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Post date: Posted on: October 31, 2014

The Delaware Corporate and Legal Services blog hosts a short piece explaining the business judgment rule, a critical component of corporate law.

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Commercial Litigation, Corporations, Courts, Equity / Chancery, Fiduciary Duties
Post date: Posted on: September 11, 2014

Consider the persimmon. No wild fruits are so sweet and delectable as ripe persimmons after the first fall freeze, if you can beat the birds to them. But a green persimmon is not just less tasty; it is inedible. Not even a ‘possum will eat a green persimmon.

Tags: Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Commercial Litigation, Courts, Equity / Chancery
Post date: Posted on: August 28, 2014

Some types of business entities (most famously, corporations) offer limited liability to their managers, owners, and officers. That is, under most circumstances such parties will have no personal liability for debts incurred (through tort or contract) by the business entity.

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Commercial Litigation, Contracts, Corporations, Courts, Creditor / Debtor Law, Equity / Chancery, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Real Estate / Real Property, Torts
Post date: Posted on: June 22, 2014

In the latest issue of NH Bar News, attorney Lisa Thompson summarizes four recent US Supreme Court decisions involving intellectual property litigation issues—awards of attorneys' fees in paten

Tags: Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Equity / Chancery, Intellectual Property

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