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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Lewis H. Lazarus | December 18, 2024
The plaintiff contended that the court should “blue pencil” a contractual noncompete to give the plaintiff the benefit of his bargain, even if the contract was overly broad. The defendant contended that when a party did not negotiate in any way the terms of the covenant not to compete and received minimal consideration in exchange, and the covenants themselves were overly broad, the Court of Chancery has discretion to decline to enforce the covenants entirely.
By Joseph J. DiPasquale and Michael R. Herz | December 11, 2024
The Chapter 11 filing statistics clearly show that New Jersey has emerged as a strong venue option. The question is why? The answer, we submit, is consistency and pragmatism.
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Richard L. Renck | December 11, 2024
In Saunders v. Lightwave Logic, C.A. No. N23C-05-120 (Oct. 17, 2024), Judge Paul Wallace was faced with a factual scenario that would appear capable of repetition—and often—that ultimately ended with a stockholder’s shares in Lightwave Logic being escheated to the state and sold, despite the reality that the plaintiff’s stock certificate was safely ensconced in a home safe.
By Chuck Meyer | December 2, 2024
"As the delays continue to mount, the demand for efficiency and fairness in the legal process continues to grow," writes Chuck Meyer.
By Edward T. Kang | November 27, 2024
The U.S. Constitution, which remains the bedrock of American civil rights, serves to establish a minimum level of protection that states are bound to uphold. Some state constitutions provide more expansive and detailed protections for state residents—meaning that rather than treating state constitutional claims as an afterthought, litigants can center their claims on state constitutions when those state constitutions offer more favorable grounds to secure their rights.
By Jay Dubow and Joanna Cline and Milica “Millie” Krnjaja | November 26, 2024
The earliest AI-related securities class action lawsuit was filed on March 24, 2020. Since then, there has been a total of 38 AI-related filings. Five lawsuits were filed in 2020, eight in 2021, six in 2022, six in 2023, and 13 so far in 2024.
By W. Karl Renner and Kristi Sawert and Megan Chacon and Michael Portnov | November 18, 2024
From leadership changes at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to shifts in biopharmaceutical patent policy to regulation of rapidly evolving fields like artificial intelligence, here’s what the IP community can expect from a second Trump presidency.
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Nathaniel J. Stuhlmiller and Brian T.M. Mammarella | November 10, 2024
Today, a new species of litigation—which we call “foot fault litigation”—is presenting the same core problem as the pre-Trulia disclosure settlements and warrants a similar judicial solution.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Kaan Ekiner and Mark E. Felger | November 6, 2024
Prior to initiating the Delaware Chancery Court action, Eastern Wholesale sued one of Hudson's affiliates—but not Hudson—in North Carolina. Shortly after the filing of the Chancery action, Hudson moved to dismiss or stay. And due to potential overlapping legal and factual issues, Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick entered a stay.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joseph O'Keefe and Erik Mosvick | November 4, 2024
This article will examine the current state of noncompete law, focusing on recent administrative, legislative and judicial developments.
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