• Ainslie v. Fitzgerald

    Publication Date: 2023-01-17
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake A. Bennett, Cooch & Taylor P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph Delich, Alex Potter, Kevin Goode, Freedman Nordmand Friedland LLP, New York, NY; Kyle Roche, Kyle Roche, P.A., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: C. Barr Flinn, Paul J. Loughman, Alberto E. Chávez, Skyler A. Speed, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David A. Paul, Cantor Fitzgerald, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: 9436-VCZ

    The court granted in part and denied in part parties' cross-motions for summary judgment regarding the appropriateness of penalties arising out of a partnership's restrictive covenants.

  • Omega Capital Mgmt. Partners, LLC v. Schrage

    Publication Date: 2023-01-03
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Restrepo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-2924

    The court vacated an order of the District Court granting a motion to dismiss a breach of contract claim on the basis that appellant had failed to establish an enforceable contract between the parties.

  • Gone GB Ltd. v. Intel Servs. Div., LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-12-20
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: E-Commerce | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Wilks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; David Leichtman, Leichtman Law PLLC, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Matthew E. Fischer, Jonathan A. Choa, Jacqueline A. Rogers, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Vanessa Soriano Power, Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, WA; Samantha K. Sondag, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, OR for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-05-198 EMD CCLD

    Quasi-contractual claims failed where there was no evidence that plaintiffs performed any services or conferred any benefit on defendants beyond those expressly identified in the parties' written contract.

  • Yogi Krupa, Inc. v. GLeS, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-22
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Energy | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Thomas Earle, Randall Shaw MacTough, Zarwin Baum De Vito Kaplan Schaer Toddy P.C., Wilmington, DE; Stuart A. Schwager, Lerch, Early & Brewer, Chtd., Bethesda, MD for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William Edward Gamgort, Daniel Paul Johnson, Jennifer Marie Kinkus, Young, Conway, St Argatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE; Ronald P. Golden, III, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Karen T. Staib, Michael A. King, Shipman & Goodwin LLP, Hartford, CT for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-226-CFC

    Fuel station operator could not assert claims under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act against the station property owner where franchisee had direct sublease and supply agreements with party that the owner had leased the property to, as there was no franchise relationship.

  • Atl. NWI, LLC v. The Carlyle Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-15
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Eric D. Selden, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin B. Huff, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Thomas P. Will, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Van Kirk, Sarah F. Kirkpatrick, James M. Rice, Nicholas A. Maricic, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-0944-SG

    Plaintiff could pursue tortious interference with contract claim against third party by alleging that it knew of exclusivity provisions in plaintiff's contract based on industry practice and past practice between plaintiff's affiliates and the third party, and by alleging that third party's decision to usurp business opportunities would result in breach of the contract.

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  • Kodiak Building Partners, LLC. v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2022-10-18
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven J. Fineman, Travis S. Hunter, Alexandra M. Ewing, Dorronda R. Bordley, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Andrew L. Cole, Michael E. Fitzpatrick, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Brian P. Matthews, Cole Schotz P.C., Hackensack, NJ for defendant.

    Case Number: 2022-0311-MTZ

    Court denied the motion for preliminary injunction filed by plaintiff corporation against its former employee on the basis that the operating restrictive covenant waiver provision did not preclude the court from reviewing the reasonableness of the restrictive covenant.

  • Goddess Approved Prod., LLC v. Wolox

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David W. deBruin, Napoli Shkolnik, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jeremy D. Anderson, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 20-cv-1697-SB

    Plaintiff plausibly alleged breach of contract where parties' statement of work required defendant to deliver functional prototypes of mobile applications, and there was no evidence defendant ever delivered a functional prototype.

  • Verint Americas Inc. v. Fornell

    Publication Date: 2022-09-20
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian P. Egan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Margaret M. DiBianca, Jay M. Berger, K.J. Edward Fornell, William D. Cramer, Clark Hill PLC, Wilmington, DE; Sally J. Daugherty, Salmon, Ricchezza, Singer & Turchi, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 1:21-cv-00674-SB-SRF

    Court requested that the magistrate judge reconsider a motion to dismiss, transfer, and stay a case where the magistrate judge had ruled that the first-filed rule applied.

  • Outbox Sys., Inc. v. Trimble Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia L. Enerio, Jamie Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel, Wilmington, DE; Gerry Silver, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven T. Margolin, Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69944

    Account stated claim dismissed where duplicative of a well-pleaded breach of contract claim and where plaintiff had failed to adequately plead the existence of a debt or account or defendant's express admission to an amount due under such account or debt.

  • In Re Morrow Park Holding LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-08-30
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fiorvanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Richard P. Rollo, Travis S. Hunter, Angela Lam, Nicole M. Henry, John T. Miraglia, Richards, Layton, & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Alan S. Loewinsohn, Kerry Schonwald, Loewinsohn, Deary, Simony Ray LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: D69935

    Court denied breach of contract claim in real estate development dissolution case holding that plaintiffs failed to establish that defendants breached material terms of the agreement, their actions were unreasonable, or but for defendants' actions, the plaintiffs would be in a different position.