• Gemedy Inc. v. The Carlyle Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Comrie Barr Flinn, Alberto E. Chavez, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark L. D. Wawro, Max L. Tribble, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Houston, TX; Tamar Lusztig, Susman Godfrey, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Alexandra M. Cumings, Ryan D. Stottmann, William M. Lafferty, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael B. Carlinsky, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Kevin P.B. Johnson, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; Patrick D. Curran, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.

    Case Number: 23-157-CFC

    Defendants could remove case under federal officer removal statute by alleging that it had acquired the right to use plaintiff's intellectual property via federal government contracts after the government allegedly obtained "unlimited right" to the intellectual property.

  • Adviser Investments, LLC v. Powell

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Adam D. Gold, A. Gage Whirley, Ross Aronstam & Moritz, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark W. Premo-Hopkins, Katie Lencioni, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Henry E. Gallagher, Jr., Lauren DeLuca, Jarrett W. Horowitz, Connolly Gallagher, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Lazar P. Raynal, Melanie Burke, Tatum Ellis, King & Spalding, LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: 2022-1149-MAA

    Determining that the purchase agreement did not bar claims based on extra-contractual statements, the court declined to dismiss plaintiff's fraud claims concerning the purchase of defendant's company. The court also found that the detailed factual allegations contained in the complaint stated a claim for fraud and that fraud claims were not barred by the anti-bootstrapping rule.

  • Holifield v. XRI Inv. Holdings LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-09-18
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Consulting | Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. McDermott, Richard I. G. Jones, Jr., David B. Anthony, Zachary J. Schnapp, Harry W. Shenton, IV, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Eric A. Veres, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert N. Hochman, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, Margaret Hope Allen, Angela C. Zambrano, Yolanda Cornejo Garcia, Sidley Austin LLP, Dallas, TX; Robin Wechkin, Sidley Austin LLP, Issaquah, WA for appellee.

    Case Number: 407, 2022

    Court declined to disavow jurisprudence holding that parties to an LLC agreement could impose incurable voidness on purported transactions under the agreement since the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act gave broad contractual freedom in an operating agreement.

  • In re: Furniture Factory Ultimate Holding, L.P

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Consulting | Investments and Investment Advisory | Retail
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Stickles
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 20-12816(JKS)

    The court denied motions to dismiss counts alleging breach of fiduciary duties, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duties, recharacterization of debt to equity, and equitable subordination arising from defendants' control of debtor that led to its bankruptcy.

  • Jaroslawicz v. M&T Bank Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Wallach
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis J. Murphy, Jr., Jonathan L. Parshall, Murphy, Spadaro & Landon, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Coren, Benjamin M. Mather, Matthew R. Williams, Kauffman, Coren & Ress, P.C, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Brian M. Rostocki, Anne M. Steadman, Justin M. Forcier, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan K. Youngwood, Janet A. Gochman, Tyler A. Anger, Katherine A. Hardiman, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY; Kevin R. Shannon, Jonathan A. Choa, Daniel Rusk, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy Richelle High, Scott A. Foltz, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 15-00897-EJW

    Court declined to exclude expert report in support of class certification where unreliability of trading model was not fatal to the reliability and admissibility of the report's event study, but plaintiffs' theories of damages in their expert report did not encompass some damages experienced by certain sophisticated investors.

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  • Beautycon Media ABC Trust v. New General Market Partners, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel: Kevin M. Capuzzi, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Paul D. Brown, Mark L. Desgrosseilliers, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; F. Maximilian Czernin, Peter R. Morrison, Squire Patton Boggs, LLP, Cincinnati, OH for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-12-143 MAA CCLD

    Plaintiff, in its capacity as trustee of plaintiff's company, filed suit against the company's investor for breach of contract, fraudulent inducement, and tortious interference with prospective contractual relations, as well as other claims that had been dismissed. Plaintiff alleged that, when its company had been in a precarious financial situation which had been known by defendant, defendant had intentionally interfered with a prospective deal the company was negotiating with another investor by actively discouraging the deal within

  • Blue Valley, LLC v. Klein

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Harris, Esquire, Harry Shenton IV, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John Klein, Tampa, FL, pro se defendant.

    Case Number: N20C-03-300 SKR CCLD

    The court ruled that it did not need to reach an offensive collateral estoppel analysis because plaintiff had carried its burden of proof for summary judgment on the merits demonstrating a breach of the indemnification agreement at issue.

  • Evolve Growth Initiatives, LLC v. Equilibrium Health Solutions LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew Z. Schwartz, Euripides Dalmanieras, Christian A. Garcia, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Travis S. Hunter, and Sara M. Metzler, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Motty Shulman, Centricity Law PLLC, New York, NY; Robin A. Henry, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-1113-SG

    Although arbitral panel did not expressly address claims against one defendant in its award imposing joint and several liability against all defendants, that oversight did not rise to the level of significant error necessary to overturn an arbitration award where those theories of liability against the defendant were pled by claimants and thus before the panel for its consideration.

  • SARN SD3, LLC v. Czechoslovak Group A.S.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Coleen W. Will, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ryan E. Borneman, Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip Trainer, Jr., Tiffany Geyer Lydon, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Kenneth J. Pfaehler, Dentons US LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: N17C-12-185 EMD CCLD

    Post-judgment interest did not begin accruing in a case where the court had not granted a final appealable judgment on a partial summary judgment motion.

  • Atallah v. Malone

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Troupe Mickler IV, Stephen E. Jenkins, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; William J. Fields, Christopher J. Kupka, Samir Shukurov, Fields Kupka & Shukurov LLP, New York, NY; Gustavo F. Bruckner, Samuel J. Adams, Daryoush Behbood, Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY; Brian Schall, The Schall Law Firm, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Tyler J. Leavengood, Jaclyn C. Levy, Michael C. Gorski, Jr., Lucille E. Wiesner, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Richard B. Harper, Vern Cassin, Thomas E. O’Brien, Alyssa M. Pronley, Kristina Wenner, Baker Botts LLP, New York, NY; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Reiko Rogozen, Roger S. Stronach, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph O. Larkin, Matthew P. Majarian, Rupal K. Joshi, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; James R. Carroll, Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-1116-SG

    The court denied defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' derivative complaint which alleged that one defendant had made a sham offer to purchase another defendant's high vote stock to trigger a call right, which in turn resulted in significant monetary benefits to both defendants and harm to nominal defendant.