Delaware Chancery Emphasises Public Access to Court Records; Scope of SoftBank Confidentiality Remains Open in the Excerpt: David Dinkevich v. Deutsche Telekom AG

David Dinkevich v. Deutsche Telekom AG – Court of Chancery of Delaware, 23 October 2026

Summary

In the shareholder and derivative proceedings brought by David Dinkevich against Deutsche Telekom, SoftBank and other parties, the issue was the SoftBank defendants' motion for continued confidential treatment of parts of the complaints and of the Sacks report; a Handelsblatt journalist had challenged the redactions. The court referred to the presumption of public access to court records (public right of access); after the challenge, the defendants withdrew nearly all redactions, and the journalist raised no objection to the confidentiality of the Sacks report. The present excerpt states merely that the court recommends granting the motion “on this point”; because of the omitted passages, it cannot be determined which documents this refers to or how the remaining requested redactions were decided. The text describes the recommendation as a report of the Magistrates in Chancery (Final Report) and gives 4 November 2026 as the deadline for notice of exceptions.

Relevance

For German companies involved in proceedings before the Delaware Court of Chancery, the decision is relevant because of the presumption of public access to court records and the requirements for redactions; Deutsche Telekom is, moreover, a defendant here.

Source: CourtListener

As of: 26 October 2026

NIETZER Rechtsanwälte · Attorneys at Law (USA) · Heilbronn · www.unternehmensrecht.com

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