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November 03, 2010 | Delaware Law Weekly

Chris White Legacy Society Honors Legal Aid Champions

The Delaware legal community suffered a grave loss in April when Christopher W. White, the executive director of the Community Legal Aid Society Inc., was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Wilmington.
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May 29, 2013 | Delaware Law Weekly

Widener May Split Its Campuses Into Two Law Schools

Widener University School of Law is mulling a plan to split its Harrisburg, Pa., and Wilmington campuses into separately accredited entities.
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October 29, 2008 | Delaware Law Weekly

For Republican Bill Lee, 'Reform' Is the Mantra

The Republican candidate in this year's gubernatorial election has been here before. In 2004, Bill Lee lost narrowly to Gov. Ruth Ann Minner.
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August 28, 2013 | Delaware Law Weekly

Judge Rejects High Court's 'Dual Jurisdiction' Theory

A federal judge has rejected the application of the Delaware Supreme Court's "dual jurisdiction" doctrine granting Delaware courts jurisdiction over nonresident defendants if they are alleged to have violated two prongs of Delaware's "long-arm" statute.
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July 31, 2013 | Delaware Law Weekly

DelDOT Must Return Land Seized in Condemnation Hearing

The Delaware Department of Transportation cannot take possession of a 1.65-acre property it nearly seized through a condemnation hearing in the Superior Court, the state Supreme Court has ruled. In issuing the decision, the high court held that DelDOT violated Delaware's Real Property Acquisition Act because it valued the property based on a "flawed appraisal" that did not consider the property's owners' reduced ability to commercially develop the area if DelDOT moved forward with its plans to construct a new driveway and stormwater pond on the land as part of its U.S. Route 301 project.
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October 09, 2013 | Delaware Law Weekly

Supreme Court Defines Standing Under Coastal Zone Act

The Delaware Supreme Court's recent ruling in Nichols v. State Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board, No. 190, has cleared the path for the development and operation of the Red Lion Energy Center, located in Delaware's Coastal Zone. Industrial Control Board.
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December 02, 2009 | Delaware Law Weekly

Judiciary Submits Lean Budget Request, Asserts Priorities

With the budget situation for the state in fiscal year 2011 looking even worse than this year's, Chief Justice Myron T. Steele of the Delaware Supreme Court made the case for the judiciary's funding priorities at the budget request hearing in Dover on Nov. 24.
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July 23, 2008 | Delaware Law Weekly

Outside Litigation Counsel Has Advancement Rights

The Court of Chancery decided an issue of first impression last month when it ruled that outside litigation counsel is entitled to advancement as the agent of a company.
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June 27, 2012 | Delaware Law Weekly

AG Biden Questions duPont Trust Allocations, Files Florida Action

State Attorney General Beau Biden is alleging that the trustees of a $4.6 billion trust, established to fund several charitable endeavors in Delaware, have reallocated money intended for the state toward Florida and restructured the trust's governing body to dilute Delaware's influence. Biden claims these actions have violated the intent of the trust, which was established by Alfred I. duPont, as well as Florida law.
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May 04, 2011 | Delaware Law Weekly

Chandler Retirement Spurs Speculation About Replacement

The Delaware legal community is abuzz with speculation about a replacement for Chancellor William B. Chandler III, who announced his retirement earlier this week. Six possible candidates have emerged, with Samuel Glasscock III and Mary Johnston as the likely favorites, according to sources familiar with the situation.
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