John P. DiTomo

Morris Nichols received high recognition in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 United States, earning rankings among leading US law firms for M&A counseling and litigation.

For more than a decade, Chambers USA has ranked Morris Nichols in the top Delaware band for Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Chancery, Corporate M&A & Alternative Entities, and Intellectual Property.

Bill Lafferty, John DiTomo, and Matt Clark contributed eight guides on Delaware litigation to Practical Law Litigation.

On Monday, February 17, 2025, the General Assembly publicly released proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”).  The amendments, which we refer to as the “Balancing Amendments,” are intended to rebalance certain aspects of Delaware law relating to conflict transactions, controlling stockholder liability, and books and records demands. 

John DiTomo moderates a Delaware law panel at the NYC Bar Association’s Securities Litigation & Enforcement Institute.

John DiTomo coauthored an article examining the key issues counsel should consider when litigating an appraisal action.

Morris Nichols has made Law360’s annual list of Delaware Regional Powerhouse law firms for the fourth year in a row.

Lawdragon500 Leading Litigators in America’s annual guide includes seven Morris Nichols partners from the firm’s corporate litigation and IP litigation practices.

The Best Lawyers in America has released its 2025 edition listing 39 attorneys from Morris Nichols. The results are based on peer-review evaluations from more than 160,000 eligible attorneys.

In the 2024 edition, Morris Nichols again appears in two Legal 500 practice categories for M&A litigation defense and Delaware counsel. Nineteen Morris Nichols attorneys are mentioned in the editorial for their work in M&A litigation and Delaware corporate and commercial law.

John DiTomo will moderate the Delaware Panel at the NYC Bar Securities Litigation Enforcement Institute.

As 2023 draws to a close, corporate litigators Bill Lafferty and John DiTomo discussed Delaware developments with Law360 Pulse.

The Best Lawyers in America has released its 2024 edition, listing 39 attorneys from Morris Nichols. The results are based on peer-review evaluations from more than 76,000 eligible attorneys.

The Legal 500 US, a nationwide guide to the foremost law firms in the United States has again ranked Morris Nichols.

On February 23, 2023, the Delaware Supreme Court issued a Standing Order designating the five Superior Court judges who serve on that court’s Complex Commercial Litigation Division as Vice Chancellors empowered to hear and resolve any case filed under Section 111, as selected by the Chancellor of the Court of Chancery and the President Judge of the Superior Court.

John DiTomo will moderate the panel, “Important Issues in Current Delaware Litigation“ at the 11th Annual Securities Litigation & Enforcement Institute.

John DiTomo recently spoke with Law360 Pulse about the growing docket of the Delaware Superior Court’s Complex Commercial Litigation Division (CCLD).

The Best Lawyers in America has released its 2023 edition, listing 35 attorneys from Morris Nichols. The results are based on peer-review evaluations from more than 71,000 eligible attorneys.

Morris Nichols’ collaborative culture continues to drive the firm’s inclusion on Law360’s list of 2022 Regional Powerhouses.

John DiTomo offers insight on Delaware cases to watch in the second half of 2022.

The Best Lawyers in America has released its 2022 edition, listing thirty-two attorneys from Morris Nichols. The results are based on peer-review evaluations from more than 66,000 eligible attorneys.

Morris Nichols was ranked in The Legal 500 US, a nationwide guide to the foremost law firms in the United States.

The Legal 500 United States today released its 2020 edition, ranking Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP in its nationwide guide to the foremost law firms in the United States.

Statutory appraisal remedies allow stockholders who believe they have received inadequate consideration in certain transactions, such as mergers or consolidations, to obtain a judicial determination of the fair value of their shares. Over the years, courts, litigants, and experts alike have grappled with how to make an appropriate fair value determination. To marshal the evidence necessary to most favorably present their case, it is vital for counsel involved in appraisal proceedings to understand the relevant statutory requirements and stay up to date on the shifting case law, including the valuation approach courts are likely to prefer in a given situation.

On Thursday, February 9, Justice Randy J. Holland announced his retirement, ending a 30-year tenure of service on the closely-watched Delaware Supreme Court bench.

Wilmington, DE (November 16, 2015) - In early November, the Taiwan Corporate Governance Association hosted the 11th Annual International Corporate Governance Summit, a two-day event in Taipei focused on strengthening internal and external corporate governance mechanisms. Members of the Delaware corporate governance community played prominent roles in the conference, with Morris Nichols partner John P. DiTomo presenting the keynote address and Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy Holland invited as a guest of honor and delivering several speeches addressing emerging issues of Delaware law.

Morris Nichols attorneys Bill Lafferty, John DiTomo and Mac Measly contributed this article on the Delaware Court of Chancery ruling in Healthways II concerning a so-called “dead hand proxy put” provision in a credit agreement.

Morris Nichols’ “Delaware Alert: A Third Circuit Panel Strikes Down the Court of Chancery’s Confidential Arbitrations” was featured on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation on Nov. 8, 2013.

John P. DiTomo, Morris Nichols Corporate and Business Litigation Group member, authored “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Strikes Down Delaware’s Confidential Arbitration Program,” published in the November 2013 State Corner section of Insights: The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor (Vol. 27, No. 11).

John P. DiTomo and A. Gilchrist Sparks III, “The Short-term vs. Long-term Dilemma,” Ch. 6, Corporate Governance 2011, Practising Law Institute (2011)

Stephen P. Lamb, John P. DiTomo, “Federalization vs. Federalism in Corporation Law,” Ch. 25, Corporate Governance 2010 - A Master Class, Practising Law Institute (2010)

John P. DiTomo and William M. Lafferty, “Defining the Proper Subject Matter for a Bylaw under Delaware Law,” Practising Law Institute Corporate Governance 2009, 1774 PLI/Corp 337

John P. DiTomo, “Dual Representation in Derivative Litigation: The Corporate Counsel’s Role in Managing the Corporation’s Conflicts of Interests,” 1677 PLI/Corp 867 (2008)

John P. DiTomo and A. Gilchrist Sparks III, “Management Projections: To Disclose or Not to Disclose?” 1677 PLI/Corp 379 (2008)

John P. DiTomo, “Does New Jersey’s Solution to its Education Crisis Run Afoul of the United States Constitution?” 6 U. PA. J. CONST. L. 328 (November 2003)