Tom McParland

November 11, 2015 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has said Google's "broad" and "surreptitious" practice of overriding cookie blockers to access users' Internet history information raised serious concerns under California privacy laws, vacating a lower court's dismissal of two claims in a class action lawsuit.

By Tom McParland

4 minute read

November 11, 2015 | Delaware Law Weekly

The Delaware Supreme Court has found a man's acquittal on drug-dealing charges did not preclude his conspiracy conviction, affirming a lower court's ruling that the man agreed to aid in the commission of a felony.

By Tom McParland

4 minute read

November 11, 2015 | Delaware Law Weekly

After Delaware Gov. Jack Markell in August issued a surprise veto of her unanimously passed bill, state Rep. Kimberly Williams, D-Newport/Stanton, vowed to revive the measure, which created a felony offense for medical professionals who have sexual contact with patients while in the course of providing health care services.

By Tom McParland

6 minute read

November 11, 2015 | Delaware Law Weekly

Delaware's newest problem-solving court, the Court of Common Pleas DUI Treatment Court in New Castle County, graduated its first class Nov. 6, as officials continue to refine the program in the hope of taking it statewide.

By Tom McParland

4 minute read

November 10, 2015 | Delaware Law Weekly

After Delaware Gov. Jack Markell in August issued a surprise veto of her unanimously passed bill, state Rep. Kimberly Williams, D-Newport/Stanton, vowed to revive the measure, which created a felony offense for medical professionals who have sexual contact with patients while in the course of providing health care services.

By Tom McParland

6 minute read

November 10, 2015 | Delaware Law Weekly

The Delaware Supreme Court has found a man's acquittal on drug-dealing charges did not preclude his conspiracy conviction, affirming a lower court's ruling that the man agreed to aid in the commission of a felony.

By Tom McParland

4 minute read

November 10, 2015 | Delaware Law Weekly

Delaware's newest problem-solving court, the Court of Common Pleas DUI Treatment Court in New Castle County, graduated its first class Nov. 6, as officials continue to refine the program in the hope of taking it statewide.

By Tom McParland

4 minute read

November 04, 2015 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The Delaware Court of Chancery has invalidated the resignation of a director and board chairman after determining the man was duped into resigning by material misrepresentations made to him by the company's counsel.

By Tom McParland

5 minute read

November 04, 2015 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The Delaware General Corporation Law is clear on the options majority stockholders have for officially recording their consent to board actions. What wasn't so obvious, until last week, was the importance of those mechanisms for invoking the business judgment rule.

By Tom McParland

5 minute read

November 04, 2015 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The Delaware Court of Chancery has invalidated the resignation of a director and board chairman after determining the man was duped into resigning by material misrepresentations made to him by the company's counsel.

By Tom McParland

5 minute read