Interlocutory Appeal Denied By Delaware High Court In Tobacco Equity Fees Dispute

Mealey's (November 11, 2019, 11:23 AM EST) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — The Delaware Supreme Court on Nov. 7 refused to consider an interlocutory appeal filed by a cigarette manufacturer, agreeing with a chancery court that the manufacturer’s “assertion of immediate and irreparable harm” if denied protection from a hypothetical equity fee statute in Florida “was overblown and speculative” (ITG Brands LLC v. Reynolds American Inc., et al., No. 453, 2019, Del. Sup.)....