Court of Chancery of Delaware

Exceptions to a grant of plaintiffs' counsel's motion to withdraw its representation of plaintiffs, corporate entities purporting to serve as derivative plaintiffs in an action, are denied where a special master properly found that counsel established adequate grounds for withdrawal under various state Rules of Professional Conduct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/03/2006
• Published 04/17/2006

Judges

Court

• Court of Chancery of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas P. McGonigle, Esquire, Todd C. Schiltz, Esquire, Wolf Block, LLP, Wilmington, DE;  Michael Paris, Esquire, William C. Nystrom, Esquire, Nystrom Beckman & Paris, LLP, Boston, MA, for Plaintiffs.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jesse Finkelstein, Esquire, Brock Czeschin, Esquire, Richards Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE;  Peter J. MacDonald, Esquire, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, New York City;  Robin L. Alperstein, Esquire, Becker, Glynn, Melamed & Muffly, LLP, New York City, for Defendants Xcelera Inc., Alexander M. Vik, Gustav Vik and Hans Magnus Fajerson.