Secured a rare defense verdict in a books and records inspection claim in Delaware Chancery Court for an environmental waste processor. The Plaintiff demanded records for the purported proper purpose of valuation, however at trial we proved that the inspection had actually been requested for the improper purpose of securing an advantage in a parallel debtor-creditor proceeding among related parties, establishing the affirmative defense of pretext.
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