When you have finished revising and editing your work, spend some time proofreading.  Remember that proofreading is not the same as editing—you should not try to do both at the same time.  When you edit, you are revising for style and…

 Knowing which verb tense to use when discussing the law, precedent cases, or client facts can be confusing at first. But as in other writing, use the present tense to describe facts or rules that exist now and the past tense for facts or…

Rules B7.3.1 and 8 of the Bluebook explain when practitioners should capitalize the word “court” in court documents and legal memoranda.  Under these rules, capitalize “court” in the following three situations: 

We are discussion In re MFW Shareholders Litigation.  Before the court could decide to abandon the fairness analysis in the context of a transaction between a controlling shareholder and the company, it first had to consider the benefits…

Back in the 1980s, Delaware courts occasionally pushed the law in a direction that was at least arguably favorable to shareholders.  Van Gorkom placed renewed emphasis on the duty of care and the need for directors to be informed. …

Starboard Value LP recently took an interesting step in its battle to get its slate of directors on the board of Office Depot Inc.  On June 13th Starboard Value sued Office Depot for not holding an annual shareholder meeting to elect…