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5d ago•4 min read

•Delaware Supreme Court unanimously reversed Superior Court in insurance coverage dispute involving Blackbaud ransomware attack

Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Decision in Blackbaud Ransomware Case

The Delaware Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision in a major insurance coverage dispute stemming from a ransomware attack on software provider Blackbaud, Inc. Four insurance companies successfully appealed the Superior Court's ruling in the consolidated case.

•Four major insurance companies successfully challenged the lower court's ruling against software provider Blackbaud

5d ago•4 min read

•Delaware Supreme Court affirmed Chancery Court ruling on ADR provision enforcement

Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Chancery Ruling in M&A Earnout Dispute

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a Court of Chancery decision in Fortis Advisors LLC v. Stillfront Midco AB, resolving a dispute over alternative dispute resolution provisions in a merger agreement involving post-closing earnout payment calculations.

•Dispute involved post-closing earnout payment calculations in merger agreement

6d ago•4 min read

•Delaware Supreme Court affirmed Family Court decision terminating father's parental rights to two minor children

Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Father's Parental Rights Termination

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a Family Court decision terminating Colt Handlon's parental rights to his two minor children. The court rejected constitutional arguments raised for the first time on appeal, finding no plain error in the lower court's ruling.

•Constitutional arguments raised for first time on appeal failed under plain error standard of review

•Delaware Supreme Court capped marital home proceeds allocation at 70% maximum for one spouse

Delaware Supreme Court Limits Spouse's Share of Marital Home to 70%

The Delaware Supreme Court reversed a Family Court decision that awarded more than 70% of marital home sale proceeds to one spouse in Parks v. Carver. The February 2026 ruling establishes new limits on property division in Delaware divorce cases involving domestic abuse allegations.

•Case involved domestic abuse allegations including forced signing of quit-claim deed under duress

•Delaware Supreme Court affirmed Chancery Court decision without additional analysis

Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Chancery Ruling in Fortiline Corporate Case

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a Court of Chancery decision in *Fortiline, Inc. v. McCall*, ending a corporate dispute between two companies and 18 individual defendants. The high court issued a brief order on Feb. 10, 2026, supporting the lower court's June 2025 ruling without additional analysis.

•Case involved two corporate plaintiffs against 18 individual defendants

•Delaware Supreme Court unanimously affirmed lower court ruling against four physician investors challenging UpHealth SPAC transaction

Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Ruling Against Doctors in UpHealth SPAC Case

The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision against four physician investors who challenged a SPAC transaction involving UpHealth, Inc. The Feb. 10 ruling upheld the Court of Chancery's July 2025 memorandum opinion without additional reasoning.

•Court issued brief order without additional reasoning, stating the Court of Chancery's July 2025 decision should be affirmed

•Jason Wilcox was convicted after crashing into a family minivan, killing three people and injuring four others before fleeing the scene

Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Hit-and-Run Conviction in Fatal Crash

The Delaware Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Jason Wilcox for a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed three people and injured four others on Delaware Route 9. The court rejected Wilcox's appeals challenging Brady material disclosure and electronic data recorder evidence.

•Delaware Supreme Court rejected Wilcox's appeals challenging Brady material disclosure and electronic data recorder evidence

•Delaware Supreme Court unanimously reversed Superior Court ruling denying expungement petition

Delaware Supreme Court Reverses DUI Case, Allows Partial Expungement

The Delaware Supreme Court unanimously reversed a lower court decision and ruled that Joseph Cornette can seek expungement of his pardoned assault conviction despite having a related DUI conviction that cannot be expunged. The case clarifies Delaware law on partial expungement following gubernatorial pardons.

•Court held that pardoned convictions can be expunged even when other charges from same case are ineligible

2w ago•4 min read

•Delaware Supreme Court unanimously reversed murder conviction in restaurant double homicide case

Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Murder Conviction in Restaurant Shooting

The Delaware Supreme Court reversed the murder conviction of Yony Morales-Garcia in connection with a January 2022 restaurant shooting that killed two people. The court's unanimous decision, issued Feb. 3, 2026, remands the case back to the Superior Court for further proceedings.

•Case involves January 2022 armed robbery at Sussex County restaurant where two masked men killed two patrons