The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court recently imposed fines for the bad faith response to a right-to-know request under the PA RTK law in the case styled: California University of Pennsylvania v. Bradshaw, 1491 C.D. 2018. The court also imposed the maximum
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Francis G.X. Pileggi
For over 30 years, I have practiced in the areas of corporate and commercial litigation as well as other complex litigation and administrative proceedings. My practice includes representation in high-stakes disputes for a wide range of clients in many industries as well as for utility companies, government entities and non-profits in multiple states. I have also litigated successfully, in both federal and state appellate courts, groundbreaking Second Amendment cases and related constitutional issues on behalf of civil rights organizations.
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Chancery Declines to Follow First-Filed Rule in Advancement Case
The current issue of the Delaware Business Court Insider includes an article on the titular topic by yours truly and my colleague Cheneise Wright. Courtesy of the good folks at the Delaware Business Court Insider, and with their permission,…
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Chancery Court bars dissident director nominees from the ballot for advance notice non-disclosure
This post was prepared by Frank Reynolds, who has been following Delaware corporate law, and writing about it for various legal publications, for over 30 years.
The Delaware Chancery Court recently nixed a shareholder group’s bid to replace CytoDyn Inc.’s…
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Chancery Does Deep Dive into Corporate Dissolution Details and Winding-up Process
Anyone who needs to know the latest iterations of Delaware law regarding the intricacies and nuances of the dissolution of a corporation and the related winding-up process–needs to read the recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision styled: In re Altaba, …
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Director Independence Analyzed
The recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision in BGC Partners, Inc. Derivative Litigation (Del. Ch. Sept. 20, 2021), was highlighted on the Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog (on which I have published several articles over the years.) It provides…
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Supreme Court Clarifies Pre-Suit Demand Analysis
The Delaware Supreme Court has announced a revised standard for an important aspect of corporate litigation: the analysis of pre-suit demand futility for purposes of pursuing a derivative stockholder claim, in United Food and Commercial Workers Union and Participating Food …
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Chancery Addresses Potential Penalties for Failure to Meet Court-Ordered Discovery Deadlines
A recent decision by the Delaware Court of Chancery is useful for litigators who need to know what remedies are available when an opposing party does not provide documents required by court-ordered deadlines: Dolan v. Jobu Holdings, LLC, C.A. No.…
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Chancery Court clears shareholders to take over 737 MAX Caremark safety claims against Boeing
This post was prepared by Frank Reynolds, who has been following Delaware corporate law, and writing about it for various legal publications, for over 30 years.
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently ruled Boeing Company directors must face shareholder charges…
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Supreme Court Clarifies Authority to Enforce Legal Ethics Rules
In my most recent ethics column appearing in the current issue of The Bencher, the publication of the American Inns of Court, I highlighted a recent Delaware Supreme Court decision which confirmed prior decisions that established Delaware’s High Court as…
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Supreme Court Clarifies Test for Direct v. Derivative Stockholder Claims
In a seminal decision that has already been the subject of extensive scholarly commentary within the few days since its issuance, the Delaware Supreme Court overruled its 2006 decision in the Gentile case. That decision held that some stockholder claims…
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