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June 24, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Debtor's Failure to Properly Schedule a Debt in an 'Asset Case' Renders That Debt Nondischargeable

In a recent published decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressed a previously unresolved question in that circuit: whether a debtor's failure to properly schedule a debt in an "asset case" renders the debt nondischargeable.
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June 24, 2024 | Delaware Law Weekly

Morris James IP Litigators Contribute to New Book on Biosimilars Litigation

Morris James intellectual property attorneys Kenneth Dorsney and Cortlan Hitch have edited and contributed to the newly published book "Biosimilars Litigation and Client Counseling," which is available through the American Bar Association.
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June 21, 2024 | Law.com

Holland & Knight Partners Discuss Their Ascent to Leadership Roles and What It Took to Get There

Tiffani Lee and Kwamina Williford, both of whom hold positions of leadership at Holland & Knight, on the unique challenges they overcame and the guidance necessary to get there.
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June 20, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Elon Musk's Latest Tesla GC Shows Staying Power Despite Tricky Role

Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery wrote in January that Tesla CEO Elon Musk "wields unusually expansive managerial authority, equaling or even exceeding the imperial CEOs of the 1960s."
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June 19, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Shareholder Primacy in Delaware Corporation Law: Court of Chancery Makes Clear That Delaware Law Assumes 'Single-Firm Model'

The Delaware Court of Chancery recently had the opportunity to weigh in on a plaintiff's unique theory of director and officer fiduciary duties arising out of the stakeholder capitalism model of corporate governance.
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June 19, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Reviews SPAC Precedents and Dismisses Complaint for Failure to Show Impairment of Stockholders' Redemption Rights

In the recent decision of In re Hennessy Capital Acquisition IV Shareholder Litigation, the Delaware Court of Chancery observed that the ensuing "abundance of SPAC fiduciary duty claims suggests that stockholder plaintiffs have taken notice," and that SPAC litigation had become "ubiquitous" in the court.
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June 18, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Rare Opposition to Proposed Del. Corporate Law Changes Is Voiced to House Committee

The current proposal has spurred pushback well beyond the norm, with 50 law professors sending a letter to legislators urging them to reconsider passing the bill and instead leave the questions raised by Moelis to be addressed on appeal by the Delaware Supreme Court.
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June 18, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

DC-Area Law Firms Are Looking to Delaware Market For Possible Expansion

The growth mindset continues the trend of D.C. area firms launching new offices lately. Just in the last 18 months, Covington, Arnold & Porter, Steptoe, Venable and Miles & Stockbridge have all landed in new cities.
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June 18, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Young Conaway Partner Selected as Secretary of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA)

Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor announced that bankruptcy and corporate restructuring partner Ken Enos has been selected as secretary of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA).
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June 17, 2024 | Delaware Law Weekly

DSBA to Hold Fundamentals of Law Practice Management CLE

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel and the Delaware State Bar Association (DSBA) are scheduled to hold a CLE titled "Fundamentals of Law Practice Management 2024" from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
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