Randall Chase

August 31, 2009 | Delaware Law Weekly

A federal appeals court says Delaware's new sports betting lottery must be limited to parlay bets on professional football games.

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August 11, 2009 | Delaware Law Weekly

Attorneys for professional sports leagues and the NCAA are asking for a fast-track appeal of a judge's refusal to halt Delaware's planned sports betting lottery until a legal challenge is resolved.

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March 04, 2010 | Daily Report Online

WILMINGTON, Del. AP - The judge in the Washington Mutual bankruptcy case is postponing a hearing as the bank tries to resolve disputes with JPMorgan Chase and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.On behalf of the FDIC and JPMorgan, a WaMu attorney asked the Delaware judge for a one-week delay on Thursday.WaMu and JPMorgan are battling over some $4 billion in disputed deposits from the Seattle savings and loan.

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December 18, 2008 | Daily Report Online

WILMINGTON, Del. AP - A Chancery Court judge on Wednesday approved a $115 million settlement in a shareholder lawsuit against former executives of insurance company American International Group Inc.The settlement approved by Vice Chancellor Leo Strine Jr. was reached in September, just days before trial was to begin in a 2002 lawsuit challenging hundreds of millions of dollars in commissions paid by AIG to C.

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October 23, 2007 | Daily Report Online

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March 27, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WILMINGTON, Del. AP - A Delaware judge on Monday granted a California businessman's request to order an insurance inspection of a collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia sitting in a Nevada airport hangar pending resolution of an ownership dispute.Richard Long is battling Nevada residents Robert Gallagher and Betty Franklin, with whom he formed a partnership to buy and exhibit the collection.

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April 16, 2008 | Delaware Law Weekly

Chancellor William Chandler III last week approved the settlement of a shareholder lawsuit against directors and executives of Tyson Foods but reserved judgment in a dispute over attorney fees.

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July 10, 2008 | Daily Report Online

DOVER, Del. AP - Asked by federal regulators for help in a pivotal shareholder rights case, the Delaware Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether shareholders can force corporations to reimburse expenses related to the election of dissident directors.New York-based software company CA Inc. contends that a bylaw proposed by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees is invalid under Delaware law.

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August 07, 2007 | Daily Report Online

GEORGETOWN, Del. AP - Lawyers for the Coca-Cola Co. asked a Chancery Court judge Monday to dismiss or stay a shareholder lawsuit alleging that Coke controlled the operations of its largest bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises, to the detriment of the bottler's shareholders.Lawyers for Coca-Cola and CCE argued that the plaintiffs have failed to state a valid claim, and that they simply disagree with some of CCE's operational decisions.

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December 11, 2009 | Daily Report Online

GEORGETOWN, Del. AP - Internet auctioneer eBay Inc. began reneging on its promises to Craigslist shortly after taking a minority interest in the online classifieds site, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark testified Thursday.Newmark said he began having concerns about eBay within months of inking a deal in August 2004 that gave eBay a 28 percent stake in Craigslist.

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