The Delaware Supreme Court has adopted a new rule that will allow residential tenants to be represented by non-lawyer, qualified tenant advocates in eviction proceedings. Supreme Court Rule 57 has long permitted the representation of landlords and landlord entities by non-lawyer agents in eviction proceedings but it does not permit the same for tenants. With the adoption of Rule 57.1, …
Business group to keep pounding Del. courts with Thanksgiving ad
Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware, which has spent millions hammering Delaware’s courts, is launching another $500,000 advertising campaign criticizing the way judges jump to senior jobs at corporate law firms. A new TV ad, “Revolving Door,” specifically criticizes former Chancery Court Chancellor Andre Bouchard, Vice Chancellor Stephen Lamb and former Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo Strine Jr. …
Chancery Court won’t force ChristianaCare to give COVID patient Ivermectin
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 …
State, courts, Firefly say masks, vaccines, tests mandatory as Delta rises
Photo by Mika Baumeister/Unsplash As new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continued to rise, Gov. John Carney, the state, Delaware courts and Firefly Music Festival made a lot of moves. Carney said schoolchildren must wear masks indoors and that state employees and workers at long-term care facilities and healthcare facilities must be vaccinated or be tested weekly for the coronvavirus. …
Pro-Business Delaware launches $550,000 ad urging diversity on courts
Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware is spending more than $550,000 on a television advertising campaign in which the Rev. Al Sharpton criticizes the lack of diversity on Delaware courts. The organization, said to be founded by employees of a company whose owners were angry over their treatment in Delaware’s Chancery Court, comes after organizers of Delaware’s Bench and Bar Judicial …
Newark pastor unhappy to be denied meeting on court Diversity Project
Pastor Blaine Hackett, right, leads an April 15 protest march for diversity on the Chancery Court. A Newark minister upset that he and the Rev. Al Sharpton were denied a meeting to weigh in on the Delaware Bench and Bar Diversity Project says he fears that it will be another example of the good old boys making decisions. “These …
Pro-business group chides courts for closing on Juneteenth despite little diversity
Citizens for a Pro-Business Delaware issued a press release Friday afternoon chiding the Delaware courts for closing to mark Juneteenth while the courts lack the diversity the business group wants to see. “It’s a long overdue step for the federal government to recognize Juneteenth as a federal holiday and I admire President Biden’s leadership,” said Campaign Manager Chris …
Carney nominates 1st woman to head Chancery, 1st black woman on Kent Superior Court
Carney’s nominations must be confirmed by the Delaware Senate.
Trail-blazing Black judge to retire from Court of Common Pleas in May
Smalls became the first African American to serve as a chief or president judge in a Delaware state court.
Bill to strip state of ability to force vaccinations, quarantines, isolations killed in committee
The state’s right to enforce public health is based on 1905 U.S. Supreme Court case considered a legal landmark