Delaware Judge at Center of Power Controversy Fights Lawsuit

By Jef Feeley, Bloomberg News

A Delaware judge embroiled in a state-wide lobbying battle over the power of the business court is fighting back against claims he overstepped his authority by appointing an administrator to run a profitable company and ordering its sale.

Delaware Chancery Court Judge Andre Bouchard’s order in May that a Manhattan-based translation-services company be sold at auction following the split of its feuding founders sparked a backlash. It included a high-profile media campaign against the power of the Chancery Court and a lawsuit by a former TransPerfect Global Inc. employee who claims his free-speech rights are ...