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  • In re: TPC Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-19
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Goldblatt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D69889

    Court declined to read anti-subordination clause into note agreement where the agreement permitted a supermajority of holders to release the collateral securing the note, since releasing collateral would be a much greater intrusion into noteholders' rights than subordination.

  • In re: Maxus Energy Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-05
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Energy | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Sontchi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; J. Christopher Shore, White & Case LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Deheny, Curtis S. Miller, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Corey D. Berman, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Miami, FL; John J. Kuster, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; Matthew McGuire, Landis Rath & Cobb LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey A. Rosenthal, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69876

    Court denied parties' cross-motions on fraudulent transfer and alter ego claims where there were genuine issues of material fact regarding whether transfers could fall under definition of fraudulent transfers and whether transfers were undertaken for legitimate purposes.

  • Univar Solutions Inc. v. Geisenberger

    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Distribution and Wholesale | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew J. Rifino, Travis Ferguson, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jameel S. Turner, James G. Ryan, Bailey Cavalieri LLC, Columbus OH for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Melanie K. Sharp, Martin S. Lessner, Mary F. Dugan, Robert M. Vrana, Young Conaway Stargett & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69858

    Constitutional challenges to audit under state escheat law overruled where there was no showing that state would undertake estimation of escheated property held by entity and where seizure of property owned by entities with foreign last known addresses did not violate the foreign commerce clause.

  • In re The Chemours Company Sec. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce E. Jameson, Marcus E. Montejo, Stephen D. Dargitz, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE, liaison counsel for the class. Mary Sikra Thomas, Bruce E. Jameson Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Maya S. Saxena, Joseph E. White, III, Lester R. Hooker, Dianne M. Pitre, Saxena White P.A., Boca Raton, FL; Steven B. Singer, Kyla Grant, Saxena White P.A., White Plains, NY; David R. Kaplan, Saxena White P.A., San Diego, CA for lead plaintiff and for the class.
    for defendant: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey Gorris, Christopher Foulds, Christopher P. Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris P.A., Wilmington, DE for de-fendant.
    Case Number: D69736

    The court held that plaintiff met its pleading requirements when he alleged that defendant made false statements in annual and quarterly reports about maximum remediation liabilities

  • Venator Materials PLC v. Tronox Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-25
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Garrett B. Moritz, S. Michael Sirkin, Adam D. Gold, S. Reiko Rogozen, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilming-ton, DE for plaintiff/counterclaim defendant.
    for defendant: Patricia A. Winston, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE, Glen Silverstein, Michael J. Tiffany, Stephanie L. Gase, Daniel A. Johnson, Leader Berkon Colao & Silverstein LLP, New York, NY for defendant/counterclaim plaintiff.
    Case Number: D69689

    The court held that one of plaintiff's motions in limine was premature as issues of relevancy and prejudice raised by plaintiff were better resolved at trial and the other motion in limine to exclude purported expert was without basis because the witness's background clearly made him an expert in the area where he planned to testify. Opposed motions in limine denied.

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  • Baker v. Croda, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-07
    Practice Area: Toxic Torts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly Ann Evans, Kyle John Mcgee, Kelly L. Tucker, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Frank M. Petosa, Marcio W. Valladares, Michael Ram, Rene F. Rocha, T. Michael Morgan, Morgan & Morgan, Fort Lauderdale, FL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Zi-Xiang Shen, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Athena D. Dalton, Stephen A. Swedlow, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.
    Case Number: D69635

    The court held that plaintiffs failed to state a cause of action for tort claims because they were unable to plead that they had received an injury from defendant's allegedly negligent leaking of a known carcinogen around where plaintiffs lived.

  • In Re Chemours Co. Derivative Litig.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-16
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Robert D. Klausner, Stuart A. Kaufman, Klausner Kaufman Jensen & Levinson, Plantation, FL; Gustavo F. Bruckner, Daryoush Behbood, Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY; Kip B. Shuman, Shuman, Glenn & Stecker, San Francisco, CA; Rusty E. Glenn, Shuman, Glenn & Stecker, Denver, CO; Brett D. Stecker, Shuman, Glenn & Stecker, Ardmore, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey Gorris, Christopher Foulds, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jonathan M. Moses, Ryan A. McLeod, Justin L. Brooke, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69607

    Plaintiffs failed to allege sufficient facts to support claim of demand futility because it could not show that officers and directors faced substantial liability for approving stock repurchases and dividend payments. Motion to dismiss granted.

  • Blue Cube Spinco LLC v. The Dow Chem. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-13
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Adam D. Gold, Anthony M. Calvano, Ross Aronstam & Mortitz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Craig C. Martin, Matthew J. Thomas, Skyler J. Silvertrust, Chloe Holt, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Chicago, IL; Shaimaa M. Hussein, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph B. Schmit, Richard Weingarten, Phillips Lytle LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: D69567

    Plaintiff adequately stated a claim for breach of contract where it alleged that defendant's actions regarding the real property sold to plaintiff arguably caused plaintiff to suffer quantifiable losses, thereby triggering a duty to indemnify plaintiff.

  • Florida Chem. Co., LLC v. Flotek Indus., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly and Daniel M. Rusk, IV, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William C. O’Neil, Joanna R. Travalini, Adam J. Smith, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, J. Peter Shindel, Adam K. Schulman, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Layne E. Kruse, Joy Soloway, Kelly Potter, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.
    Case Number: D69522

    Seller's subsidiary was bound to a forum selection clause based on estoppel, even though it was not a signatory to the sale agreement.

  • Thorne v. Crane Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-14
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Defense
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Fallon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D69468

    In this asbestos-related personal injury case, the court concluded that the applicable substantive law was based on the manifestation approach rather than the exposure approach.