Vent: A judge in a Delaware court called our whole case 'a waste of this court's time'

I was in the courtroom for a shareholder dispute hearing about six months ago. Our firm had spent months building a case on a technical breach of fiduciary duty, and we thought it was solid. The judge listened for maybe twenty minutes, then stopped us cold. He said, and I quote, 'Counsel, this is a waste of this court's time. You're litigating a process issue with zero actual damages.' He dismissed the suit right then. That moment changed how I look at EVERY new case now. I don't just ask if we CAN sue, I force the team to prove there's real, quantifiable harm, not just a rulebook violation. It saved us from taking on three bad cases this quarter alone. Has anyone else had a judge just shut them down like that and make you change your whole filter?

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beth_baker696d ago

That's a tough lesson but seems like it worked out. Sometimes the technical win isn't the real win.

gavine416d ago

Yeah, the "real win" part really hits home. I've been in spots where being right just made everything worse. Walking away with your dignity is way better than winning a stupid argument.

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