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  • Killian v. The Int'l Soc'y of Interdisciplinary Eng'rs LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-31
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education | Non-Profit | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Wilmington, DE: David Wechsler, Daniel Grossman, Harris St. Lauren & Wechsler LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jessica C. Watt, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven Suflas, Ballard Spahr LLP, Salt Lake City, UT; Joseph J. Bailey, Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia, PA for defendants.
    Case Number: N22C-05-11 EMD

    Court declined to dismiss breach of employment contract and wage claims as the parties had a genuine factual dispute over the basis for the termination of employee's employment contract, which could control whether employee was entitled to severance pay required by the agreement.

  • In re: ComedyMX, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-03
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Goldblatt
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-11181 (CTG)

    Court lacked authority to de-designate, upon a creditor's motion, a Subchapter V bankruptcy as a regular Chapter 11 proceeding over the debtor's objection.

  • Hawk Inv. Holdings Ltd. v. Stream TV Networks, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-13
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Andrew S. Dupre, Brian R. Lemon, Stephanie H. Dallaire, Travis J. Ferguson, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2022-0930-JTL

    Secured creditor validly exercised rights under pledge agreement to replace sole director of debtor's wholly-owned subsidiary, where creditor regained enforcement rights it had assigned when the assignee defaulted on its agreement with creditor.

  • In re: Diversified Mercury Commc'ns, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-12-13
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Owens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-10757 (KBO)

    Bankruptcy trustee could not recover preferential transfer that constituted payment of an invoice for services rendered in the ordinary course of business, where there was no indication of unusual collection efforts by the creditor.

  • Int'l Bus. Machs. Corp. v. Zynga Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-06
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Moore, Bindu A. Palapura, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; John M. Desmarais, Karim Z. Onssayef, Lindsey E. Miller, Edward Geist, Raymond N. Habbaz, William Vietb, Benjamin Rodd, Amy I. Wann, Jonas R. McDavit, Tamir Packin, Desmarais LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alyssa Caridis, Jack O'Neal, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Clement S. Robert, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA; Evan D. Brewer, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Menlo Park, CA; Richard F. Martinelli, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 22-590-GBW

    Patent infringement claim dismissed where computer systems patent claimed an abstract idea that did not provide an inventive concept.

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  • Groove Digital, Inc. v. King.com Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-29
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen L. Pascale, Robert M. Vrana, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian S. Seal, Thomas G. Southard, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Cameron P. Clark, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Sacksteder Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, CA; Geoffrey Miller, Fenwick & West LLP, Mountain View, CA; Michael Flynn, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen R. Smith, Samuel Whitt, Cooler LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: 18-836-RGA

    Court relied upon extrinsic evidence to understand how person of ordinary skill in the art would construe patent terms in dispute in claim construction.

  • Bearbox LLC v. Lancium LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-11-22
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew C. Mayo, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Benjamin T. Horton, John R. Labbe, Raymond R. Ricordati III, Chelsea M. Murray, Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Chad S.C. Stover, Mark C. Nelson, Darrick J. Hooker, Adam M. Kaufmann, Dana Amato Sarros, David M. Lisch, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 21-534-GBW

    The court issued a ruling defining the claim terms of a patent consistent with the arguments made by defendant LLC.

  • Ramcell, Inc. v. Alltel Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-22
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carmella P. Keener, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Pullara, Houston, TX; Ryan van Steenis, Ajamie LLP, Houston, TX for petitioner.
    for defendant: Richard L. Renck, Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Tracey E. Timlin, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE for respondent.
    Case Number: 2019-0601-PAF

    Court used blended approach of parties' experts calculations of company's fair market value to conduct statutory appraisal, where neither expert persuasively demonstrated that their model's data was inherently reliable although each model did have some reliable features.

  • Buzzfeed, Inc. v. Anderson

    Publication Date: 2022-11-15
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rolin P. Bissell, Elena C. Norman, Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mary Eaton, Thomas Walsh, Nicholas Caselli, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan Kortmansky, Melissa Ginsberg, Braunhagey & Borden LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David A. Felice, Bailey & Glaser, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin D. Galbraith, Taylor N. Perretti, The Galbraith Law Firm, New York, NY; Sean R. O’Brien, A.J. Monaco, O’Brien LLP, New York, NY; Yonaton Aronoff, Joseph Gallagher, Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2022-0357-MTZ

    New corporate entity following SPAC transaction was not bound to employment agreements executed by prior corporate entity and thus new entity was not obligated to arbitrate employees' grievances.

  • Bocock v. Innovate Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-15
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Harris, David B. Anthony, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin G. Abrams, J. Peter Shindel, Jr., April M. Ferraro, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martin S. Lessner, Daniel M. Kirshenbaum, M. Paige Valeski, Wilmington, DE, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP; Beth I. Z. Boland, Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston, MA; Chelsea L. Hilliard, Foley & Lardner LLP, Dallas, TX; Stephen C. Norman, Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric Landau, Travis Biffar, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, Irvine, CA; Stephen C. Norman, Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric Landau, Travis Biffar, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, Irvine, CA; Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: 2021-0224-PAF

    Fiduciary claims largely dismissed where plaintiffs engaged in group pleading, although the court declined to dismiss claims that specifically pled how controllers usurped a corporate opportunity from the nominal corporate defendant.