http://www.delawarelawweekly.com Updated daily en-us September 14, 2011 Copyright 2011 ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.law.com/service/terms_conditions.shtml http://www.delawarelawweekly.com/images/rss_logo.jpg http://www.delawarelawweekly.com Four Sussex County residents have filed a lawsuit accusing the county legislative council of explicitly endorsing Christianity by beginning each meeting by reciting the "Our Father."http://www.delawarelawweekly.com/news.php?news_id=3786 St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. has filed a lawsuit seeking to remove itself from the duty of defending or reimbursing the Beebe Medical Center in Lewes, Del., from civil lawsuits related to the crimes committed by former pediatrician Earl Bradley. http://www.delawarelawweekly.com/news.php?news_id=3787 The Delaware Supreme Court, reversing a Superior Court decision, has ruled that state police illegally seized a man and therefore all evidence obtained from him during the time of his arrest as well as a search warrant issued at a later date, which originated from the initial arrest, was inadmissable. http://www.delawarelawweekly.com/news.php?news_id=3791 The House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law held a hearing last week on legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Tex., to require companies to file for bankruptcy in their respective home states rather than use a preferred venue, such as the bankruptcy courts in Delaware or Manhattan.http://www.delawarelawweekly.com/brief.php?news_id=3788 Widener University School of Law Professor Lawrence A. Hamermesh, recently gave the keynote address at the ninth annual Directors' Institute on Corporate Governance in New York City. http://www.delawarelawweekly.com/brief.php?news_id=3789 Mark V. Purpura, a director of Richards Layton & Finger in Wilmington, is one of the 40 recipients of the Best LGBT Lawyers under 40 award 2011 presented by the National LGBT Bar Association. http://www.delawarelawweekly.com/brief.php?news_id=3790 Defendants, who removed this action to federal court, failed to overcome the strong presumption in favor of enforcing the Delaware forum selection clause set forth in the parties' investment management agreement. Motion for remand granted. http://www.delawarelawweekly.com/digest.php?digest_id=9673 The court granted plaintiff leave to amend its initial complaint for the avoidance and recovery of preferential transfers since the allegations in the proposed amendment related back to the date of the original complaint. Motion to amend granted. http://www.delawarelawweekly.com/digest.php?digest_id=9674 Plaintiff shareholders were entitled to engage in expedited discovery to answer the narrow question of whether the special committee's or the board's financial advisor's dealings with the proposed buyer or its affiliates created a conflict of interest with regard to the proposed sales transaction. Limited expedited discovery granted. http://www.delawarelawweekly.com/digest.php?digest_id=9675 The subject arbitration award was not entirely comprised of private information and thus, sealing the award in total was not necessary and would improperly encroach upon the public's right of access. Motion for determination that arbitration award should not be filed under seal granted. http://www.delawarelawweekly.com/digest.php?digest_id=9676 Although the grantors intended to create, and did create, a trust when they signed an instrument dated May 1972, grantors did not intend for this trust to be irrevocable, despite language to the contrary. Post-trial opinion issued. http://www.delawarelawweekly.com/digest.php?digest_id=9677 There was substantial evidence to support the conclusion by the Merit Employee Relations Board that plaintiff's termination was a disproportionate penalty under the circumstances of this case. Affirmed. http://www.delawarelawweekly.com/digest.php?digest_id=9678 Where the sheriff in this monition proceeding had sufficient funds to make the successful bidder whole after the subject property was redeemed, the successful bidder lacked standing to dispute the source of the funds. Motion for reconsideration denied. http://www.delawarelawweekly.com/digest.php?digest_id=9679