Treatises & General Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Walter C. Tuthil (Contributor), The General Partnership, L.P. and L.L.P.: Formation And Organization (N.Y. AND DEL.), New York and Delaware Business Entities: Choice, Formation, Operation, Financing and Acquisitions (West Publishing Co., 1997)

Commercial Law Counseling

David Ley Hamilton, Michael Houghton, New Filings Under Revised Article 9– A Delaware Perspective, Business Law Today, March/April 2002, at 57

David Ley Hamilton, David A. Harris, Delaware Enacts Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, (February 13, 2001)

Louis G. Hering, David A. Harris, Recent Case Law Developments Relating to Delaware's Alternative Entities, Delaware Law Review, Vol. 3, No. 1 (2000)

Corporate and Business Litigation

William M. Lafferty, Pure Resources: The Latest Word from the Delaware Courts on the Standard of Review Applicable to a Tender Offer by a Controlling Stockholder, Securities Regulations & Law Reporter, Vol. 35, no. 2 (The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.), and Mergers & Acquisitions Law Reporter, Vol. 6, No. 2 (The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., January 13, 2003)

Michael Houghton, William M. Lafferty, Andrew H. Lippstone, The Expansion of the Delaware Court of Chancery's Jurisdiction to Adjudicate or Mediate Certain "Technology Disputes" -- An Evolution, Not a Revolution, ABA Network: The Newsletter of the Business Law Section, Committee on Business and Corporate Litigation, Vol. 11, Issue 1 (Spring 2003)

Jon E. Abramczyk, Thomas W. Briggs Jr., Delaware Special Committees – Worth Another Look, 12 Securities News 25 (American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Fall 2002)

S. Mark Hurd, Indemnification of Directors and Officers Under Delaware Law, The Review of Commodities & Securities Regulation, Vol. 35, No. 21, 262-69 (McGraw Hill Companies, 2002)

Frederick H. Alexander, A. Gilchrist Sparks III, The Delaware Corporation:Legal Aspects of Organization and Operation, Corporate Practice Series, Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 2002

John F. Johnston, A Rubeophobic Delaware Counsel Marks Up Fiduciary Out Forms: Part II, INSIGHTS (2000)

John F. Johnston, A Rubeophobic Delaware Counsel Marks Up Fiduciary Out Forms: Part I, INSIGHTS (1999)

Louis G. Hering, Jeffrey R. Wolters, David A. Harris, A Review of Delaware Limited Partnership Cases: The Development of A Limited Partnership Jurisprudence, Delaware Law Review, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1998)

William M. Lafferty (Contributor), Contemporary Corporation Forms, Part 14, Dissenters' Rights; Part 20, Inspection of Records (2d ed., Aspen Law & Business, 1998).

William M. Lafferty, Havens II & III: The Court of Chancery Further Rewrites The Legal Standard For Advancement Of Litigation Expenses For Directors And Officers, Corporation (Aspen Law & Business, Scheduled for Publication Spring/Summer 1998)

Delaware Corporate Law Counseling

A. Gilchrist Sparks, III, Andrew H. Lippstone, Changes in the Corporate Law After Enron: Emerging Director Liability Issues, Presentation at Tulane University, 15th Corporate Law Institute, New Orleans, LA (March 13-14, 2003).

Frederick H. Alexander, Delaware Supreme Court Addresses Deal Protection, Enjoins Acquisition in Omnicare, Inc. v. NCS Healthcare, Inc., Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (2003))

Frederick H. Alexander, Delaware Supreme Court Decision on Protection of the Stockholder Franchise, The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (2003)

Jon E. Abramczyk, Jason A. Cincilla, James D. Honaker, Going-Private "Dilemma"? --Not In Delaware, 58 Bus. Law. 1351 (2003)

Frederick H. Alexander, Lewis S. Black, Analysis of the 2002 Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, Aspen Law & Business (2002)

Jeffrey R. Wolters, Patricia O. Vella, Preferred Stock and Negotiated Acquisitions, ABA Section of Business Law, 2002 Annual Meeting

S. Mark Hurd, Andrew M. Johnston, Special Committees of Independent Directors, Corporate Practice Series Portfolio No. 79 (The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 2002)

Frederick H. Alexander, Lewis S. Black, Analysis of the 2001 Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, Corporation, (Aspen Law & Business, 2001)

Frederick H. Alexander, Reining in Good Intentions: Common Law Protections of Voting Rights, 3 Del. J. Corp. L. 817 (2001)

Frederick H. Alexander, Lewis S. Black, Analysis of the 2000 Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, Corporation, (Aspen Law & Business, 2000)

Jon E. Abramczyk, Drawing The "Thin Grey Line" – Defining Derivative Claims In The Context Of A Merger Under Delaware Law, 10 Securities News 2 (American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, 2000)

Jeffrey R. Wolters, E-Voting Arrives, THE DAILY DEAL (2000)

John F. Johnston, Putting ACE, Phelps Dodge and IXC Communications In Context, INSIGHTS (2000)

Frederick H. Alexander, SEC Allows Exclusion of Binding Rights Plan Proposal, THE DAILY DEAL (2000)

Lewis S. Black, Shareholder Activists Target Director Powers, DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY (2000)

