Tom McParland

February 03, 2016 | Delaware Business Court Insider

A federal judge last week dismissed an antitrust case against E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. that alleged the Delaware chemical company conspired with three competitors over 11 years to fix the price of a paint ingredient.

By Tom McParland

6 minute read

February 03, 2016 | Delaware Law Weekly

Philadelphia-based national law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath last week announced it had bulked up its corporate litigation practice with the addition of Michael J. Maimone as a partner in its Wilmington office.

By Tom McParland

3 minute read

February 02, 2016 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a 2015 Court of Chancery ruling that prevented AbbVie stockholders from investigating an aborted merger that cost the pharmaceutical company more than $1.6 billion, because its directors were insulated from liability.

By Tom McParland

4 minute read

February 01, 2016 | Delaware Law Weekly

Delaware Superior Court President Judge Jan R. Jurden on Monday ordered a stay of the more than two dozen pending capital cases in Delaware until the state Supreme Court weighs in on the constitutionality of the state's capital sentencing scheme.

By Tom McParland

2 minute read

January 28, 2016 | Delaware Law Weekly

A legislative effort to abolish the state's death penalty was defeated on a 23-16 vote in the state House of Representatives on Thursday night, just hours after the Delaware Supreme Court said it will review the law's constitutionality in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

By Tom McParland

6 minute read

January 28, 2016 | Delaware Law Weekly

The Delaware Supreme Court is set to review the constitutionality of the state's death-penalty law after the court on Thursday accepted certified questions of law posed earlier this week by the Superior Court.

By Tom McParland

2 minute read

January 27, 2016 | Delaware Law Weekly

Legislation aimed at reforming Delaware's habitual-offender law had its first hearing in a Senate committee last week, as lawmakers and advocates for criminal justice reform expressed a need to revisit certain provisions and hammer out disagreements among the bill's drafters.

By Tom McParland

5 minute read

January 27, 2016 | Delaware Business Court Insider

A company's agreement allowing an activist investor some say in appointing board members in order to stave off a looming proxy fight was not a defensive measure subject to enhanced scrutiny.

By Tom McParland

6 minute read

January 27, 2016 | Delaware Law Weekly

In his final State of the State address last Thursday, Gov. Jack Markell touted recent efforts to reduce Delaware's prison population and pushed for further reforms to the state's criminal justice system.

By Tom McParland

4 minute read

January 27, 2016 | Delaware Law Weekly

The Delaware judiciary is seeking legislative approval to spend $5 million of its own funds to begin developing new Family Court facilities downstate.

By Tom McParland

4 minute read