Corporate legal battles are often decided on nuanced readings of dense statutes, but one recent ruling that could expose scores...
Articles by Tom Hals
Energy pipeline operator Kinder Morgan Inc. is on the hook for the bulk of $171 million in damages owed to...
One of the most important venues for U.S. corporate disputes, Delaware’s Court of Chancery, will lose one of its five...
A Delaware judge signaled on Thursday that the rules are changing for shareholder class actions challenging corporate mergers, which are...
Delaware’s governor has signed into law a ban on companies adopting rules that could force investors who bring and lose...
U.S. personal injury lawyers allegedly concealed evidence and induced clients to commit perjury to drive up asbestos-related settlements and garner...
A Delaware judge said Royal Bank of Canada must pay $75.8 million in damages to former shareholders of Rural/Metro because...
The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed last Wednesday a lower court ruling that ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to provide a shareholder...
Big business is lobbying Delaware lawmakers for corporate bylaws to shift legal fees to shareholders who sue and lose, which...
Delaware’s Supreme Court has ruled that corporations can adopt bylaws requiring an investor who sues and loses to pay the...