Randall Chase

November 08, 2007 | Daily Report Online

DOVER, Del. AP _ A legal battle over an odd collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia - including a glass device reportedly used to irrigate the King's sinuses before the took the stage - could be nearing an end.The Delaware Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a ruling granting California businessman Richard Long ownership of the collection of items once owned by Presley's personal physician, Dr.

By Randall Chase

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September 17, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WILMINGTON, Del. AP - Nortel Networks Inc. won approval Wednesday from judges in Delaware and Ontario for the $900 million sale of a Nortel unit that makes communications systems for businesses.In a joint hearing involving a video link between courtrooms in Wilmington and Toronto, where Nortel Networks Corp. is based, U.

By RANDALL CHASE

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October 07, 2009 | Daily Report Online

WILMINGTON, Del. AP - A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday rejected a request by auto parts supplier Visteon Corp. to approve bonuses of up to $8.1 million for its 12 top officers.But following a hearing, Judge Christopher Sontchi did approve up to $3.3 million in long-term incentives for 83 other Visteon managers, a group that does not include any of the 12 insiders who developed the two bonus proposals.

By RANDALL CHASE

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May 21, 2007 | Daily Report Online

WILMINGTON, Del. AP - Judges in Delaware's famed business court are keeping a close eye on legal issues cropping up amid the recent wave of private equity buyouts of public corporations.In recent rulings, Court of Chancery judges have signaled that Delaware, corporate home to more than half of the Fortune 500, plans to take the lead in disputes arising from the buyouts.

By Randall Chase

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March 22, 2002 | Law.com

A discrimination suit filed by a white professor against historically black Delaware State University is among a recent series of similar legal battles being waged by white employees in several states, at least one of which resulted in a multimillion-dollar verdict. Plaintiffs have claimed they've been denied advancement and treated as interlopers. The colleges have generally denied the allegations or admitted no wrongdoing.

By Randall Chase

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July 12, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

A man filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging he was molested as a teen by a Catholic priest, becoming the first person to sue under a new law allowing child sexual abuse victims to seek damages for misdeeds that occurred years ago.

By RANDALL CHASE

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October 11, 2007 | Law.com

Attorneys for a Michigan pension fund alleged in a shareholder suit filed Wednesday that Mattel Inc. misled investors by delaying the reporting of defects in its toys to federal regulators. The lawsuit, filed in Delaware's Court of Chancery, also accuses three current members and one former member of Mattel's board of directors of engaging in illegal insider trading by dumping more than $33 million in stock before the company's massive toy recalls this summer.

By Randall Chase

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February 16, 2007 | Corporate Counsel

A former DuPont Co. chemist faces up to 10 years in prison after admitting that he stole trade secrets from the company, federal authorities said Thursday. Authorities said the market value of the confidential DuPont technology accessed by Gary Min exceeds $400 million, but that there was no evidence that he released it to a third party.

By Randall Chase

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February 12, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Two Pennsylvania judges charged with taking kickbacks to send youth offenders to privately run detention centers are scheduled to appear in federal court Thursday afternoon.

By RANDALL CHASE

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February 16, 2007 | Law.com

A former DuPont Co. chemist faces up to 10 years in prison after admitting that he stole trade secrets from the company, federal authorities said Thursday. Authorities said the market value of the confidential DuPont technology accessed by Gary Min exceeds $400 million, but that there was no evidence that he released it to a third party.

By Randall Chase

2 minute read