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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
By Leslie A. Pappas
Two multimillion-dollar settlement approvals, a $25 million fee-shifting demand, and a biotech merger spoiled by murder: This was just the beginning of the drama last week in the nation's preeminent court of equity. Shareholders in satellite companies filed new cases, a cannabis company headed toward trial, and there were new developments in old disputes involving Tesla and Truth Social.
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COURT OF CHANCERY
U.S. SUPREME COURT
Social Media Laws Need More Analysis, Justices Say
By Ali Sullivan and Katie Buehler
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday returned to the lower courts challenges to Florida and Texas laws prohibiting social media platforms from removing content or users based on viewpoint, saying that the Fifth and Eleventh circuits did not conduct the proper analysis on the facial First Amendment challenges to the laws.
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BANKRUPTCY COURT
DISTRICT COURT
German Co. Says Burford Fight Can Be Litigated
By Caroline Simson
A company suing the German arm of law firm Hausfeld LLP for allegedly trying to circumvent a German ban on contingency fees in certain antitrust litigation is arguing that its discovery request to litigation funder Burford Capital for use in the Hausfeld litigation doesn't belong in arbitration in London.
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IN BRIEF
EXPERT ANALYSIS
LEGAL INDUSTRY
Depo Gets Dad Ousted From Sesame Place Race Bias Case
By Matthew Santoni
The father of a child who was allegedly snubbed by costumed performers at a Pennsylvania theme park has been removed from consolidated race bias litigation after plaintiffs' counsel said the father had lied during a deposition, with a Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday granting a bid by other families to sever their case from his.
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