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The Future of Using Artificial Intelligence in Delaware Corporate Governance

May 16, 2023May 15, 2023 Widener Admin

By: Kamia McDaniels Introduction Delaware corporate boards of directors may fear or be enlightened by the idea of being replaced […]

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SEC “Kraken” Down on the Future of Cryptocurrency Regulations

April 28, 2023April 27, 2023 Widener Admin

By: Tahmina Chowdhury Cryptocurrency Decrypted: The link between Blockchains and Staking Public doubt within financial institutions and government interference paved […]

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Curran Blog

Gonzalez v. Google: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Platforms Can Be Liable for Recommending Harmful Content

April 26, 2023April 25, 2023 Widener Admin

By Ashley Curran Largely considered the “backbone of all social networks,” algorithms “exist to sort the massive volume of content […]

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Interested in a Career in Commercial Law? Don’t Overlook the Growing Field of ADR

April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 Widener Admin

By Marisa Mullins When law students think of rapidly growing subsections or dynamic specialties of the law, Alternative Dispute Resolution […]

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Asher Blog

Delaware Court of Chancery Reaffirms the Stringency of the Garner Exception in Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island v. Facebook Inc.

April 14, 2023April 13, 2023 Widener Admin

By Asher Lovitz           As if the attorney-client privilege was not already a near absolute, in […]

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Heather Blog

Is the Gig Up?: Potential Impact of the Proposed Rule Revising Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act on Gig-Economy Companies

April 13, 2023April 6, 2023 Widener Admin

By Heather Fithian Romansky I. Introduction           On October 11, 2022, the Wage and Hour Division […]

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Colin Blog

Personal Jurisdiction and Lessons Learned: Warning Given Regarding Chancery Court Decision on Principal Liability for Portfolio Companies in, In re P3 Health Groups Holdings, LLC.

April 12, 2023April 6, 2023 Widener Admin

By Colin Patrick Dean Introduction[1]             The Delaware Court of Chancery held that the principal of a private equity firm […]

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Nina Blog

Delaware Supreme Court Reversal of $700M Chancery Verdict Reinforces Importance of Exculpatory Disclaimers

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 Widener Admin

By Nina Monzack           In a recent decision that overturned a nearly $700 million Chancery verdict […]

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Welch Blog

Up in the Cloud: Jurisdictional Concerns Over Digital Storage

April 7, 2023April 6, 2023 Widener Admin

By: Katherine R. Welch           You probably know where you have placed your laptop, where your […]

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Keith Blog

ChatGPT and the Law

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 Widener Admin

By: Keith Barlett [1]  What is ChatGPT?           ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (“AI”) chat bot […]

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Self-Driving or Self-Crashing? – Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving Features Raise Safety Concerns

March 27, 2023March 25, 2023 Widener Admin

By Allison M. Clay           Tesla recently appeared in the news, yet again, after a 2021 […]

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Giulia Blog Post

The Price of Privacy: A Record $725 Million Settlement from Meta

March 22, 2023March 21, 2023 Widener Admin

By: Giulia Lima [1]           It is common for many daily users of social media platforms, […]

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Jenn Blog

The Trendy Polluter: How “Fast Fashion” Yields Significant Problems & Potential Solutions To Slow Down its Negative Effects

March 21, 2023March 15, 2023 Widener Admin

By Jennifer Pagano “Since 2000, clothing production has approximately doubled globally.”[1] “Every year, people in the United States throw out […]

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Andrew Czerkawski Blog

Court of Chancery Expands MFW to Conflicted Controller Executive Compensation Awards

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 Widener Admin

By Andrew J. Czerkawski I. Background and Posture           In the summer of 2018, after the […]

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Nicole Blog

SAMPLE SNITCHING: TIKTOK’S INEVITABLE INFLUENCE ON COPYRIGHT LITIGATION

March 17, 2023March 15, 2023 Widener Admin

By Nicole Fitzpatrick             From Taylor swift to Bruno Mars to Frank Ocean, the music industry’s biggest heavy-hitters all have […]

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From Wall Street to North King Street: How the Great Recession Impacted Delaware Corporate Law

March 16, 2023March 13, 2023 Widener Admin

By Nicholas G. Borelli  MARCH 16, 2023             Fifteen years ago today, Bear Stearns—a global investment bank—taught the world that […]

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Steph Blog

Holding Board Members Personally Liable for Their Actions Within a Company: In re Boeing Company Derivative Litigation

