Delaware Loses Over $3 Trillion as Companies Flee to Texas, Other States
15th April 2026
For over a century, Delaware has been the preferred home for corporations, thanks largely to its Court of Chancery — a specialized court known for its expertise in business law — and a well-established legal framework that offered predictability.
But that reputation is now history.
Corporate leaders increasingly argue that Delaware’s legal environment has become unpredictable, with courts seemingly controlled by major trial firms that donate heavily to the Democrats’ local political machine.
With big money at work Delaware’s judges no longer see the law as black and white.
Harvard professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz has called the state’s judiciary “one of the most corrupt in the nation.”