SHAWE v. ELTING

No. 487, 2016.

157 A.3d 142 (2017)

Philip R. SHAWE, Plaintiff/Respondent Below-Appellant, v. Elizabeth ELTING, Defendant/Petitioner Below-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: February 13, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter B. Ladig, Esquire , Morris James LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; David B. Goldstein, Esquire , Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C., New York, New York for Plaintiff/Respondent, Appellant, Philip R. Shawe.

Kevin R. Shannon, Esquire , Berton W. Ashman, Jr., Esquire , Christopher N. Kelly, Esquire , Jaclyn C. Levy, Esquire , and Mathew A. Golden, Esquire , Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Eric Alan Stone, Esquire , Robert A. Atkins, Esquire , and Gerard E. Harper, Esquire , Paul, Weiss, Rifkand, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, New York; Philip S. Kaufman, Esquire , Ronald S. Greenberg, Esquire , Marjorie E. Sheldon, Esquire , and Jared I. Heller, Esquire , Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, New York for Defendant/Petitioner, Appellee, Elizabeth Elting.

Before STRINE, Chief Justice; HOLLAND, VALIHURA, VAUGHN, and SEITZ, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.


Philip Shawe appeals an order of the Court of Chancery sanctioning him for misconduct throughout litigation with his current business partner and former romantic partner, Elizabeth Elting. After an evidentiary hearing, the Court of Chancery found that Shawe deleted documents from his computer, recklessly failed to safeguard his cell...

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