Delaware Corporation Law Council Won’t Recommend Legal Fee Caps

March 19, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC

An influential Delaware state bar committee is declining to recommend limiting payouts to shareholder attorneys after weighing the idea for more than a year.

Elena Norman, a member of the Corporation Law Council, said Thursday that it’s “not currently recommending any changes or caps” to contingency-based legal fees, a hot topic in a state where investor lawsuits have yielded paydays as large as $267 million in recent years. The council’s priorities typically dictate Delaware’s legislative agenda when it comes to corporate law.

Norman, a Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP partner, referred to last year’s legal overhaul and recent ...

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