Niss

9 minute read

February 19, 2002 | Law.com

All things considered, corporations would rather be sued in Delaware. A poll commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, surveying 824 in-house general counsel and other senior litigators at public corporations with annual revenues of $100 million or more, found senior attorneys preferred to be before the Delaware Superior Court.

By Celia Cohen

2 minute read

June 28, 2001 | Law.com

Before he ever was on track to be Delaware Bar Association president, William D. Johnston was part of legal lore, a model of civility amid vulgarity, composure against hectoring. It happened because Johnston conducted what is probably the most celebrated deposition known to the Delaware bench and bar. Now, the corporate practitioner will become the fifth attorney in his firm's history to lead the bar association.

By Celia Cohen

9 minute read

February 16, 2001 | Law.com

When Delaware Family Court Chief Judge Vincent J. Poppiti traveled to Guatemala last year for workshops on family violence, he was cautioned not to have any expectations. Even with the warning, it was not enough to prepare him for what he saw.

By Celia Cohen

5 minute read

March 19, 2002 | Law.com

Delaware's overworked bankruptcy court could be getting four new judges, bringing the total on the bench to six, if a congressional conference committee agrees to the proposal. The four-judge proposal is part of comprehensive bankruptcy legislation that's been the subject of year-long negotiations between the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives.

By Celia Cohen

4 minute read

August 11, 1999 | Law.com

Delaware's bankruptcy caseload is the highest in the nation, leading U.S. District Chief Judge Joseph J. Farnan Jr. to predict last week that the Congress is likely to authorize a third judge for the overburdened federal Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington. The deluge includes both personal and corporate bankruptcies, but Farnan said it is driven largely by the growing Chapter 11 reorganizations that contribute to the Delaware bar's national reputation in corporate law.

By Celia Cohen

4 minute read

February 17, 2000 | Law.com

By Celia Cohen

1 minute read

August 24, 1999 | Law.com

Drug maker Merck & Co. Inc. has won a case to keep rival SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Co. from selling a chicken pox vaccine in the United States and Canada for three years. It's just hard to know why. Trade secrets were at stake, so the opinion filed Aug. 5 was sealed. Merck went to court almost three years ago to complain that SmithKline, located in Philadelphia, had misappropriated and misused trade secrets, thereby damaging its marketing prospects for the vaccine sold under the name Varivax.

By Celia Cohen

2 minute read