TransPerfect’s ‘Regurgitated’ Skadden Fee Challenge Rejected (1)

TransPerfect Global Inc. and its owner, now in year seven of their quest to discredit a 2017 court ruling, have run into a judge who’s losing patience with their scorched-earth litigation tactics.

Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick on Monday dismantled the translation company’s latest objections to legal fees charged by its onetime court-appointed custodian, Robert Pincus, a former partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP whom TransPerfect and principal owner Phil Shawe have sued in multiple courts.

McCormick, chief judge of Delaware’s Chancery Court, repeatedly criticized them for rehashing legal positions already rejected by her and her predecessor, ...