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District of Delaware Issues 2026 Annual Report

Andrew E. Russell, March 13, 2026
Annual Report DED

Yesterday, the Court posted its 2026 Annual Report. There are a few easy highlights here.

Civil case filings in 2025 went up by 10%:

That increase seems to stem from more IP cases and more prisoner petitions:

Delaware continues to have one of the highest counts of patent cases per active judgeship:

Patent Cases per Judgeship
District Court

In the above chart, Delaware almost takes the lead, but EDTX has more overall patent cases. Of course, in recent years, NPE cases have trended towards TX—if there were a chart of competitor cases, which are much more work, I expect Delaware would easily take the lead.

The full report is embedded below. Enjoy!

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Some Quick Updates from the District of Delaware Federal Bar Association Lunch

Andrew E. Russell, June 4, 2025
Annual Report Congestion

District Court Seal

The Delaware Chapter of the Federal Bar Association held its annual lunch today and, as usual, the District and Bankruptcy Courts provided updates on the state of the courts. There wasn't a lot of new information this year, but here are some quick notes on some relevant items:

  • District court case filings here in D. Del. were down only 2%, compared to 14% nationally
  • Criminal filings were up 14%
  • There was a 7% drop in patent case filings, but we still have 39% of all ANDA cases
  • We are still the biggest court for competitor case filings
  • The Court strives to be fair and not partial to either plaintiffs or defendants
  • Judge Andrews is continuing to take almost a …
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Annual FBA Lunch: Court Discusses State of Court, Expansion of Judges in 2024

Andrew E. Russell, June 21, 2023
Annual Report Congestion

District Court Seal

The District of Delaware held its annual FBA luncheon today. The presentations were wonderful, as usual, and covered the typical topics. Here are some of the notable points from Chief Judge Connolly's presentation:

  • The state of the Court is excellent, and we are back to having a full bench.
  • The Court will be doing even better next year, when Judge Andrews is planning to take senior status but continue to take cases, which will effectively give the Court an additional judge.
  • The nomination process for filling Judge Andrews' seat once he takes senior status next year is proceeding "expeditiously."
  • The Court remains very busy:
    • It's the 4th busiest court by weighted case volume, although two of the higher-weighted courts …
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District of Delaware's 2022 Annual Report: Updates on Judge Williams' Timing, Court Caseload

Andrew E. Russell, July 25, 2022
Annual Report Congestion

Annual Report 2021
U.S. District Court

We wrote recently to report about the District of Delaware FBA's annual meeting, where the Court updated local practitioners about the state of the Court and upcoming changes. We promised an update when the Court issues its 2022 Annual Report.

Well, here is that update! The report is attached below in full. Some highlights include:

  • The report notes that the last five judges nominated to the District of Delaware took their oaths of office and entered duty within two weeks of confirmation by the Senate. The Senate confirmed Judge Williams on July 20, 2022. Doing the math, if history repeats itself, we should see Judge Williams start by Wednesday August 3, 2022. That's good news …
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