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Delaware Business Court Insider

Parties Can Contract Out of Right to LLC's Judicial Dissolution

In one of the first challenges to the recent amendments to Delaware's LLC Act, the state's Court of Chancery has ruled that parties forming a limited liability company can contract out of the right to judicial dissolution. The court issued the opinion when it rejected a plaintiff's motion to seek judicial dissolution, a default right under the LLC Act, because the entity's formation agreement specifically eschewed that right.
5 minute read

Commercial Litigation Insider

Advisory Council Proposes New Accelerated Adjudication Procedure

Negotiating parties in the midst of drafting a contract may soon have a new incentive to bring their disputes before the Commercial Division: accelerated adjudication to help streamline litigation.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Opinion: Justices Sensibly Resolve a 'Forum Shopping' Problem

The unanimous decision written by Justice Samuel Alito is a decision that lawyers and judges will actually love because it settles real world problems of forum shopping in a clear, fair and sensible manner.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In re Estate of Etty C. Boardman, PICS Case No. 13-3214 (Pa. Super. Nov. 20, 2013) Panella, J. (7 pages).

By | December 10, 2013
Probate • Family Settlement Agreement • Petition to Set Aside • Fraud/Duress/Undue Influence • Evidence
3 minute read

The Recorder

Richards v. Ernst & Young, LLP

By | December 09, 2013
2 minute read

Law.com

New Legislation Adds Risks to Robo-Calling, -Texting

Amendments to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which restricts telephone solicitations and limits the use of automatic dialing systems, are finding favor among class action attorneys.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Posson v. Przestrzelski

Broker Earned Commission; Listing Compact Was Valid; There Was Meeting of Minds
2 minute read

Commercial Litigation Insider

Heating Oil Suit Fuels Dismissal with Leave to Replead

Finding that shipments of fuel oil intended to heat apartment buildings allegedly mixed in with waste oil did not sufficiently give rise to a claim for damages, a Manhattan Supreme Court judge has dismissed a putative class action complaint brought by building owners against a major oil company. She did, however, grant leave to replead.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Transvaginal Mesh Financing Case in Federal Court, TRO Extended

A dispute between Houston plaintiff lawyer F. Kenneth Bailey Jr. and a Las Vegas financing company is now in federal court, where U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt of the Southern District of Texas signed an order on Dec. 3 extending a temporary restraining order Bailey secured in November in state court.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Mississippi Businesses Sing the Bidding Blues

Businesses in Mississippi are tired of hunting online for information on how to sell their products and services to the state, and a legislative watchdog is planning to simplify the process.
2 minute read

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