Dumpster Devil Legal Fees Order Upheld by Delaware Supreme Court

June 12, 2024, 7:45 PM UTC

No attorneys’ fee award is warranted for a defendant who saw all fraud and trade secret claims against him dismissed or abandoned in a lengthy dispute between two trash compacting businesses, Delaware’s highest court said Wednesday.

The state Court of Chancery properly addressed Kevin McLaren’s fee requests when it ordered him to pay his own costs in the litigation, Supreme Court Justice N. Christopher Griffiths said in a six-page order.

“We find no merit to his arguments and affirm,” Griffiths said.

McLaren helped college friend Todd Perri form one of the companies, Dumpster Devil. The men faced fraud and ...

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