All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 8 2011 // A dispute over insurance payments is threatening to blow up the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington’s bankruptcy reorganization plan. Under the plan, the diocese, its parishes and affiliated entities, would be released...
Aug 26 2011 // Parts of the southeastern United States were already experiencing dangerous swells and rip tides Thursday as Hurricane Irene exited the Bahamas. On Friday afternoon, ahead of Hurricane Irene’s forecasted arrival in...
Aug 15 2011 // News Corp. shareholders angry over the hacking scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate face an uphill fight trying to hold company executives and directors responsible in court.In the nearly six weeks...
Jul 19 2011 // Delaware Gov. Jack Markell has vetoed a bill that would have repealed the state’s current requirement that people operating a motorcycle carry a safety helmet.Delaware law requires that motorcyclists have a safety...
Jul 15 2011 // A divided Delaware Supreme Court has ruled against the wife of a former DuPont Co. worker in an asbestos exposure case. The court ruled 3-to-2 on Monday that Patricia Price could not change a claim of nonfeasance against...
Jun 30 2011 // Delaware highway safety officials are alarmed at the increased number of motorcycle deaths and are urging riders to drive sober and wear helmets. Authorities said 10 people have been killed in motorcycle crashes this year,...
Jun 23 2011 // Leo Strine was confirmed Wednesday as the first new chief judge in 14 years on Delaware’s Chancery Court, which has overseen some of the biggest corporate legal battles of the past 30 years.The state’s senate...
Jun 15 2011 // Delaware’s Office of Highway Safety is pleased with some numbers that suggest more Delawareans are wearing seatbelts. The agency says that for the fourth consecutive year, police departments participating in the...
Jun 9 2011 // As weather forecasters predict an above-normal number of hurricanes this season, chances also increase that one of the storms will hit the mid-Atlantic states. The News Journal of Wilmington (Delaware) reports that the...
May 20 2011 // When International Coal Group Inc. announced plans this month to sell itself, investor lawsuits challenging the deal were quickly filed in state courts in Delaware and West Virginia as well as in federal court.If corporate...
May 5 2011 // The Delaware Office of Highway Safety says more than 2,500 drivers have been cited since the state’s hands-free cell phone law went into effect at the beginning of the year. Office spokeswoman Alison Kirk says more...
May 2 2011 // The chief judge of Delaware’s Chancery Court, whose rulings in cases involving Walt Disney Co, Hewlett Packard Co. and eBay Inc. made him one of the most powerful arbiters of U.S. business disputes, plans to step...
Apr 25 2011 // The chief judge of Delaware’s Chancery Court, whose rulings in cases involving Walt Disney Co, Hewlett Packard Co. and eBay Inc. made him one of the most powerful arbiters of U.S. business disputes, has announced...
Apr 18 2011 // Delaware’s volunteer fire, rescue, and ambulance companies will be receiving more money from insurance premiums this year than they did last year.Officials say the emergency service agencies will receive about $26.5...
Apr 14 2011 // A Superior Court judge has ruled that a sexual harassment case against Delaware State Police may proceed. State officials wanted to quash the lawsuit by state police secretary Diana L. Miller but Judge Jerome O. Herlihy...
Feb 21 2011 // 48 Number of new captives insurers formed in Delaware last year, doubling the state’s total to 96 captives, according to state regulators. Steve Kinion, director of the state’s Captive Bureau, said the growth...
Feb 15 2011 // Lawyers involved in corporate litigation understandably might want to avoid the newest judge on one of the top U.S. business courts.The judge, Vice Chancellor Travis Laster, has brought some unusual tactics to the bench at...
Feb 14 2011 // Lawyers are pushing for a $4.5 million fee for their work for investors challenging a corporate merger. The recovery for shareholders? Probably zero.The requested fee in a lawsuit challenging Unilever NV’s $3.7...
Feb 3 2011 // Delaware added 48 new captive insurers last year, doubling the state’s total to 96 captives, according to state regulators. Steve Kinion, director of the state’s Captive Bureau, said the growth stemmed from a...
Jan 26 2011 // Summit Business Media and its affiliates including The National Underwriter insurance publisher have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to address more than $250 million in debt and unsecured claims.The company said that it...