Jeff Mordock

October 15, 2014 | Delaware Law Weekly

In the early 1990s, a Delaware judge sought to address the significant number of defendants with substance abuse issues appearing before him and proposed the novel idea of a separate court for drug offenders.

By Jeff Mordock

6 minute read

October 15, 2014 | Delaware Business Court Insider

A shareholder cannot pursue a books-and-records request if the potential derivative action arising from the request would be barred by the statute of limitations, the Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled.

By Jeff Mordock

4 minute read

October 15, 2014 | Delaware Business Court Insider

In a case of first impression, the Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled that the Delaware Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act does not bar RBC Capital Markets LLC from collecting a settlement credit because other defendants in the Rural/Metro Corp. shareholder litigation settled with the plaintiffs.

By Jeff Mordock

5 minute read

October 15, 2014 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The Delaware Court of Chancery has dismissed a lawsuit alleging KKR & Co.'s $2.6 billion buyout of its publicly traded debt-investment unit, KFN, was unfair because the acquirer was a controlling shareholder and engineered a transaction that shortchanged stockholders.

By Jeff Mordock

4 minute read

October 15, 2014 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Non-signatories to a contract are not equitably bound by the agreement even if they are direct beneficiaries, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has said in a precedential opinion.

By Jeff Mordock

4 minute read

October 10, 2014 | Delaware Law Weekly

A New York investor group that unknowingly financed a phony treasure hunt for emeralds dating back to the 1600s filed a lawsuit last week in a Florida federal court alleging Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor and firm attorney Bruce L. Silverstein attempted to profit from the scheme.

By Jeff Mordock

5 minute read

October 09, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr. said in a speech this afternoon at Temple University's Beasley School of Law that judges must avoid political pressures to dispense justice equitably.

By Jeff Mordock

2 minute read

October 08, 2014 | Delaware Law Weekly

In the first major challenge to the changes made to the probation processes in the wake of the Justice Reinvestment Task Force's recommendations, the Delaware Supreme Court held that the Superior Court still holds the authority to modify a defendant's probation.

By Jeff Mordock

4 minute read

October 08, 2014 | Delaware Law Weekly

The Delaware General Assembly unanimously confirmed Superior Court President Judge James T. Vaughn Jr. on Oct. 8 as the next justice on the Delaware Supreme Court. Vaughn will replace retired Justice Carolyn Berger, who stepped down from the court last month.

By Jeff Mordock

4 minute read

October 08, 2014 | Delaware Law Weekly

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has expanded its presence in Delaware with the opening of a second office in downtown Wilmington, the Palo Alto, Calif., firm announced today.

By Jeff Mordock

1 minute read