Nichole Morford

August 23, 2017 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Two recent decisions of the Delaware Court of Chancery separated by only two weeks took seemingly contradictory positions regarding the extent to which corporate disclosures must be made clear in proxy statements and other SEC filings.

By Robert B. Greco

17 minute read

August 23, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

In The Legal's Construction Law supplement read about construction injury litigation, Pennsylvania's Construction Notices Director and the amendments to the Mechanics' Lien Law.

By Nichole Morford | The Legal Intelligencer |

5 minute read

August 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In this Special Report: "In Three Procedural Decisions, Court Tackles Apportionment and Jurisdiction," "Decisions in the 2016-2017 Term Overwhelmingly Favored Prosecutors," "In Term of Transition, Court Sides With Insurers" "Court Considered Government Liability in Three Notable Cases," "Dealmaking With State-Owned Companies: Drafting, Enforcement Tips" and "The Oral Argument: An Absolute Must When Appealing a Case."

By Nichole Morford | New York Law Journal |

2 minute read

August 18, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Counsel working pro bono for a 16-year-old girl sexually assaulted at a local public library when she was 7 have secured a $750,000 verdict against her attacker, who is serving a 17-year prison sentence.

By By MICHAEL MARCIANO

8 minute read

August 17, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Middlesex Bar Installs Isele as President, Other New Officers. Riker Danzig and Grow It Green Team Up for Earth Day.

By Nichole Morford | New Jersey Law Journal |

32 minute read

August 16, 2017 | Delaware Business Court Insider

When is an extended family a control block? The Delaware Court of Chancery acknowledged that while familial relations among a group of stockholders are not per se sufficient to establish a controlling stockholder block, a family that regularly refers to itself as a single unit may constitute a controlling stockholder block.

By Benyamin S. Ross and Taylor Hathaway-Zepeda

6 minute read

August 14, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

Analysis of five elements that together will combine to determine the market position, financial health and, ultimately, sustainability of a law firm.

By Marcie Borgal Shunk

6 minute read

August 14, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

The automation of certain attorney functions has given rise to "smart contracts," which are gaining popularity owing to the use of block chains.

By Jonathan Bick

7 minute read

August 11, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Before this challenge, lawyers and clients have broadly used the privilege to make more things disappear than has David Copperfield, the famed illusionist.

By EDITORIAL BOARD

9 minute read

August 09, 2017 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The predominant approach in most jurisdictions to determine whether the dismissal of a derivative action based on the failure to adequately plead demand futility bars re-litigation of this issue in a subsequent derivative action brought by a different stockholder plaintiff is to apply the traditional legal test for issue preclusion.

By Albert H. Manwaring IV

18 minute read