Famed lawyer Alan Dershowitz’s lively appearance Thursday in a Delaware Court of Chancery included debating former Harvard student and now Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick and eventually dropping checks worth nearly $5 million onto the defense table. It essentially paid in full what TransPerfect Global owes the Chancery Court. Along the way, the hearing — to decide if Transperfect should …
Two more big changes are coming to the downtown Wilmington space formerly known as the Hercules Building. The Chancery Market Food Hall & Bar will open its 10,000-square-foot garden plaza in May. An independent movie theater — The Screening Room at 1313 — will open this month, showing first-run movies, starting with compilations of the short films nominated for Oscars. …
In downtown Wilmington, dining options are abundant, from Le Cavalier to La Fia and The Quoin. But if residents and workers near the Brandywine River crave a variety of culinary choices, they have to schlep for their meals. No longer. On Thursday, Dec. 1, The Chancery Market Food Hall & Bar will open at 1313 N. Market Street, which longtime …
Delawareâs mail-in voting law was the subject of a four-hour-long hearing before the stateâs Court of Chancery Wednesday. Vice Chancellor Nathan Cook will now decide whether the new law violates the state Constitution by allowing voters to cast their ballots from a place other than their designated polling location without having an allowed excuse under the Constitutionâs absentee voting provision. …
Gov. John Carney on Friday nominated Wilmington lawyer Nathan A. Cook to serve on the Delaware Court of Chancery. He also nominated Kelly Hicks Sheridan to serve as a commissioner for the Family Court in New Castle County. Cook, managing partner of Block & Levitonâs Delaware office, was chosen to replace Joseph R. Slights III, who retired in …
This screen grab is from the Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware television ad. A $350,000 television ad campaign featuring Martin Luther King III, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Newark Pastor Pastor Blaine Hackett will call for a Black judge to be appointed to Delaware’s Chancery Court. The ad campaign, by Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware, will be part of …
A business group that is usually harshly critical of Delaware’s Chancery Court praised it this week for striking down a motion against the company at the heart of its organization. Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware applauded Chancery for refusing a motion to hold TransPerfect Global in contempt of court. A press release from the business group called the motion …
The seal of the Delaware Court of Chancery. A Delaware Chancery Court judge on Thursday said she was going to deny a request to force ChristianaCare Health System to immediately treat a COVID-19 patient with Ivermectin. Mary Ellen DeMarco had asked the court for a preliminary injunction that would make ChristianaCare provide the drug, most commonly used in humans …
Carney’s nominations must be confirmed by the Delaware Senate.
The homeowners of Sussex County can expect to receive the long-awaited letters of property reassessment this fall. âKent County is actually a year ahead of us, so ours is not going to be complete until this time next year,â said Chris Keeler, director of assessment for Sussex County, âSo it’ll be spring of 2025 before the project is completed, and …
