Jeff Mordock

December 24, 2014 | Delaware Law Weekly

Administrative law judges are not required to evaluate a disability claimant's witness statement if the statement does not address the claimant's work limitations, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware has ruled.

By Jeff Mordock

4 minute read

December 24, 2014 | Delaware Law Weekly

Delaware's legal landscape changed slightly in 2014. Four new firms entered the market while firms established in Delaware expanded, relocated or launched a new office. Lateral activity was also busy with several well-known names moving to new firms.

By Jeff Mordock

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December 23, 2014 | Delaware Business Court Insider

A $2.86 billion tax-inversion merger between C&J Energy Services and Nabors Industries Ltd. can move forward after the Delaware Supreme Court lifted an injunction imposed last month by the Court of Chancery.

By Jeff Mordock

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December 23, 2014 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The Delaware Court of Chancery largely focused its attention this year on the validity of fee-shifting and exclusive forum bylaws. Although both issues remain largely undefined, the plaintiff activity in these cases could help decide the scope of such bylaws next year.

By Jeff Mordock

6 minute read

December 17, 2014 | Delaware Business Court Insider

A stockholder who held 17.3 percent of a Chinese pork producer's outstanding stock can still be viewed as a controlling stockholder because he possessed "both latent and active control" over the company, the Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled.

By Jeff Mordock

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December 17, 2014 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The affirmative defenses a health club chain raised in response to a lawsuit filed by its former chairwoman of the board are barred by the statute of limitations, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware has ruled.

By Jeff Mordock

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December 17, 2014 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Delaware Court of Chancery Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster has appointed a special discovery master in the dispute between two mining companies over the $436 million sale of coal mines and related assets. The vice chancellor ordered the appointment after holding the plaintiff failed to provide the court with an adequate privilege log on five occasions.

By Jeff Mordock

5 minute read

December 17, 2014 | Delaware Law Weekly

The Delaware Court of Chancery has ordered a cash advance lender to pay a plaintiff's attorney fees and expenses after the loan company failed to comply with a court order to produce a spreadsheet detailing its annual percentage rates.

By Jeff Mordock

6 minute read

December 17, 2014 | Delaware Law Weekly

Turnover—including the installation of new Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr.—didn't stop the Delaware Supreme Court from authoring several important decisions this year.

By Jeff Mordock

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December 17, 2014 | Delaware Law Weekly

Roughly one month after Delaware Supreme Court Justice Henry duPont Ridgely announced his intent to retire in January, two names are being discussed among the state's legal community as possible replacements.

By Jeff Mordock

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