• Shaw v. Mock

    Publication Date: 2020-12-16
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam J. Waskie, Andrea Brooks, David E. Wilks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rebecca Song, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69229

    A prison official did not meet his burden of demonstrating that an inmate failed to exhaust his administra-tive remedies, so the court denied summary judgment.

  • In re: Imerys Talc Am., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-09
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stamatios Stamoulis, Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tancred Schiavoni, Janine Panchok-Berry, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: Michael J. Merchant, Marcos A. Ramos, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey E. Bjork, Amy C. Quartarolo, Helena G. Tseregounis, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Richard A. Levy, Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago, IL; Roman Martinez, Gregory B. in den Berken, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Robert S. Brady, Edwin J. Harroun, Sara Beth A.R. Kohut, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: D69216

    No error in bankruptcy court's appointment of future claimants' representative and counsel where adverse parties had waived actual conflict of interest and any other remaining conflict would not prejudice the case.

  • In re: HDR Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pauline K. Morgan, Sean T. Greecher, Joseph M. Mulvihill, Jared W. Kochenash, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for HDR Holdings, Inc. and Schramm, Inc. Donald J. Detweiler, John H. Schanne, II, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Wilmington, DE for Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors of HDR Hold-ings, Inc. Michael D. DeBaecke, Ashby & Geddess P.A., Wilmington, DE for DNOW L.P.
    for defendant: Jamie L. Edmonson, Robinson & Cole LLP, Wilmington, DE; Carey D. Schreiber, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY for GenNx360 Capital Partners, L.P. and Schramm II Inc.

    Case Number: D69201

    Appellants' failure to seek a stay of the bankruptcy court's sale order deprived the district court of juris-diction to consider their appeals.

  • Clemons v. New Castle County

    Publication Date: 2020-11-11
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michele D. Allen, Allen & Associates, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Mary A. Jacobson, Laura Thomas Hey, New Castle County Office of Law, New Castle, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69182

    Americans with Disabilities Act claim failed where employee did not meet standard of "qualified individual" as request for leave without information on expected progress of treatment or anticipated date of return constituted a request for open-ended leave that was an unreasonable request for accommodation.

  • Internet Media Interactive Corp. v. Shopify Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Pazuniak, O’Kelly & Ernst, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel M. Silver, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Reiter, Y. Audrey Yang, Brian M. Buroker, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: D69177

    Based on the totality of the circumstances, the court declined to award defendant its attorney fees follow-ing plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of the complaint with prejudice.

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  • M.W. v. Lynch

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter L. Frattarelli, Kevin F. Shaw, Archer & Grenier, P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Stephen M. Ferguson, Kenneth L. Wan, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69179

    Plaintiffs adequately alleged certain claims for personal liability against officials at a detention facility.

  • Rath v. Vita Sanotec, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Enrique D. Arana Carlton Fields, P.A., Miami, FL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Richard D. Heins, Tiffany Geyer Lydon, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE

    Case Number: D69169

    The court awarded attorney fees to plaintiff in this trademark matter, because it was an exceptional case and defendant had litigated the action in an unreasonable manner.

  • New Balance Athletics, Inc. v. USA New Bunren Int'l Co. Ltd. LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-10-07
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Arthur G. Connolly, III, Ryan P. Newell, Stephanie Smiertka Riley, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas L. Holt, Jeremy L. Buxbaum, Perkins Coie LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Dennis J. Butler, John D. Simmons, Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy T. Wang, Ni, Wang & Massand, PLLC, Dallas, TX for defendant.

    Case Number: D69145

    The court awarded treble damages for trademark infringement, but it denied plaintiff's request for an award of attorney fees.

  • Doe v. Aimbridge Hospitality, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-10-07
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Travel and Tourism
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Felice, Bailey Glasser LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael J. Logullo, Rawle & Henderson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brandon J. Hechtman, Josefine Blick, Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy and Ford, P.A., Coral Gables, FL for defendant.

    Case Number: D69143

    Civil sexual assault suit dismissed on grounds of forum non conveniens where the alleged assaults took place in another country where neither the victim nor the alleged perpetrators were citizens or residents of Delaware, such that the state had little interest in the controversy.

  • DiaMedica Therapeutics, Inc. v. PRA Health Sciences, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-07
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Biotechnology | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal C. Belgam, Kathleen M. Miller, Smith Katzenstein Jenkins, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Arthur G. Connolly, III, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen B. Brauerman, Elizabeth A. Powers, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; James P. Flynn, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., Newark, NJ for defendants.

    Case Number: D69142

    Motion to transfer venue denied where there was a real question as to whether the receiving forum could exercise personal jurisdiction over one defendant as the alleged contacts that might be sufficient to support personal jurisdiction were only conducted by that defendant's parent company.