Delaware business court News

Retiring Delaware Justice Strine Was Influential in Shareholder Cases

Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court Leo Strine will retire in the next few months, Governor John Carney announced on Monday, a leadership change in the court system that decides disputes for more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies. …

South Dakota Beats Delaware as Best Legal Climate for Businesses

For the first time in 15 years Delaware’s court system has lost the top spot in a key business survey, ceding its place to South Dakota, according to a Monday poll conducted by an arm of the U.S. Chamber of …

Federal Court Rules Delaware Business Court’s Private Arbitration Is Unconstitutional

Delaware’s legal industry suffered a blow when a federal court found on Wednesday the state violated the U.S. Constitution with its novel system of allowing judges to arbitrate private business disputes, which critics called secret trials. The U.S. Court of …