°µÍø½ûÇø: Delaware /delaware?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Delaware Copyright 2025 °µÍø½ûÇø. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 23:54:04 +0000 3rd Circ. Partially Undoes Chipotle's Change-Shorting Suit Win /delaware/articles/2350698?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2350698 The Third Circuit on Friday declined to fully undo Chipotle's win against a proposed class action that alleged it shortchanged customers during a COVID-19 pandemic coin shortage in 2020, reversing a lower court's determination that a Pennsylvania man waived a breach of contract claim by accepting his change without coins. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 23:20:24 +0000 Crypto Holding Co. Can Pursue Counterclaim Against Ex-Exec. /delaware/articles/2350614?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2350614 A Puerto Rico-based crypto holding company can pursue a counterclaim against its former president who alleged the company's CEO fraudulently recruited him to the venture and then fired him, a Delaware vice chancellor ruled Friday, finding legal expenses the company incurred are recoverable. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 23:04:02 +0000 Masimo Fights Ex-CEO's Bid To Ax Suit Over $450M Demand /delaware/articles/2350526?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2350526 Masimo Corp. fought back against founder Joe Kiani's motion to dismiss the company's Delaware Chancery Court suit seeking a declaration that he's not due a $450 million payout after his ouster as CEO, arguing that bid is an "improper attempt to evade" the Delaware court's jurisdiction. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:56:46 +0000 Patent Office Leader Rejects IPRs Based On 12-Year Wait /delaware/articles/2350693?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2350693 Acting U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Coke Morgan Stewart on Friday turned away a series of challenges to Welch Allyn Inc.'s heart monitor patents, determining petitioner iRhythm Technologies Inc. should have disputed them much earlier. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 21:26:27 +0000 Truist's Negligence Led To Hackers Hijacking Deal, Firm Says /delaware/articles/2350594?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2350594 Delaware-based Rhodunda Williams & Kondraschow LLC is claiming in a new lawsuit that hackers used the law firm's email to hijack a real estate transaction and have funds wired to their account at Truist Financial Corp., which lacked the needed security measures to prevent the alleged fraud. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:37:58 +0000 Chancery Pauses Meta Privacy Suit For EU, Ireland Actions /delaware/articles/2350545?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2350545 A Delaware court on Friday paused a pension fund stockholder suit seeking documents on data privacy violations made by Meta Platforms Inc. that led to a €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) fine from European authorities. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:37:53 +0000 Fox Stockholders Press For Election Suit Docs In Chancery /delaware/articles/2350565?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2350565 Attorneys for Fox Corp. shareholders are accusing the company of unjustifiably withholding documents sought in Delaware's Court of Chancery related to a derivative suit over the alleged defamation of vote tabulation companies in the midst of the 2020 election. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 20:35:50 +0000 Real Estate Recap: Hotels, Healthcare REITs, Secondaries /delaware/articles/2350161?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2350161 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from °µÍø½ûÇø Real Estate Authority — including where the hotel sector stands at the midyear, which states are trying to curb healthcare investment models and what is fueling the surge in the real estate secondaries market. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 19:45:04 +0000 Judge Won't Toss 'Patent Ambush' Case Against Clorox, Brita /delaware/articles/2350595?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2350595 A Pennsylvania federal judge has shot down a bid from Clorox Co. and its Brita brand to toss an antitrust lawsuit accusing the companies of engaging in a "patent ambush" to corner the market on home water filters, saying the request was premature. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 17:09:27 +0000 Exelixis Escapes Cancer Drug Invalidity Bid At PTAB /delaware/articles/2349947?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2349947 Exelixis has beaten back a challenge to one of its patents covering the blockbuster drug Cabometyx after the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied Azurity Pharmaceuticals' request to review the patent. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:19:49 +0000 Trump Seeks High Court's OK On Education Dept. Job Cuts /delaware/articles/2350405?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2350405 The Trump administration has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a Massachusetts federal judge's order halting massive job cuts at the U.S. Department of Education, arguing that the judge's finding that almost 1,400 employees must be reinstated to ensure the department's continued operation "has no basis in reality." Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:04:00 +0000 How Attorneys Can Become Change Agents For Racial Equity /delaware/articles/2342370?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2342370 As the administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and law firms consider pulling back from their programs, lawyers who care about racial equity and justice can employ four strategies to create microspaces of justice, which can then be parlayed into drivers of transformational change, says Susan Sturm at Columbia Law School. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:52:07 +0000 Judge Questions Trump's Ability To Change Voting Law /delaware/articles/2350220?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2350220 A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday questioned assertions by the government that President Donald Trump is authorized by the Constitution's "take care" clause to impose sweeping changes to federal election procedures despite existing statutes. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:25:04 +0000 States, Attys, Groups Push 8th Circ. For ND Tribes' Voting Rights /delaware/articles/2349774?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2349774 Nineteen states, 16 former federal attorneys and a slew of civil rights groups are backing two North Dakota tribes in their efforts for an Eighth Circuit rehearing, arguing the appellate court's semantic shift regarding voting rights presents important questions that merit its full consideration. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:45:38 +0000 Del. Court Scuttles Salvage Co. Investor's Doc Suit Appeal /delaware/articles/2350121?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2350121 An ocean salvage company stockholder's attempt to refloat a rejected Delaware Court of Chancery suit for documents on a more than decade-long treasure hunt off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, sank again Thursday after a vice chancellor found that a magistrate in chancery made the right call. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:43:47 +0000 3rd Circ. Says Amgen Can Proceed With Subpoena In IP Suit /delaware/articles/2349896?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2349896 The Third Circuit on Thursday sided with biotechnology company Amgen Inc. in its efforts to subpoena a competitor that it accused of patent infringement, reasoning that the panel lacked jurisdiction to hear the case because the lower court's decision regarding discovery was not ripe for appeal. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:48:12 +0000 Maryland Judge Halts 'Mass Closure' Of AmeriCorps Programs /delaware/articles/2350049?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2350049 A Maryland federal judge on Thursday temporarily enjoined the Trump administration's "mass closure" of AmeriCorps programs in two dozen states and ordered more than 750 national service members be restored, but declined to vacate the firing of AmeriCorps' paid staff. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:55:48 +0000 SPAC Inks $4.75M Deal To End Merger Misrepresentation Suit /delaware/articles/2349434?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2349434 The directors and controlling stockholders of special purpose acquisition company Graf Industrial Corp. have agreed to pay $4.75 million to resolve claims that they misled investors ahead of a 2020 merger with Velodyne Lidar Inc. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:38:47 +0000 Boeing Says Ligado Must Decide On Satellite Deal In Ch. 11 /delaware/articles/2349817?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2349817 Citing critical unknowns in Ligado Networks LLC's proposed Chapter 11 plan, Boeing Satellite Systems has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to order Ligado to choose whether to accept or reject a key Boeing contract, and to escrow at least $37.8 million to cure existing defaults before confirmation. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:52:25 +0000 AI Coding App Co. Hits Ch. 7 After Legal Challenges /delaware/articles/2349862?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /delaware/articles/2349862 Engineer.ai, the parent of an artificial intelligence-supported coding app maker, Builder.ai, has filed papers for a Chapter 7 liquidation in Delaware with more than $50 million in liabilities, following litigation regarding claims about its technology and the recent appointment of a new CEO.