6/2/2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges in every aspect of daily life, and the legal community has not been spared.  In response to the widespread shutdown of public life in March, in May 2020, the U.S.

5/18/2020 - Barrack Rodos & Bacine, a long-time advocate for the rights of small businesses, announces that it is currently representing businesses in their fight against insurance companies that have wrongfully refused to pay claims on business interruption insurance policies.  BR&B has filed lawsuits on behalf of businesses who have been denied coverage by insurers arising from the closure of businesses due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  As BR&B senior partner Daniel E. Bacine recently told a reporter:  “Here you have a complete shutdown of your business.

7/10/2019 - Delaware Court Business Insider published an article by BR&B associate Julie B. Palley about a recent Chancery Court decision reaffirming the standard that courts should employ when scrutinizing directors’ decisions on their own compensation.  The directors are required to justify those decisions under the “entire fairness standard.”  Stein v. Blankfein, No. 0354, 2017 (Del. Ch.

1/28/2019 - Barrack, Rodos and Bacine filed a books and records lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court in order to investigate Ford Motor Company’s response to widespread claims of sexual harassment and racial discrimination at the company.  BR&B filed the action on behalf of investor Robert Freedman under Section 220 of Delaware’s General Corporation Law for the purpose of investigating potential mismanagement and lack of oversight by Ford's board of directors.  The action seeks information about the board’s actions - or lack of action - in response to repeated instances and findings of disc