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Publication Date: 2020-02-12
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan P. Newell and Lauren P. DeLuca, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Robert L. Burns and Nicole K. Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE; William Trach, Latham & Watkins LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.
Case Number: D68873
Plaintiff alleged its fraud claims with sufficient particularity, and the allegations suggested that defendant's representations were made with knowledge of their falsity, rather than being mere opinion or puffery.
Publication Date: 2020-01-22
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
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Case Number: D68847
Limitations period tolled under discovery rule where broker did not connect its alleged injury to defendants' purported tortious conduct until defendants had to publicly disclose documents that allegedly showed defendants' efforts to block plaintiff broker out of the proposed transaction.
Publication Date: 2019-08-28
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Barnaby Grzaslewicz and Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnel, Wilmington, DE; David H. Wollmuth, R. Scott Thompson, Michael C. Ledley, Sean P. McGonigle, William A. Maher, Nicole C. Rende and Jay S. Han-dlin, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Jennifer C. Wasson, David A. Seal and Robert J. Kumor, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eva W. Cole, John E. Schreiber, Molly M. Donovan, Joseph A. Litman and Mikaela E. Evans-Aziz, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D68682
The chancery court, as a court of equity, could not enjoin future defamatory statements.
Publication Date: 2019-07-31
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert A. Penza and Christina M. Belitz, Polsinelli PC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Andrew D. Cordo, F. Troupe Mickler IV, and Hayley M. Lenahan, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D68647
Fraud claims arising from investment in business sustained where plaintiff alleged defendant made specific misrepresentations to induce plaintiff's investment.
Publication Date: 2019-07-17
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew E. Fischer, Jacob R. Kirkham and Jacqueline A. Rogers, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plain-tiffs.
for defendant: Peter L. Frattarelli, Archer & Greiner, P.C., Wilmington, DE; James Rosenfeld and Jeremy A. Chase, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: D68634
The Court of Chancery lacked subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate defamation claims, so the court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment, subject to plaintiff's right to transfer the case to Superior Court.
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Publication Date: 2019-05-08
Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
Industry: Consulting | Transportation
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Ross, Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Terry L. Wit, A. William Urquhart, Juan P. Morillo, Derek L. Shaffer, and Lauren H. Dickie, Quinn Emanual Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, San Francisco, CA and Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Matthew F. Davis, and Christopher N. Kelly, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory G. Ballard and Jose F. Sanchez, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; Todd Schlitz, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Scher and Jonathan H. Friedman, Foley & Lardner LLP, New York, NY; Timothy Jay Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, and William E. Gamgord, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ana C. Reyes, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
Case Number: D68551
Actions transferred from superior court to chancery court subject to a fully-briefed and argued motion to dismiss were subject to the chancery court's rule requiring plaintiffs subject to such a motion to either seek leave to amend or stand on their complaint and risk dismissal with prejudice; however, as a matter of first impression the court declined to enforce the rule on plaintiffs.
Publication Date: 2019-04-10
Practice Area: Business Torts | Employment Litigation
Industry: Insurance
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Scott
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael P. Kelly, Andrew S. Dupre and Janine L. Faben, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Oderah C. Nwaeze and Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D68521
Issues of fact precluded the parties' motions for dismissal and judgment on the pleadings in this employment litigation.
Publication Date: 2019-03-20
Practice Area: Business Torts | Securities Litigation
Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Sensing, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dylan P. Kletter and Kelsey D. Bond, Brown Rudnick LLP, Hartford, CT for plaintiff.
for defendant: Dominick T. Gattuso and Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Marc J. Kurzman; Peter M. Nolin and Damian K. Gunningsmith, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP, Stamford, CT and New Haven, CT for defendant.
Case Number: D68501
Purchaser was entitled to recover on its securities fraud claim based on evidence of misrepresentations and omissions, but its common law fraud claim was precluded by the bootstrapping doctrine.
Publication Date: 2019-03-13
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Clarkson Collins, Jr. and Albert J. Carroll, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Charles J. Harder, Harder LLP, Beverly Hills, CA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Richard G. Placey, McCracken Walker & Rhoads, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Carlos F. Gonzales and Matthew Pace of Rimon, P.C. , Coral Gables, FL and New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D68492
Defendants' counterclaims were time-barred, and defendants failed to demonstrate that tolling applied.
Publication Date: 2019-03-13
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Energy
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Ross, Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Terry L. Wit, A. William Urquhart, Juan P. Morillo, Derek L. Shaffer, and Lauren H. Dickie, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, San Francisco, CA and Washingto, DC for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Matthew F. Davis, and Christopher N. Kelly, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory G. Ballard and Jose F. Sanchez, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; Todd Schlitz, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Scher and Jonathan H. Friedman, Foley & Lardner LLP, New York, NY; Timothy J. Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, and William E. Gamgort, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ana C. Reyes, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, attorneys for defendants.
Case Number: D68489
Plaintiffs' negligent misrepresentation claim against their debtor's auditing firm dismissed where the court lacked personal jurisdiction over foreign subsidiaries and where there was no privity of contract or special relationship between plaintiffs and auditor or justifiable reliance on alleged misrepresentations.
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