• In re Seroquel XR Antitrust Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-19
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals | Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carmella P. Keener, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bruce E. Gerstein, Joseph Opper, Kimberly M. Hennings, Daniel Litvin, Garwin Gerstein & Fisher LLP, New York, NY; Peter R. Kohn, Joseph T. Lukens, Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, Philadelphia, PA; David F. Sorensen, Caitlin G. Coslett, Berger Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA; Stuart E. Des Roches, Amanda Hass, Chris Letter, Dan Chiorean, Thomas J. Maas, Odom & Des Roches, LLC, New Orleans, LA; Susan C. Segura, Erin R. Leger, David C. Raphael, Jr., Smith Segura Raphael & Leger, LLP, Alexandria, LA; Russell A. Chorush, Heim Payne & Cho Rush, LLP, Houston, TX; Michael J. Barry, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Robert G. Eisler, Deborah A. Elman, Chad B. Holtzman, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., New York, NY; Sharon K. Robertson, Donna M. Evans, Matthew W. Ruan, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, New York, NY; Michael J. Barry, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jayne A. Goldstein, Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, LLP, Media, PA; J. Clayton Athey, Jason Wayne Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Barry L. Refsin, Alexander J. Egervary, Caitlin V. McHugh, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA; Monica L. Kiley, Eric L. Bloom, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Harrisburg, PA; J. Clayton Athey, Jason Wayne Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott E. Perwin, Lauren C. Ravkind, Anna T. Neil, Kenny Nachwalter, P.A., Miami, FL; Heidi M. Silton, Jessica N. Servais, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN; Peter Safirstein, Safirstein Metcalf LLP, New York, NY; Archana Tamoshunas, Taus, Cebulash & Landau, LLP, New York, NY; Lee Albert, Brian D. Brooks, Glancy, Prongay, & Myrray, New York, NY; Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Tiffany Joanne Cramer, Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dianne M. Nast, Joseph N. Roda, Michael D. Ford, NastLaw, Philadelphia, PA; Michael L. Roberts, Stephanie E. Smith, Roberts Law Firm US, PC, Little Rock, AR for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Daniel M. Silver, Alexandrea M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; John E. Schmidtlein, Benjamin M. Greenblum, Colette T. Connor, Thomas S. Fletcher, Akhil K. Gola, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC; Arthur G. Connolly, III, Alan Richard Silverstein, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. Marino, James E. Gallagher, Davis Malm & D'Agostine, P.C., Boston, MA; Jack B. Blumenfeld, Michael J. Flynn, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen J. McIntyre, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Brett J. Williamson, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Newport Beach, CA; Ben Bradshaw, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC; John W. Shaw, Karen E. Keller, Nathan Roger Hoeschen, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas J. Lang, Christina E. Fahmy, Peter M. Boyle, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69888

    Antitrust claims arising from alleged reverse payment agreements were timely under the statute of limitations where each alleged supracompetitive sale constituted a discrete act that started the limitations period for that sale.

  • State v. Sweetwater Point, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-07-12
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald I.H. Street, John I. Ellis, Street & Ellis, P.A., Dover, DE; Bradley S. Eaby, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Dover, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Richard P. Beck, Richard Beck LLC, Centreville, DE; John H. Newcomer, Jr., Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for respondents.

    Case Number: D69880

    Motion to equitably divest the state from its superior title to a parcel under the doctrine of acquiescence denied where there was no evidence to charge the state with knowledge of competing party's possessory acts such that the state could be said to have acquiesced to such acts.

  • Harmon v. Lawson

    Publication Date: 2022-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra Harmon, Hartsville, SC, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin J. Connors, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; Patricia A. Davis, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice, Dover, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69875

    Constitutional claims arising from monition action dismissed where plaintiff had failed to plead defendants' personal involvement in alleged constitutional violations or where defendants enjoyed immunity from suit for actions taken in their official capacity.

  • Univar Solutions Inc. v. Geisenberger

    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Distribution and Wholesale | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew J. Rifino, Travis Ferguson, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jameel S. Turner, James G. Ryan, Bailey Cavalieri LLC, Columbus OH for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Melanie K. Sharp, Martin S. Lessner, Mary F. Dugan, Robert M. Vrana, Young Conaway Stargett & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69858

    Constitutional challenges to audit under state escheat law overruled where there was no showing that state would undertake estimation of escheated property held by entity and where seizure of property owned by entities with foreign last known addresses did not violate the foreign commerce clause.

  • Doe v. New Castle County

    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren A. Cirrinicione, Murphy & Landon, Wilmington, DE; Patrick C. Gallagher, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Mary A. Jacobson, Helene Episcopo, New Castle County Office of Law, New Castle, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69860

    Court denied dismissal of constructive discharge and whistleblower retaliation claims where transfer to work under difficult supervisor could constitute adverse employment action and where employer had failed to present evidence that it had effective process for reporting co-worker harassment.

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  • Mock v. Div. of State Police

    Publication Date: 2022-06-14
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephani J. Ballard, Law Offices of Stephani J. Ballard, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joseph C. Handlon, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69847

    Chancery court lacked jurisdiction to hear police officer's challenge to the termination of his employment for disciplinary violations, where police officers lacked a statutory right to judicial review of such agency action, and any equitable relief sought by the officer could be obtained at law through a writ of mandamus.

  • Russell-Fowler v. GT Wilmington USA

    Publication Date: 2022-06-07
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Scott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sackena Russell-Fowler, Wilmington, DE, pro se appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren E.M. Russell, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Victoria W. Counihan, Victoria E. Groff, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, Delaware for appellees.

    Case Number: D69844

    Court reversed and remanded denial of unemployment benefits where division of unemployment insurance identified discrepancies in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance recipient's earnings, potentially rendering the board's decision in error as it was based on the incorrect standards.

  • Hantz v. Div. of State Police

    Publication Date: 2022-05-31
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. LaRosa, LaRosa & Associates LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kenneth L. Wan, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69834

    Motion to dismiss harassment/retaliation claim denied where employee plausibly pled a continuing course of conduct constituting a hostile work environment and that she was transferred to a less desirable posting after complaining of her disparate treatment.

  • Delmarsh, LLC v. Envt'l Appeals Bd. of the State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2022-05-24
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Abbott, Abbott Law Firm, Hockessin, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Kayli H. Spialter, Delaware Department of Justice, New Castle, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: D69826

    Environmental Appeals Board properly interpreted statutory definition of "wetlands" as not being restricted solely to lands experiencing daily tidal flow, where the Wetlands Act expressly encompassed land features that did not necessarily have daily tides.

  • In re Delaware Pub. Sch. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-10
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Non-Profit | State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard H. Morse, Community Legal Aid Society, Inc., Wilmington, DE; Dwayne Bensing, ACLU Foundation of Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE; Saul P. Morgenstern, Peta Gordon, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Mary A. Jacobson, Adam J. Singer, Nicholas J. Brannick, New Castle County Law Department, New Castle, DE; Craig T. Eliassen, Gary E. Junge, Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE; Krista M. Reale, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D69808

    Court denied application to take interlocutory appeal from order finding plaintiffs were entitled to an award of fees and costs in suit to challenge school district taxation, where the order did not fix the amount of the award, and an interlocutory appeal risked piecemeal litigation.