Latest Delaware Headlines
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Delaware Law to Allow Big Investors Greater Sway Over US Corporate Boards
Jul 2 2024 // Delaware is poised to adopt changes to its widely used corporate law that critics argue could weaken U.S. boards of directors in favor of influential investors such as private-equity firms. State lawmakers last week...
All the Major Legal Battles Elon Musk and His Companies Are Facing
Jun 10 2024 // Elon Musk and his companies are embroiled in dozens of lawsuits, ranging from fatal crashes blamed on Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot system to civil rights complaints over the treatment of employees. Tesla’s board and...
Judge Lets More Than 70,000 Zantac Lawsuits Go Forward
Jun 4 2024 // A Delaware judge has allowed more than 70,000 lawsuits over discontinued heartburn drug Zantac to go forward, ruling that expert witnesses can testify in court that the drug may cause cancer. The ruling on Friday by Judge...
Family of Black Teen Wrongly Executed in 1931 Seeks Damages
May 24 2024 // The family of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania — a Black 16-year-old sent to the electric chair in 1931 and exonerated by the governor in 2022 — is suing the county that prosecuted...
Gallagher Updates Regulation for Artificial Intelligence
May 22 2024 // Gallagher’s Cyber practice remains laser focused on emerging technology and the potential for increased risks as organizations begin to use them. Throughout 2024, we’re concentrated on evolving compliance...
Judge Rejects Former Delaware Trooper’s Discrimination Claims Against State Police
May 21 2024 // A federal judge ruled last Friday in favor of the Delaware State Police in a lawsuit filed by a former trooper who said she was subjected to years of discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation as she rose through...
Delaware High Court Hands Agency a New Shot at Malpractice Claim Against Law Firm
Apr 23 2024 // A Delaware insurance agency has won another chance at proving a law firm was negligent in defending it in a non-compete dispute with another agency, a dispute it ended up settling for $1.2 million. The Delaware Supreme...
Sanofi to Settle 4,000 Zantac Cancer Lawsuits in US State Courts
Apr 4 2024 // Sanofi has reached an agreement in principle to settle 4,000 U.S. lawsuits linking the discontinued heartburn drug Zantac to cancer, the company said on Wednesday. Sanofi did not disclose the financial terms of the deal....
How to Renew Your Insurance License with a Criminal Background Part 1: Alabama through Georgia
Mar 19 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Insurance licenses can be hard to get and keep, even for those with the most pristine backgrounds. So, what’s an insurance producer to do if they find themselves...
Meta Seeks Dismissal of Shareholder Suit Alleging Failure to Address Human Trafficking
Mar 8 2024 // Attorneys for Meta Platforms and several of its current and former leaders, including founder Mark Zuckerberg, are asking a Delaware judge to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit alleging the company has deliberately failed to...
Woman Gets 5-10 Years for Workers’ Comp Scam of Family Dollar, Restaurant
Mar 1 2024 // A Delaware woman will serve 5 to 10 years in state prison for a workers’ compensation scam that spanned 2.5 years, two states, and cost a Pennsylvania employer more than $170,000, according to Pennsylvania Attorney...
Long-Serving Delaware Chancery Court Judge to Retire at Year’s End
Feb 21 2024 // Delaware’s nationally important Court of Chancery, which has come under criticism from Elon Musk this month, is losing its second-longest-serving judge. Sam Glasscock, who has served on the go-to venue for U.S....
Fate of Most Remaining Zantac Lawsuits Weighed by Delaware Judge
Jan 26 2024 // GSK, Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies are urging a judge in Delaware this week to find that evidence plaintiffs’ lawyers want to use in about 72,000 lawsuits claiming that the discontinued heartburn drug...
People Moves: Nunnally Joins Alliant in Boston; Hilb Names Harm to Carrier Relations; Arthur Hall Promotes Marshall
Jan 18 2024 // Chris Nunnally joined Alliant Insurance Services as senior vice president within its employee benefits group. Nunnally is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Before working with Alliant, Nunnally was area vice president within...
Judge Limits Delaware’s Sweeping Climate Change Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies
Jan 14 2024 // A judge has rejected several claims lodged by Delaware’s attorney general in a lawsuit alleging that the fossil fuel industry has downplayed the risks of climate change. Tuesday’s ruling significantly narrows...
Delaware Hospital System to Pay $47 Million to Settle Billing Fraud Claims
Dec 27 2023 // Delaware’s largest hospital system will pay more than $47 million to settle whistleblower allegations by its former compliance officer that it provided kickbacks to outside doctors in return for patient referrals,...
Ohio Settles Lawsuit With Chemical Companies For $110 Million Over PFAS Contamination
Dec 1 2023 // DOVER, Del. (AP) – The DuPont Co. and two spin-off firms will pay $110 million to the state of Ohio to settle a lawsuit over environmental threats from toxic chemicals used at a former DuPont facility in neighboring West...
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Delaware’s Captive Insurance Documents Battle With IRS
Nov 21 2023 // The state of Delaware has lost its fight with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over the release of information on captive insurers, a fight the state took all the way to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court on Monday...
Frederick Mutual Exiting Personal Lines; Signs Renewal Deal With Farmers of Salem
Nov 8 2023 // Frederick Mutual, which is exiting the personal lines market and focusing strictly on commercial lines in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern regions, has reached a renewal rights agreement with another insurer for the bulk of...
Medical Costs for Injured Workers in Delaware Fell During Pandemic: WCRI Study
Oct 13 2023 // Changes in the availability of medical services during the pandemic was one of the drivers of Delaware workers’ compensation claims costs in 2020 and 2021. A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute...