March 15, 2023March 14, 2023 Widener Admin

By Stephanie White To Hold Liable or Not           There is often much debate on whether […]

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Jacob Blog

Where’s the Good Faith? Caremark Claims Today

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 Widener Admin

By Jacob Goldstein What is a Caremark claim?           Originating from In re Caremark in 1996, […]

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Jazmine Blog

Proposal From The U.S. Federal Trade Commission Poses a Threat to The Autonomy of Delaware Corporations

March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 Widener Admin

By Jazmine King 1. Noncompete Agreements & Their Effect on the U.S. Labor Markets           It […]

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Alyssa Blog

TOTAL SHAREHOLDER SMACKDOWN: Vince McMahon’s Alleged Breach of Fiduciary Duties

March 9, 2023March 7, 2023 Widener Admin

 By Alyssa Atkisson Abstract. WWE founder Vince McMahon is alleged to have breached his fiduciary duties as controlling shareholder in […]

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Charmi Blog

Fee Shifting Under the Corporate Benefit Doctrine

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 Widener Admin

By: Charmi Patel           Generally, Delaware follows the “American Rule”, whereby each party is expected to […]

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Shira Blog

IN RE MCDONALD’S CORP. S’HOLDER DERIV. LITIG.: Corporate Officer Fiduciary Duty of Oversight[1]

February 26, 2023February 26, 2023 Widener Admin

Summary Authored by Shira R. Freiman C.A. No. 2021-0324-JTL Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware January 26, 2023 […]

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Lawrence A. Cunningham, Esq. Delivers 37th Annual Francis G. Pileggi Distinguished Lecture in Corporate Law[1]

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 Widener Admin

By Evan Brown, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law Volume 48 Web Editor  Introduction           On February 10, […]

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Dan Blog

Game Over? – Microsoft’s Attempted Acquisition of Activision-Blizzard Gets Rekt by the FTC

February 13, 2023February 2, 2023 Widener Admin

By Dan Mackrides[1] 1. Tutorial Island: A Broad Overview of the          Gaming Industry.             Gaming is […]

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Nkem Blog

Merger Litigation Trends: Corwin Doctrine and Controllers

February 10, 2023February 1, 2023 Widener Admin

By Nkemakunam Obata            The Corwin doctrine applies when a fully informed, non-coerce, majority of disinterested […]

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Matt Blog

Southwest Airlines Faces Shareholder Lawsuit Following an Operational Meltdown

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 Widener Admin

By Matthew Goldsmith   [1] 1. Southwest Airlines’ Operational System Leaves Customers Stranded Over Christmas.           Southwest […]

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Marie Blog Post

How Critical is a Critical Vendor? The Delaware Answer

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 Widener Admin

By Marie Dickson           One of the basic tenets of chapter 11 bankruptcy law is that […]

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Evan Blog

Why Is Everyone Hating Ticketmaster?

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 Widener Admin

By Evan Brown Background For those of you who do not know what has been happening with the live music […]

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Megan Blog

Elon Musk’s Net Worth—Following the Twitter Purchase

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Widener Admin

By Megan Hartshorn  [1]           Musk is worth an estimated $153 billion,[2] following the purchase of […]

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Austin Niggebrugge Blog

THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE FIRST STATE’S COURT OF CHANCERY AND CCLD

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 Widener Admin

By: Austin R. Niggebrugge Originally published in March 2022, but then edited and republished for clarity.         […]

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English Blog Post

Whose Coin Is It Anyway?: FTX, Voyager, and the Challenges of Bankruptcy in a Digital World.

December 5, 2022January 31, 2023 Widener Admin

by James English[1] For a printable pdf version, click here. Introduction           On November 11, 2022, […]

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Twitter Blog Post

Twitter v. Musk: Will the Court of Chancery Break New Ground in Delaware Corporate Law?

