About
Provided by Morris James LLP
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.
