Law360: Delaware /delaware?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Delaware Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ. en-US Thu, 31 Jul 2025 23:14:10 +0000 Yahoo Says Chubb Unit Must Cover Potential EU Privacy Fines /delaware/articles/2371448?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371448 Yahoo says a Chubb subsidiary is obligated to cover regulatory fines that might be leveled against one of the tech company's subsidiaries for violating the European Union's data privacy law, but the insurer has refused to honor the policy, according to a lawsuit filed this week in Delaware. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 23:02:50 +0000 Justices Told State Med Mal Laws Fly In Federal Court /delaware/articles/2371858?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371858 A Delaware federal court must apply a state statute requiring an expert affidavit in all medical malpractice suits, a hospital defendant told the U.S. Supreme Court, as key aspects of the Delaware law and similar statutes in 28 other states "should not be checked at the federal courthouse doors." Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:57:23 +0000 3rd. Circ. Lets Khalil Remain Free During Feds' Appeal /delaware/articles/2371654?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371654 The Third Circuit denied the Trump administration's request to fully stay a district court order releasing pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, ruling that the federal government failed to show it would be irreparably harmed without a stay. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:38:44 +0000 Del. Court OKs Investor Check Of Trade Desk Charter Move /delaware/articles/2371979?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371979 A Delaware magistrate in Chancery issued a split decision Thursday on document demands by a stockholder of The Trade Desk Inc. who sought, in part, details on the company's conversion into a Nevada chartered business, allegedly in order to preserve a billionaire co-founder's control. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:51:24 +0000 Casino Developer Must Stay In Involuntary Ch. 7, Judge Finds /delaware/articles/2371798?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371798 A Delaware bankruptcy judge has refused to throw out or convert the involuntary Chapter 7 proceedings launched against the onetime hopeful developer of a casino in Mississippi, concluding the creditors that forced it into bankruptcy did not act in bad faith. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:49:53 +0000 Zoom Investor Gets Final OK For Derivative Suit Settlement /delaware/articles/2371918?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371918 A Delaware federal judge granted final approval on Thursday to a settlement reached in a shareholder derivative suit accusing the top brass of Zoom of pulling in $172.9 million via insider sales after its 2019 initial public offering and before shares fell during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:33:51 +0000 PTAB Takes Down Automotive USB Patent /delaware/articles/2371817?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371817 The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has found that the single claim of an automotive technology supplier's patent on USBs for automobiles was invalid, agreeing with Microchip Technologies that it was obvious. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:20:37 +0000 ITC Judge Recommends General Import Ban In Shoe IP Case /delaware/articles/2371799?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371799 A U.S. International Trade Commission judge recommended a complete block on imports of women's ballet flats that the maker of Tieks shoes proved infringed its design patents on its signature blue-soled footwear. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:58:19 +0000 American Airlines Can't Stay Claims In Wi-Fi Patent Suit /delaware/articles/2371795?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371795 A Texas federal judge shot down American Airlines' bid to stay two claims in a suit accusing the airline of infringement for its use of hardware that allows for internet connection on flights, saying the airline failed to show it was merely a passive user of the technology. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:08:51 +0000 PE Firm Risking Contempt, Receiver In Del. Over Legal Bills /delaware/articles/2371869?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371869 Noting that unpaid legal bills might already support a contempt or limited receivership order against private equity 777 Partners, a Delaware magistrate in Chancery gave the company and its counsel a Monday deadline to report still-accumulating fee advancement debts. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:05:25 +0000 Judge Questions Gov't Objection To Shielding FEMA Funds /delaware/articles/2371415?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371415 A Massachusetts federal judge Thursday questioned the Trump administration's assertion that it has not redirected funds allocated by Congress for natural disaster mitigation efforts toward other Federal Emergency Management Agency programs, even as the government was objecting to states' narrow request to protect the funds for now. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:17:20 +0000 Immigration Board Raises Bar To Fight State Drug Convictions /delaware/articles/2371131?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371131 The Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that an individual fighting removal after being convicted on state drug charges has the burden of proving the law they were convicted under is broader than federal law to avoid deportation. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 13:40:50 +0000 Split 3rd Circ. Expels Rutgers MBA Fraud Suit Over Standing /delaware/articles/2371283?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371283 The plaintiff leading a proposed class action against Rutgers University for allegedly cooking its MBA rankings by fudging job placement statistics doesn't have standing because he was in a different part-time certificate program, a split Third Circuit has ruled, affirming a New Jersey federal court's decision. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 11:09:00 +0000 Fintech, BofA, JPMorgan Face Class Suit Over Cyberattack /delaware/articles/2370750?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2370750 Financial software company Finastra Technology Inc., Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase Bank NA face a proposed class action alleging they failed to properly safeguard customers' personal information that was exposed by a data breach. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:42:07 +0000 Playing Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer /delaware/articles/2343351?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2343351 Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I’ve learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O’Byrne at MoFo. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 23:18:49 +0000 3rd Circ. Won't Upend Investors' Class Cert. In J&J Talc Suit /delaware/articles/2371157?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371157 A split Third Circuit on Wednesday upheld a New Jersey federal judge's class certification order in a Johnson & Johnson investor action alleging the company artificially inflated its stock price by failing to disclose cancer risks associated with its talcum powder products, finding the lower court did not err in concluding that common issues predominate in the suit. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:06:03 +0000 Newmark Seeks Del. Nod For Ex-Broker Equity Sanctions /delaware/articles/2371445?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371445 Global commercial real estate giant Newmark Holdings Inc. has sued for a Delaware Court of Chancery declaratory judgment confirming cancellation of cash, stock or restricted shares potentially earned by a Midwest contractor and his company, alleging secret handoffs of prospects and deals to a competitor. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:39:59 +0000 Court Urged To Free Micron From Netlist's Infringement Threat /delaware/articles/2371218?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371218 Micron has asked a Delaware federal court to conclude that it's not infringing a Netlist patent covering a computer memory technology, alleging in a complaint that Netlist keeps going after Micron with "non-credible infringement allegations of facially invalid patents." Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:19:07 +0000 Blue Bell Class Seeks Settlement Records In Derivative Suit /delaware/articles/2371269?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371269 Attorneys for a Blue Bell Creameries USA Inc. stockholder class sought a Delaware Court of Chancery order compelling access to records concerning a $60 million settlement of liability claims after a deadly ice cream contamination incident in 2015. Wed, 30 Jul 2025 16:43:58 +0000 3rd Circ. Says Quote From Earlier Case Doesn't Nix Sentence /delaware/articles/2371081?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2371081 A federal judge who gave a Dominican citizen a stiffer sentence after a second arrest improperly failed to warn the defendant that he would quote from the first sentencing, but the Third Circuit on Wednesday denied a do-over because the defendant didn't show that having notice would have changed the outcome.