Chancery

Morris James regularly tries cases in the Delaware Court of Chancery, the country's leading court for corporate and fiduciary litigation. Our team handles complex, high-stakes disputes from filing through trial—often opposite the national firms that appear in these matters—with a steady focus on each client's business and litigation goals. We try cases arising from mergers and acquisitions, including under the entire-fairness standard, as well as appraisals, books-and-records actions, and corporate governance disputes.

We act for both plaintiffs and defendants, in matters including:

• Breach of directors' fiduciary duties in mergers and asset sales
• Class and derivative actions alleging self-dealing
• Books-and-records actions
• Fiduciary-duty claims arising from director self-compensation
• Appraisal proceedings
• Advancement and indemnification disputes
• Fiduciary-duty claims arising from proxy contests
• Dissolution, deadlock, and related business disputes

The team also publishes ongoing analysis of Delaware corporate decisions through its Delaware Business Litigation Report and as a recurring contributor to ALM's Delaware Business Court Insider.