The Delaware Supreme Court recently overturned the Court of Chancery decision that found a corporate buyer liable for aiding and abetting in a merger case. The Supreme Court reiterated that an acquiring company can in fact be held liable if there is evidence of actual knowledge of the seller’s Continue Reading
Purchase Price Allocations: Tax and Contractual Aspects
Alan Kornstein and Daniela Gallagher are two of the co-authors of an article that dives into the use of purchase price allocations in contracts for the purchase and sale of business assets. The article goes beyond the income tax consequences and explores alternative drafting approaches and the Continue Reading
Perspectives: A Warning to Policyholders—Contractual Suit Limitation Provision Traps
Business Insurance publishes an article authored by partners David Kane, Steven Weisman, and Gregory Horowitz on the importance of understanding suit limitation provisions in commercial insurance policies and provides practical steps to avoid disputes regarding them. Continue Reading
Changing the Guard at the Cybersecurity Fortress: New Executive Order Redefines Landscape for Federal Contractors
On June 6, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a new executive order, “Sustaining Select Efforts to Strengthen the Nation’s Cybersecurity” (Executive Order), ushering in sweeping reforms for federal cybersecurity policy. This directive targets five high-impact areas: secure software development, Continue Reading
So Long Transfer Act: We Won’t Miss You
Jane Warren authors an article for the CT Business and Industry Association on the new regulations that are set to replace the decades-old CT Transfer Act on March 1, 2026. The new regulations call for addressing contamination based on when property owners discover new or historic releases, Continue Reading
Practical Guidance and Observations on Terminations of Grants and Cooperative Agreements
The swift actions of the second Trump administration have resulted in suspensions and terminations of broad swaths of contracts and grants. In this article, Andrew Hamilton offers practical guidance regarding terminations of awards used by the United States government to expend appropriated funds by Continue Reading
Delete IP Law? Let’s Not
In a recent post on X, Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey posted “delete all IP law,” prompting a discussion on the importance of IP laws and IP rights. In this article, McCarter & English partners Erik Belt and Maria Laccotripe Zacharakis, PhD share a look at some notable IP cases and how the IP Continue Reading
Sports Heat Up Miami’s Arbitration Landscape
Given that the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be hosted in North America, and some games will be played in Miami, the inevitable rise in disputes leading up to and occurring as a result of the FIFA World Cup could result in the arbitrations for those disputes to be held in Miami. By Stephanie Reed Continue Reading
Cannabis Crossroads: Addressing the Illegal Cannabis Market While Preserving Social Equity Progress
May 12, 2025 at 06:18 AM By Guillermo C. Artiles By Ryan M. Magee The legalization of adult-use cannabis across numerous U.S. states was driven by more than economic or regulatory motivations; it was a response to decades of disproportionate impact of drug enforcement and an opportunity to Continue Reading
Chancery Court Dismisses Challenge to a Del. Corporation’s Advance Notice Bylaws for Lack of Ripeness Following ‘Kellner’
In Siegel v. Morse, 2025 WL 1101624 (Del. Ch. Apr. 14, 2025), the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed a stockholder’s challenge to advance notice bylaws of The AES Corp. (the company) on ripeness grounds, reinforcing the court’s stance that such claims require a concrete dispute. The bylaws, Continue Reading