Frederick H. Alexander, Three Delaware Chancery Court Rulings Call Attention to Fiduciary Outs, CORPORATION (2000)

S. Mark Hurd, A. Gilchrist Sparks III, Special Committees of Directors – When Does the Business Judgment Rule Apply and To What Extent Are Committee Proceedings Confidential, Delaware Law Review, Vol. 2 (Delaware State Bar Association 1999)

Lewis S. Black, The Director's Duty to be Honest, INSIGHTS, The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor, Vol. 13, No. 2, 22-24 (Aspen Law & Business, 1999)

Lewis S. Black, Why Delaware? A Practioner Gives Reasons for Incorporation, CORPORATE COUNSEL WEEKLY, Vol. 14, No. 40, 6-8 (The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1999)

Lewis S. Black, "Dead Hand" Poison Pills on Trial in Delaware, Directors Monthly (1998)

Lewis Black, Jr., Patricia A. O'Neill, Certificates of Correction in Delaware, INSIGHTS, The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor, Vol. 12, No. 10, 17-19 (The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1998)

Andrew M. Johnston (General Editor), Contemporary Corporation Forms, (2d ed., Aspen Law & Business, 1998)

Andrew M. Johnston (Contributor), Contemporary Corporation Forms, Part 5, Board Meetings: Directors, Officers and Managers; Part 7, Shareholders' Meetings, Elections, Voting and Notice (2d ed., Aspen Law & Business, 1998)

Lewis Black, Jr., A. Gilchrist Sparks, III, David A. Drexler, Delaware Corporation Law & Practice, (Matthew Bender & Co., Inc., 1996-98)

Frederick H. Alexander, Klang v. Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc., The Calculation of Surplus Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, Corporation, Vol. 69, No. 5, 1-5 (Aspen Law & Business, 1998)

John F. Johnston, Recent Amendments to the Merger Sections of the DGCL Will Eliminate Some - But Not All - Fiduciary Out Negotiation and Drafting Issues, (Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. Mergers & Acquisitions, July 20, 1998)

A. Gilchrist Sparks III, Special Committees and the Role of Outside Directors, Presentation at the 15th Annual M & A Lawyer Conference, New York, NY (February 2, 1998)

A. Gilchrist Sparks, III, Eric L. Schnabel, Stockholders v. Directors A Status Report on Defensive Measures, Presentation at University of Miami, Second Annual Institute on Mergers & Acquisitions, Miami, FL (February 5, 1998)

A. Gilchrist Sparks III, A Step Beyond - Reflections on the Jurisprudence of Chancellor William T. Allen, 22 Del. J. Corp. L. 921-27 (1997)

R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., A. Gilchrist Sparks III, Delaware Law Issues in Spin-Offs And Split-Offs, Presentation at the Twenty Fourth Annual Securities Regulation Institute, Coronado, CA (January 24, 1997)

Frederick H. Alexander, John F. Johnston, Fiduciary Outs and Exclusive Merger Agreements - Delaware Law and Practice, INSIGHTS, The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor, Vol. 11, No. 2, 15-20 (Aspen Law & Business, 1997)

William M. Lafferty, Havens v. Attar: The Delaware Court of Chancery Re-Examines the Legal Standard for Advancement of Litigation Expenses for Directors and Officers, Corporation, Vol. 67, No. 15, 1-7 (Aspen Law & Business, 1997)

A. Gilchrist Sparks III, Merger Agreements Under Delaware Law - When Can Directors Change Their Minds, 3 U. Miami L. Rev. 815-21 (1997)

William M. Lafferty, Alan J. Stone, Recent Developments in Shareholder/Director Inspection Cases: A Resurgence in the Use ofSection 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, Vol. 68, No. 11, 1-8 (Aspen Law & Business, 1997)

S. Mark Hurd, A. Gilchrist Sparks III, Special Negotiating Committees, The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation, Vol. 30, No. 8, 97-101 (McGraw-Hill Companies, 1997)

Lewis S. Black, Jeffrey R. Wolters (Contributors), State Law On Going Private: Developments in Delaware Law, Securities Law Techniques, Vol. 5, Chapter 68 (A.A. Sommer, Jr. ed., 1997)

William O. (Clipper) LaMotte III, The Technicolor Case: The Latest Word on Delaware Appraisal Law, Corporation, Vol. 68, No. 4, 1-7 (Aspen Law & Business, 1997)

Environmental Litigation

R. Judson Scaggs, Jr. (Contributor), Brownfields: A Comprehensive Guide to Redeveloping Contaminated Property, Delaware, Chapter 26 (American Bar Association, 1997)

Intellectual Property Litigation

Thomas C. Grimm, Karen Jacobs Louden & Julia Heaney, Trademarks in Cyberspace, (Delaware Lawyer, Vol. 18, No. 4, Winter 2000-2001)

Trusts, Estates and Tax Group

Thomas R. Pulsifer, Delaware Dynasty Trusts: Bigger and Better Than Ever Under EGTRRA, Presented at The 34th Annual Delaware Tax Institute, Newark, DE (Nov. 29, 2001)

Thomas R. Pulsifer, Tax Planning With Delaware Asset Protection Trusts, Presented at the 33rd Annual Delaware Tax Institute, Newark, DE (Nov. 29, 2000)

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