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Delaware Chancery approves $250 million Microsoft–Activision settlement, awards $60 million in fees

Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick on October 23, 2026, gave final approval to a $250 million settlement of stockholder class claims over Microsoft's $75.4 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. She overruled merger arbitrage funds that sought to carve their parallel federal securities claims out of the release, and awarded plaintiffs' counsel $60 million in attorney fees.

Order (Bloomberg Law) → · Law360Oct. 25

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Delaware Supreme Court affirms that Verisk must pursue its $2.35 billion AccuLynx deal

The Delaware Supreme Court on October 23, 2026 affirmed a Court of Chancery judgment requiring Verisk Analytics to keep pursuing its $2.35 billion acquisition of AccuLynx. Vice Chancellor Bonnie David had held on August 7 that Verisk's termination of the merger agreement was invalid because its own willful conduct was the primary cause of the FTC second request that blocked closing, and ordered specific performance. Verisk said it respects the order and that the deal still needs FTC clearance.

Order (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo Finance) → · Law360, Delaware Court of ChanceryOct. 24

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Delaware Chancery blocks Cloudflare founder-control recapitalization in major test of Section 144 safe harbor

Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster on October 16, 2026, preliminarily enjoined Cloudflare's recapitalization, which would have preserved co-founders Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn's voting control through new preferred and nonvoting shares. The court sided with defendants on every question under the 2025 DGCL Section 144 safe harbors but found stockholders reasonably likely to prove the special committee failed to act in good faith, and ordered a prompt trial.

Opinion (Delaware Court of Chancery) → · Bloomberg Law, Law360Oct. 18

D. DEL.Litigation

DOJ sues University of Delaware over in-state tuition for undocumented students

The Justice Department sued the University of Delaware and its Board of Trustees in federal court in Delaware on October 1 over a residency policy that gives in-state tuition to students without lawful immigration status. The complaint alleges Section VII of the policy violates 8 U.S.C. 1623 by denying the same rates to U.S. citizens from other states, and 8 U.S.C. 1621(d) because no state law authorizes the benefit.

Filing (U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware) → · U.S. Department of Justice, Inside Higher Ed, Border ReportOct. 2

DEL.Regulation

Delaware bars employer retaliation for skipping meetings on politics, religion, or union views

Delaware Governor Matt Meyer signed House Substitute 1 for House Bill 84 on September 30, adding Section 711B to Title 19 of the Delaware Code. The law makes it an unlawful employment practice to discharge or discipline employees who decline employer-sponsored meetings or communications conveying the employer's views on political or religious matters, including unionization. Employees who skip such meetings during work time must still be paid. The Department of Labor received investigation, rulemaking, and civil-action authority.

Enrolled text (Delaware General Assembly) → · OnLaborOct. 7

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Delaware governor signs SB 249 creating licensed harm reduction program framework

Delaware Governor Matt Meyer signed Senate Bill 249 on September 30, 2026, as 85 Del. Laws ch. 536, effective on signing. It adds Chapter 48 to Title 16, letting the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health license harm reduction programs under evidence-based regulations. Programs must offer sterile supplies, drug-checking equipment, opioid antagonists and disease screening, and personal possession of drug paraphernalia is decriminalized.

Enrolled text (Delaware General Assembly) → · State of Delaware NewsOct. 5

D. DEL.Litigation

Corteva and Inari settle Delaware seed patent dispute days into jury trial

Corteva Agriscience and gene-editing company Inari Agriculture settled their patent and plant variety protection litigation days into a jury trial in Delaware federal court over Inari's use of Corteva's patented corn and soybean seed deposits. Under a stipulated order of dismissal with prejudice signed by Judge John F. Murphy on September 28, Inari must destroy all Corteva biological materials within 30 days, assign its edited versions of Corteva traits to Corteva, and negotiate licensing agreements; other terms are confidential.

Filing (U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware) → · Reuters, The Patent Lawyer Magazine, Corteva AgriscienceSept. 29

D. DEL.Court order

Delaware federal court denies Pfizer and Moderna bids to dismiss Bayer COVID-19 vaccine mRNA patent lawsuits

U.S. Circuit Judge William Bryson, sitting by designation in Delaware federal court, denied motions to dismiss filed by Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna in patent infringement litigation brought by Bayer over messenger RNA technology. The court held that Bayer's asserted claims are not directed to patent-ineligible natural laws under Section 101 and that Bayer plausibly pled infringement under Section 271.

Opinion (U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware) → · Reuters, Law360, GuruFocusSept. 29

U.S. FEDLitigation

Eight states sue Trump administration and Bluepoint Wind over $765 million offshore wind lease buyout

New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of eight states sued the Department of the Interior, federal officials, and Bluepoint Wind in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday. The eighty-one-page complaint challenges a $765 million Judgment Fund settlement that canceled Bluepoint's 2.4-gigawatt New York Bight offshore wind lease. The states allege the agreement illegally diverts taxpayer funds to a liquefied natural gas project, violating federal energy and environmental statutes.

Filing (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York) → · Associated Press, The Morning Call, Office of the New York State Attorney GeneralSept. 22

U.S. FEDLitigation

ACC sues The L Suite over Lloyd AI use of ACC materials and trademarks

On September 10, 2026 the Association of Corporate Counsel sued The Suite, Inc. (d/b/a The L Suite) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The complaint alleges Lloyd, The L Suite's in-house counsel chatbot, used ACC copyrighted benchmarking materials and ACC trademarks without authorization. ACC seeks an injunction and damages in the jury-demand complaint.

Filing (U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware (via CourtListener)) → · Delaware Business Court Insider (Law.com)Sept. 11

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