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Entries for date: April 2022

Here Is the New Nominee for the District of Delaware: Gregory B. Williams

Emily DiBenedetto, April 18, 2022
Congestion Vacant Judgship

Into Focus

Change is afoot in the District of Delaware! Last week, President Biden nominated Gregory B. Williams, a partner in Fox Rothschild LLP’s Wilmington office, to fill Judge Stark’s vacancy in the District of Delaware. (See Judge Stark’s confirmation history here.)

About the Nominee

The White House provided a helpful and succinct summary of Mr. Williams' qualifications: “Gregory B. Williams is a partner in the Wilmington, DE office of Fox Rothschild LLP. He joined the firm in 1995 as an associate and was elevated to partner in 2003. He has served as special master in complex civil cases for the District of Delaware since 2020. From 1986 to 1992, Mr. Williams served in the U.S. Army Reserve. He received his …

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Judge Connolly Issues New Standing Orders, Including Requirement to Disclose Litigation Funding

Andrew E. Russell, April 18, 2022
Standing ANDA

Standing Stones
Andreas Brunn, Unsplash

Today, Judge Connolly issued four new standing orders. These orders include:

  1. A requirement to disclose third-party litigation funding arrangements on the docket;
  2. A requirement in diversity cases to disclose the name and citizenship of every individual and corporation with a direct or indirect interest in every party;
  3. An order expanding disclosure requirements under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1 for non-governmental joint ventures, LLCs, partnerships, and LLPs;
  4. A requirement for the defendant in ANDA cases where there was a Paragraph IV certification to produce the ANDA when responding to the complaint;

The above are numbered only for reference below.

Each of these orders explicitly applies only in Chief Judge Connolly cases.

Order 1: Litigation …

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Aaaaand . . . We’re Back!

Andrew E. Russell, April 18, 2022

Typical post-trial pile of unread e-mail
Typical post-trial pile of unread e-mail Andrew E. Russell, CC BY 2.0

We’re back! Our firm survived five trials over the course of three and a half weeks, including one week where we had a separate trial in front of each of the three sitting Article III judges in Delaware, simultaneously! We’ve also learned quite a lot about trial in front of visiting Judge Wolson.

There really was no time for blogging these last few weeks. As most of our readers know, going to trial in even just one case can keep you busy—especially if you’re acting as good Delaware counsel should, doing things like helping on the merits and strategy (or even taking witnesses), drafting motions and bench …

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