Tyler

June 28, 2018 | Daily Business Review

Out of the Stormy Daniels affair, the #MeToo movement, and the Larry Nassar scandal, a common practice has risen to the national forefront: the use of nondisclosure agreements.

By Michael P. Dunn and Tyler Stull

1 minute read

June 06, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Appraisal rights have been the subject of increased focus in the current, post-Corwin environment, in which a fully-informed noncoerced stockholder vote suffices to dispose of most M&A challenges.

By K. Tyler O'Connell

1 minute read

May 14, 2018 | Legaltech News

While many have invested in bitcoin, few really understand the underlying blockchain technology, which could be 'the largest technological expansion since the Internet.'

By Lewis Popovski and George Soussou, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler

6 minute read

April 25, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

In Feuer v. Redstone, the Delaware Court of Chancery considered a motion to dismiss derivative claims challenging compensation CBS Corp. paid to nonagenarian Sumner Redstone after he allegedly became physically and mentally incapacitated and ceased rendering meaningful services.

By K. Tyler O'Connell

8 minute read

March 30, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the heyday of the video-sharing service Vine, Kayla Newman, a Chicago-area teen, birthed a new catchphrase for the millennial generation with two words—“on fleek.”

By Jenna Loadman and Tyler Marandola

8 minute read

March 14, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

In Arch Insurance v. Murdock, a D&O insurance coverage dispute, the Superior Court's complex commercial litigation division reasoned broadly to hold that, absent a contrary choice of law clause, Delaware law applies to Delaware corporations' D&O insurance policies, and that Delaware public policy does not prohibit insuring losses from insureds' breaching the fiduciary duty of loyalty through fraudulent conduct.

By K. Tyler O'Connell

6 minute read

January 24, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Stockholder M&A challenges in the Delaware Court of Chancery have declined in the wake of the well-known Trulia (and its federal corollary Walgreens) and Corwin decisions, which respectively reduced incentives for pre-closing M&A challenges by outlining a strict standard of review for disclosure-only settlements; and confirmed that, regardless of whether the process at issue complied with Revlon, transactions approved by an informed and uncoerced stockholder vote are subject to the protections of the business judgment rule.

By K. Tyler O'Connell

8 minute read

January 11, 2018 | Law.com

You say your law firm is profitable. How do you know? To fully understand your law firm's results of operations and financial condition, you should measure and examine key performance indicators (KPIs) on a granular level. Looking beyond high-level KPIs can provide actionable information to make operational and strategic decisions.

By Steven A. Davis and Tyler Quinn

8 minute read

November 20, 2017 | Legaltech News

Although each data breach class action arises out of its own particular circumstances, there are a number of factors that seem to be contributing to these large settlements.

By Hanley Chew and Tyler Newby, Fenwick & West

8 minute read

October 18, 2017 | Delaware Business Court Insider

American courts have long recognized that the public enjoys a First Amendment right of access to judicial proceedings and records. While forceful, the right is only presumptive, and the public's interest in access may be overcome with an adequate showing of need.

By Tyler O'Connell and Albert Caroll

8 minute read