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Del. SC: Former Countrywide shareholders can't pursue federal lawsuit
DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) -- The Delaware Supreme Court ruled this week that former Countrywide Financial Corp. shareholders can't pursue a federal lawsuit filed against the mortgage lender's directors and officers before it was acquired by Bank of America Corp. -
Report: Del. SC chief justice to retire
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) -- Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Myron Steele is leaving the bench. -
Del. SC hears Kuwaiti investment contract case
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) -- The Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a Kuwaiti firm's appeal of a lower court ruling denying it the protection of Kuwaiti law over an investment contract that was negotiated and signed in the country and marketed to foreign investors. -
Del. SC rules against employers in case over workers' comp benefits
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) -- The Delaware Supreme Court, in a ruling earlier this month, sided with a group of injured workers in a case over their workers' compensation benefits. -
Companies ask Del. SC to dismiss lawsuit over banned pesticide
DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) -- Last week, attorneys for Dow Chemical Co. and Dole Food Company Inc. asked the Delaware Supreme Court to dismiss a lawsuit against them over a now-banned pesticide that has been linked to sexual and reproductive abnormalities. -
Del. SC upholds ruling for harness racing official
DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The Delaware Supreme Court upheld the jury's verdict in favor of a harness racing official who had been awarded damages from the Delaware Harness Racing Commission for reneging on its promise to reinstate him. -
Del. SC upholds dismissal of serial plaintiff's suit
DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal with prejudice of a plaintiff's lawsuit due to her repeated refusal to comply with the discovery requests of the married couple she sued. -
Hedge fund wins, loses in Celera case
DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - A hedge fund that owned stock in health care company Celera has lost in its effort to have the New Orleans Employees' Retirement System decertified as class representative in a class action suit against the company but prevailed in its attempt to opt out of the settlement agreement. -
Del. SC denies reargument in case awarding $300M attorneys fee
Strine DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The Delaware Supreme Court, in an order Friday, denied a request for reargument in a case over Southern Copper Corporation's acquisition of a mining company from controlling stockholder Grupo Mexico. -
Del. SC affirms record $300M attorney fee award
Holland DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The Delaware Supreme Court last week upheld a fee, awarded to a group of plaintiffs lawyers, worth more than $300 million. -
Del. SC sides with employer in asbestos suit
Ridgely DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The Delaware Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the family of an employee who sued a company over the man's alleged asbestos exposure. -
Del. SC: Employee not wrongfully terminated under whistleblower law
Ridgely DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The Delaware Supreme Court last week upheld a ruling in favor of a university against a former employee who claimed she was wrongfully terminated under the state's whistleblower law. -
Del. SC to hear arguments over plaintiffs' attorneys fee
Chief Justice Myron Steele DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - A group of plaintiffs' lawyers were expected to argue before the Delaware Supreme Court Thursday that their fee -- worth more than $300 million -- is justified. -
Del. SC: Attorneys owed $2.5M for preserving shareholder rights
Steele DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled that plaintiffs attorneys are entitled to $2.5 million in a case that will not bring immediate monetary relief. -
Del. SC reverses nurse's two-year license suspension
Holland DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The Delaware Supreme Court says a lower court was right to reverse a state board's decision to suspend a nurse's licenses. -
Del. SC rules against man who walked into car dealer's window
Jacobs DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The Delaware Supreme Court said last week that a lower court was correct in ruling in favor of a car dealership that was sued by a prospective customer who walked into one of its windows. -
Del. SC: Business not responsible for biker's injuries
Jacobs DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The Delaware Supreme Court last week ruled in favor of a business, which was sued by a man who was injured after his bicycle hit a pothole in its parking lot. -
Del. SC says firm's fee must be deducted before lien
Steele DOVER, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The Delaware Supreme Court said last week a law firm's agreed contingent fee must be deducted from a client's recovery before a hospital lien attaches.
