Chauna A Abner

August 18, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The revised guidelines include practice tips on remote courtroom proceedings—a necessary consequence of the pandemic that will likely remain a permanent feature of Chancery practice to some degree.

By Francis G.X. Pileggi and Chauna A. Abner

4 minute read

July 28, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The Delaware Court of Chancery's recent decision in Shareholder Representative Services v. Albertsons Cos., C.A. No. 2020-0710-JRS (Del. Ch. June 7, 2021), involves the seller of a business claiming that the buyer intentionally evaded post-merger earnout payments.

By Francis G.X. Pileggi and Chauna A. Abner

4 minute read

April 21, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider

This is a compilation of selected key Delaware court decisions, rules, and customs to guide out-of-state attorneys admitted to practice in Delaware pro hac vice, or non-Delaware lawyers who collaborate on Delaware litigation with Delaware counsel.

By Francis G.X. Pileggi and Chauna A. Abner

10 minute read

March 10, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider

This step-by-step guide was created after many years of "trial and error" and eventual success transferring several cases from the Court of Chancery to Superior Court.

By Francis G.X. Pileggi and Chauna A. Abner

4 minute read

January 27, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider

This is the 16th year that Francis G.X. Pileggi has published an annual list of key corporate and commercial decisions of the Delaware Supreme Court and the Delaware Court of Chancery.

By Francis G.X. Pileggi and Chauna A. Abner

24 minute read

January 20, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider

This is the 16th year that Francis G.X. Pileggi has published an annual list of key corporate and commercial decisions of the Delaware Supreme Court and the Delaware Court of Chancery.

By Francis G.X. Pileggi and Chauna A. Abner

18 minute read

October 28, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Delaware courts have often thwarted plaintiffs' pursuit of both a claim for breach of contract and a claim for breach of fiduciary duty when those claims arose out of the same facts.

By Francis G.X. Pileggi and Chauna A. Abner

5 minute read

July 08, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The Delaware Court of Chancery recently held that a party waived attorney-client privilege by producing documents to a federal commission during the course of an investigation without requiring the commission to sign a confidentiality agreement first.

By Francis G.X. Pileggi and Chauna A. Abner

4 minute read

April 22, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Delaware Court of Chancery recently held that despite a forum selection clause designating New York as the appropriate venue to litigate disputes arising under an agreement, the parties could seek relief in the Court of Chancery because New York courts were unavailable.

By Francis G.X. Pileggi and Chauna A. Abner

4 minute read

January 15, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

This is the 15th year that Francis Pileggi and various co-authors have created an annual list of important corporate and commercial decisions of the Delaware Supreme Court and the Delaware Court of Chancery.

By Francis G.X. Pileggi and Chauna A. Abner

13 minute read