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Chancery Rules Failure to Disclose “Intrinsic Value” Precludes Corwin Defense – But Does Not Necessarily Suggest a Breach of the Duty of Loyalty

September 16, 2020
Morris James LLP Offers Businesses Assistance with COVID-19 Grants from Delaware Division of Small Business

September 8, 2020
The Court of Chancery Enforces Fee-Shifting Provision Against Unsuccessful Petitioner Who Also Had Waived its Appraisal Remedy in the Parties’ Stockholder Agreement

August 26, 2020
Contracts and Commercial Frustration of Purpose Caused by COVID-19 Under Delaware Law

August 18, 2020
Delaware Updates its LLC and Partnership Acts

August 13, 2020
Delaware Supreme Court Clarifies Materiality Standard for Director Disclosure

July 15, 2020
COVID-19 and Chapter 11: Suspension Orders and Their Impact on Creditors' Rights

July 2, 2020
Impossibility or Impracticability of Contractual Performance Caused by COVID-19 Under Delaware Law

June 23, 2020
In New Dell Decision, Special Committee’s Narrow Mandate, Company’s Decision to Bypass Committee and Impermissible “Coercion” Prevent Dismissal Under MFW

June 17, 2020
COVID-19 and Force Majeure Clauses Under Delaware Law

May 29, 2020
Court of Chancery Adjudicates Books and Records Request Post-Trial for Delaware LLC

May 29, 2020
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Operations During COVID-19

May 2020
Minority Members Allegedly Exploited Contract Rights in Breach of Fiduciary Duties to Acquire Company Assets on the Cheap

May 6, 2020
Limited Liability Company & Partnership Answer Book, Fourth Edition Wolters Kluwer, 2020

April 24, 2020
The Court of Chancery Dismisses Effort to Plead Around Rule 23 in CEO's Attempt to Escape Alleged Oversight Failures

April 15, 2020
April 10 COVID-19 Tax Update: IRS Retroactively Extends Additional Filing and Payment Deadlines to July 15 in Notice 2020-23

April 11, 2020
COVID-19 Tax Relief Update: Federal Gift Tax Returns and Payment Automatically Extended

April 2, 2020
Salzburg v. Sciabaccuchi: Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Certificate of Incorporation Provisions Making Federal Courts the Exclusive Fora for Federal Securities Act Claims

April 2, 2020
Delaware Family Court Issues Guidance for Interstate Families

April 2, 2020
The CARES Act: Assistance for Delaware Workers Impacted by COVID-19

March 31, 2020
Delaware Healthcare Businesses Note: Small Business Administration Releases Details of COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program

March 31, 2020
Delaware Family Law Update: The Impact of "Shelter in Place" Orders on Families

March 27, 2020
COVID-19 Tax Relief Update: Federal Gift Tax, Delaware Income Tax

March 25, 2020
What do Delaware’s Latest Orders Responding to the COVID-19 Outbreak Mean to the Healthcare Industry and Patients?

March 23, 2020
IRS Extends Tax Filing Deadline to July 15 as Coronavirus Spreads, Mnuchin Says

March 20, 2020
COVID-19 Tax Relief Update: Extension to Pay

March 19, 2020
Belated Use of Special Committee and Uninformed Stockholder Vote Undermine Bid for Business Judgment Review of Going-Private Merger

March 18, 2020
Flattening the Land Use Approvals Curve In Wake of Coronavirus: Update

March 16, 2020
Malpractice in Salivary Gland Surgery

2020
Department of Land Use Imposes New Guidelines In Wake of Coronavirus

March 13, 2020
Delaware Government and Legislative Update: State of Emergency Declared and Legislature to Remain Recessed in Response to COVID-19

March 12, 2020
Delaware Corporate and Commercial Case Law 2019 Year in Review

March 11, 2020
Proactive Legal Steps to Consider and Legislative Things to Watch as Delaware Sees its First COVID-19 Case Confirmed

March 11, 2020
Court of Chancery Finds Possibility of Actual Control and the Doctrine of Inherent Coercion Preclude Summary Judgment Based on Disinterested Stockholder Approval

February 19, 2020
Uber Board Was Disinterested and Independent to Assess a Pre-Suit Demand for Acquisition of Google Program

January 30, 2020
Chancery: Stockholder Group Benefited From Reorganization Sufficient to Deny 'Corwin' Dismissal Bid

January 22, 2020
Understanding Your Bankruptcy Colleagues: 21st Century Generalists

January 2020

When I was “voluntold” to write this inaugural article for the DSBA Bankruptcy Section, I wondered how I would explain to the rest of the Bar what bankruptcy attorneys do.
Beware of Attempts to Loot § 503 (b) (9) Expenses Through Preference Exposure

January 2020
Court of Chancery Grants Inspection of Books and Records into CBS-Viacom Merger But Narrows Scope of Required Production of Electronically-Stored Documents

December 20, 2019
Venture Capital Firms Did Not Constitute a Control Group Barring Stockholder Direct Claims for Dilution

December 16, 2019
Investor’s Desire to Criticize Proxy Contest Transactions Does Not Sustain Books and Records Request

November 22, 2019
Recent Cases Emphasize the Holistic Evaluation of Director Independence in the Demand Futility Context

November 12, 2019
Complaint Dismissed Against Managers of a Del. LLC Where Plaintiffs Fail to Allege Standard of Conduct Violation

November 4, 2019
'Scott v. DST Systems': Court Rejects Mootness Fee for Target’s Supplemental Disclosures Explaining Valuation Analyses

September 23, 2019

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The News Journal Names Morris James a Delaware Top Workplace

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Three Morris James Lawyers Receive "Lawyer of the Year" Distinction from Best Lawyers®

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February 20, 2020

Podcast: Bringing on a Legal Sales Professional at a Small Firm

August 21, 2019

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