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Publication Date: 2024-01-22
Practice Area: Real Estate
Industry: Federal Government | Real Estate
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor Mitchell
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula H. Smith, Newark, DE, petitioner pro se.
for defendant: Melanie J. Thompson, CoraAnn M. Foley, Orlans PC, Wilmington, DE for respondent.
Case Number: 2023-0653-LM
Adverse possession claim failed where petitioner had not occupied the property for at least 20 years.
Publication Date: 2024-01-22
Practice Area: Civil Rights
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Butler
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alex Ryle, Smyrna, DE, plaintiff pro se
for defendant: Robert Kleiner, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: N23C-02-192 CEB
Prison inmate's claim regarding the non-delivery of a USPS return receipt failed where there was no evidence that corrections officials had possession of the return receipt and they had assured the inmate they would deliver the return receipt once they received it from the USPS.
Publication Date: 2024-01-22
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher B. Chuff, Joanna J. Cline, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; A. Christopher Young, Erica H. Dressler, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew D. Perri, Morgan R. Harrison, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph M. McLaughlin, Anthony C. Piccirillo, Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: 2018-0907-JTL
Company erred in submitting legal issues to its appraiser that fell outside the scope of the appraiser's limited authority to resolve legal issues concerning the company's operating agreement, as the appraiser was an expert rather than an arbitrator with plenary authority.
Publication Date: 2024-01-22
Practice Area: Patent Litigation
Industry: Biotechnology | Pharmaceuticals
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan E. Morrison, Casey M. Kraning, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE; Brian D. Coggio, Jeremy T. Saks, Fish & Richardson P.C., New York, NY; Kurt L. Glitzenstein, J. Peter Fasse, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, MA, John R. Lane, Fish & Richardson P.C., Houston, TX; Amy M. Dudash, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Julie S. Goldemberg, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Janice H. Logan, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Derek J. Fahnestock, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; William B. Raich, Michael J. Flibbert, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC; Andrew M. Berdon, Robert B. Wilson, James E. Baker, Anastasia M. Fernands, Laura Fairneny, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, NY; Molly Moore, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Washington, DC; Charles E. Lipsey, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Reston, VA; Steven G. Madison, James Bieber, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
Case Number: 20-1226-RGA
Merely combining natural gene sequences was insufficient to create a patentable invention.
Publication Date: 2024-01-22
Practice Area: Real Estate
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Judge: Judge Walrath
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 19-11466 (MFW)
Court declined to dismiss plaintiffs' claims where the parties unambiguously had an agreement creating an easement although certain terms in the agreements were susceptible to multiple interpretations, requiring further proceedings.
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Publication Date: 2024-01-22
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry: Health Care | Insurance
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice LeGrow
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; Andrew Hatchett, Tiffany Powers, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA for appellants.
for defendant: John S. Spadaro, John Sheehan Spadaro, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan L. Parshall, Lauren A. Cirrinicione, Murphy & Landon, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 27, 2023D
Trial court erred in concluding that medical provider had standing to challenge lawfulness of insurer's old billing codes under the workers' compensation law, where the insurer had switched to a new billing code system prior to, and independent of, the provider's lawsuit and any prospective declaratory relief would not redress the claimed injury.
Publication Date: 2024-01-22
Practice Area: Environmental Law
Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Johnston
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian Douglas Wright, Jameson A.L. Tweedie, Ralph K. Durstein, Sawyer M. Traver, Deputy Attorneys General, Wilmington, DE; Victor M. Sher, Matthew K. Edling, Stephanie D. Biehl, Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: David E. Wilks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Thomas G. Hungar, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, Joshua D. Dick, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE; Nathan P. Eimer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, Lisa S. Meyer, Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL; Robert E. Dunn, Eimer Stahl LLP, San Jose, CA; Colleen D. Shields, Patrick M. Brannigan, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tristan L. Duncan, Daniel B. Rogers, William F. Northrip, Shook, Hady & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO; Kevin J. Mangan, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeremiah J. Anderson, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX; Kathryn M. Barber, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Coleen W. Hill, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael F. Healy, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, San Francisco, CA; Michael L. Fox, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, CA; Daniel J. Brown, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Bauer, Margaret A. Tough, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA: Jameson R. Jones, Daniel R. Brody, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO; Michael A. Barlow, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert P. Reznick, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, James Stengel, Marc R. Shapiro, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Catherine Y. Lui, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA; Robert W. Whetzel, Blake Rohrbacher, Alexandra M. Ewing, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Anna Rotman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Houston, TX: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; David C. Frederick, James M. Webster, III, Daniel S. Severson, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC, Washington, DC; Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Nancy G. Milburn, Diana E. Reiter, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan W. Hughes, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA; John D. Lombardo, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jeffrey L. Moyer, Christine D. Haynes, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kevin Orsini, Vanessa A. Lavely, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Antoinette D. Hubbard, Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE; Shannon S. Broome, Ann Marie Mortimer, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, San Francisco, CA; Shawn Patrick Regan, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, NY; Christian J. Singewald, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joy C. Fuhr, Brian D. Schmalzbach, W. Cole Geddy, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy A. Roman, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC; Honor R. Costello, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY; Beth Moskow Schnoll, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmingt
Case Number: N20C-09-097 MMJ CCLD
State common law claims arising from fossil fuel companies' operations which harmed the environment were largely preempted by the Clean Air Act, which regulated the use of fossil fuels and emissions standards.
Publication Date: 2024-01-15
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Electronics | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley R. Aronstam, R. Garrett Rice, Holly E. Newell, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian M. Burnovski, Andrew Ditchfield, Pascale Bibi, Nikolaus J. Williams, Marie Killmond, Danielle Mullery, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: William M. Lafferty, Ryan D. Stottmann, Lauren K. Neal, Alec Hoeschel, Grant E. Michl, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Hallie B. Levin, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, New York, NY; Timothy Perla, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, Boston, MA; William Savitt, Jonathan M. Moses, Elaine Golin, Graham W. Meli, Ryan A. McLeod, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Eric Seiler, Lance J. Gotko, Jason Rubinstein, David J. Ranzenhofer, Sofie Syed, Friedman Kaplan Seiler, Adelman & Robbins LLP, New York, NY; Kurt M. Heyman, Elizabeth A. DeFelice, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-0382-NAC
Majority owner's intentional acts to remove founders from the company to eliminate their right to designate board members materially interfered with those rights in violation of the parties' stockholders' agreement's "reasonable efforts" clause.
Publication Date: 2024-01-15
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Construction | Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew J. Rifino, Kate R. Buck, Shannon D. Humiston, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
for defendant: Colin M. Shalk, Kenneth M. Doss, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 94, 2023
Trial court properly granted remittitur where jury verdict including inflated repair costs was based on testimony from witnesses unqualified to testify about inflation and increased expenses.
Publication Date: 2024-01-15
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
Industry:
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole M. Walker, Santino Ceccotti, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Kathryn J. Garrison, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 364, 2022
Defendant was not entitled to lesser-included offense instruction where there was no set of facts that would permit acquittal on the charged offense but could support conviction on a lesser-included offense.
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