August 8, 2022August 9, 2022 Widener Admin

By: Margaret K. Ryder, Evan Brown, Demetrius Davis, Austin R. Niggebrugge, and Katherine R. WelchAdditional Research: Megan Hartshorn      […]

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36th Pileggi

Professor J.S. Nelson Delivers 36th Annual Francis G. Pileggi Distinguished Lecture in Corporate Law

April 28, 2022April 29, 2022 Widener Admin

By : Clifford R. Wood, Jr., Delaware Journal of Corporate Law Volume 47 Web Editor & Evan Brown, Delaware Journal […]

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Business Judgment Rule Saves Vaxart, Inc. in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022 Widener Admin

By: Kaitlyn Sibley On December 1, 2021, the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed the majority of claims against the small […]

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Commodity or Currency: Interpreting U.S. Bankruptcy Courts and Code Approach to Cryptocurrency Classification

April 1, 2022March 29, 2022 Widener Admin

By: Christopher Donnelly Cryptocurrency is “any form of currency that only exists digitally, that usually has no central issuing or regulating […]

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On Whether Kellogg’s Could Have Permanently Replaced Participants in the 2021 Strike

March 30, 2022March 29, 2022 Widener Admin

By Julian Benson-Reid In late 2021, workers for Kellogg’s went on strike in several plants.[1] One of the newsworthy headlines that […]

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Acquisitions During COVID-19: The Natural Immunity of the Ordinary Course Covenant

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 Widener Admin

By: Lauren Hartnett Along with health and safety concerns, the COVID-19 pandemic brought with it a lot of uncertainty nationwide. […]

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Transformative Use After Google v. Oracle

March 25, 2022March 26, 2022 Widener Admin

By: Terisa Shoremount In 2021, the United States Supreme Court held that Google’s copying of JAVA SE’s declaring code was […]

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Part 1: Shifting the Securities Regulation Paradigm from Reactive to Proactive Regulation.

March 23, 2022March 21, 2022 Widener Admin

By: James English A current shift in technology is presenting an opportunity for a drastic improvement in securities regulation. Instead […]

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Boy Scouts of America Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 Widener Admin

By Derek Brandt The Boy Scouts of America (“BSA”) is a non-profit organization[1] that provides youth character and leadership development.[2] […]

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Waiver of Appraisal Rights as Held in Manti Holdings, LLC V. Authentix Acquisition Co., Inc.

March 18, 2022March 14, 2022 Widener Admin

By: Alexa DeAnnuntis In Manti Holdings, LLC v. Authentix Acquisition Co., Inc., the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the use of […]

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Who’s to Blame? A Predictive Analysis of Live Nation’s Legal Liability Following the Astroworld Tragedy

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Widener Admin

By Shira Freiman[*] NRG Park in Houston, Texas served as a space where unthinkable tragedy unfolded on Friday, November 5th, […]

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Delaware Rejects Corporations’ Pleas For Attorney’s Fees And Enforces American Rule On Fee-Shifting

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 Widener Admin

By: Shelby Bingaman In December 2021, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the 2020 decision of Vice Chancellor Glasscock, denying private […]

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Delaware Chancery Rule 23.1: When Demand On A Board Is Excused In A Stockholder Derivative Action

March 10, 2022March 11, 2022 Widener Admin

By: Julie Jopp Recently, the Delaware Court of Chancery clarified the requirement under Chancery Rule 23.1 in a decision issued […]

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Boeing Shareholder Settlement Following 737 Max Crashes

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Widener Admin

By: Julia Baranov        Earlier in 2021, Boeing’s shareholders filed a lawsuit against the board of directors following […]

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Cryptocurrencies in the Courts of Delaware

February 26, 2022February 22, 2022 Widener Admin

By: Charles Park The popularity of cryptocurrencies in the last decade have been well-noted in the media, most notably due […]

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Where Environmental Law and International Law Collide

February 24, 2022February 18, 2022 Widener Admin

By: Marie Dickson Generally, international law typically overrides state law.  “[T]he modern view is that customary international law in the […]

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Informational Vacuums & Revlon–How GE Escaped Liability

February 21, 2022February 18, 2022 Widener Admin

By: Alex DiRienzo In 2016, the GE and Baker Hughes merger (“BHGE”) changed how oil and gas activities are completed […]

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You’re Just Too Toxic: Analyzing DuPont’s PER- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) 2021 Settlement

February 14, 2022February 9, 2022 Widener Admin

By: Melissa Rheinstadter After the years of litigation following the DuPont – Chemours spin-off, “PFAS” and “PFOA” gained significant attention […]

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Liability v. Liberty: Corporations and Covid Vaccine Mandates

February 11, 2022February 9, 2022 Widener Admin

By: Dan Mackrides The COVID-19 pandemic places American Corporations in an unenviable position.  Labor shortages[1], supply chain issues[2], and inflation[3] […]

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