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Lefkowitz v. HWF Holdings LLC, C.A. 4381-VCP (November 11, 2009) The Delaware Arbitration Act has a unique provision that permits the Court of Chancery to enjoin an arbitration when the claim asserted is barred by a statute of limitations. However, to get into Court, the arbitration agreement must be governed by Delaware's Arbitration Act. If it is not, then this unique remedy is not available, and it is up to the arbitrator to decide if the claim is barred on limitations grounds. This decision... Posted on November 13, 2009 at 06:39 am

Lola Cars International Limited v. Krohn Racing LLC, C.A. 4479-VCN (November, 12, 2009) The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act permits the Court of Chancery to dissolve an LLC when it is not "reasonably practicable to carry on the business" of the LLC. The initial decisions under this statute tended to adopt a narrow construction of its terms and dissolution was not ordered just because of a business dispute between the members of the LLC. More recent decisions have expanded the... Posted on November 12, 2009 at 06:46 am

Amirsaleh v. Board of Trade of The City of New York, Inc., C.A.2822-CC (November 9, 2009) The law of good faith and fair dealing in contracts is a "judicial tool used to imply terms in a contract that protect the reasonable expectations of the parties." This decision clearly explains Delaware law in this area, including the point that not acting in good faith involves bad faith and that is proved by showing an improper motive. Posted on November 9, 2009 at 11:21 am

Thanks to Facebook, a Canadian insurance company has revoked the disability benefits of a woman who had been out of work for more than a year and a half due to depression. Former IBM employee Nathalie Blanchard, 29, claims that she called her insurance company when her monthly sick-leave checks stopped coming and was told that she was deemed as able to return to work based on what it had found on her Facebook page. The alleged smoking-gun evidence was Blanchard's Facebook page, which Blanchard... Posted on November 19, 2009 at 10:46 pm by Molly DiBianca

"Unfriend," according to the New Oxford American Dictionary, is the word of the year. According to CNN.com: "Unfriend" beat out a tech-heavy field that included "netbook," "hashtag" and "sexting" to take the annual honor. "It has both currency and potential longevity," said Christine Lindberg, a language researcher for Oxford's U.S. dictionary program. "In the online social networking context, its meaning is understood, so its adoption as a modern verb form makes this an interesting choice for... Posted on November 18, 2009 at 01:38 pm by Molly DiBianca

Adria B. Martinelli will be speaking about how to accommodate workers who are caregivers and the workplace issues that commonly arise with dementia. The audio conference is 90 minutes and will cover: Helpful ideas for accommodating an affected employee, including EEOC recommendations: reducing hours and responsibilities, having co-workers act as support, and more Laws that come into play, and how to meet your obligations under ADA and FMLA Sample HR policies that can reduce the burden for your... Posted on November 18, 2009 at 10:55 am by Molly DiBianca

At Delaware Technical and Community, college part of the paralegal major is to have a discussion on ethics. This is pretty consistent throughout all of my classes. Ethics is, according to the dictionary, that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions. The more that I learn about this subject the more I understand what I am doing and its... Posted on November 16, 2009 at 01:54 am by Angelica Endres

I am working at this office along with going to school. My major has recently brought me to these two competing law encyclopedias. I have always dealt with LexisNexis and I do love the program. Being so easy to use, it was a must for all of my classes. Then this semester I was reintroduces to Westlaw, which is confusing me. I do not understand why students get choices because I will always go with what I am comfortable with. Lesson of my week has been easier is always better, when it comes to... Posted on November 6, 2009 at 12:52 am by Angelica Endres

This week has switched gears. I have been working helping people to recieve applications. I have learned I do not know Newark well at all nor can I give good directions. This experience is a new lesson in selective talking and listening. I have also spent this week trying to figure out all of the technology in the building. I have learned that it is much easier now to fax or e-mail rather than mail letters. Posted on October 19, 2009 at 06:38 am by Angelica Endres