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  • Deutsche Bank AG v. Devon Park Bioventures, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-14
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Aaron R. Sims, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; David G. Januszewski, Sheila C. Ramesh, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James M. Yoch, Jr., Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin C. Maclay, Todd E. Phillips, Quincy M. Crawford, Nathaniel R. Miller, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, DC; William M. Kelleher, Phillip A. Giordano, Gordon Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ira S. Zaroff, Richard M. Zaroff, Zaroff & Zaroff LLP, Garden City, NY; P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, R. Eric Hacker, Damon B. Ferrara, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69464

    Transfer of an ownership interest in a Delaware entity by itself was insufficient to constitute sufficient minimum contacts to support the exercise of long-arm jurisdiction over the foreign transferor and transferee.

  • In re: EHT US1, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-30
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Sontchi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark D. Collins, Brendan J. Schlauch, Megan E. Kenney, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; P. Sabin Willett, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA; Jennifer Feldsher, New York, NY; David M. Riley, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Seth Van Aalten, G. David Dean, Justin R. Alberto, Cole Schotz, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Luc A. Despins, G. Alexander Bongartz, Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: D69447

    Bankruptcy courts were to look to the laws of the jurisdiction where a foreign entity was formed and resided to determine if its structure qualified it to be a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code.

  • Houston Cas. Co. v. Truist Fin. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John C. Phillips, Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gabriela Richeimer, Justin Levy, Clyde & Co. LLP, Washington, DC; Barry M. Klayman, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jody C. Barillare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; John C. Goodchild III, Su Jin Kim, Aman-da Lashner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.
    Case Number: D69442

    The court granted buyer's motion for summary judgment because the parties' purchase agreement required seller to indemnify buyer, but buyer's insurer was not entitled to summary judgment.

  • Auto Equity Loans of Delaware LLC v. Baird

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Automotive
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen A. Spence, Catherine M. Cramer, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt, LLC, Lewes, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Vivian A. Houghton, Law Office of Vivian A. Houghton, Wilmington, DE; Robert F. Salvin, Bala Cynwyd, PA for appellees.
    Case Number: D69439

    Application to trial court for statutory fee shifting for appellee work was not time-barred where litigants requested remand for entry of judgment and to file applications for fees, while the appellate courts' decisions remanded the matter back to the trial court for further proceedings.

  • CIBC Bank USA v. JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-06-16
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. Mangan, Nicholas T. Verna, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward S. Weil, Melanie J. Chico, Mark A. Silverman, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Raymond H. Lemisch, Sean M. Brennecke, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael Granne, Provenzano Granne & Bader LLP, New York, NY; Matthew B. Lunn, Mary F. Dugan, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David E. Wilks, Andrea S. Brooks, Julie M. O’Dell, Wilks, Lukoff & Bracegirdle, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69430

    Claims arising from defendants' entering into side agreements that purportedly interfered with plaintiff's security interest were dismissed where plaintiff failed to plead facts sufficient to show bad faith or that it induced the entry into the side agreements.

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  • Long v. Fulton Bank, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. White, Matthew J. Rufino, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jared T. Green, R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69427

    Where plaintiffs delayed approximately seven years before terminating a lease for nonpayment of rent, they breached an agreement, but factual questions remained on the issue of waiver, so the court declined to grant judgment in favor of defendant.

  • In re: Ursa Operating Co. LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Energy | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria Aprile Sawczuk, Goldstein & McClintock, LLP, Wilmington, DE; George A. Barton, Taylor P. Foye, Barton and Burrows, LLC, Mission, KS for royalty claimants.
    for defendant: Robert S. Brady, Edmon L. Morton, Kenneth J. Enos, Joseph M. Mulvihill, Young Conaway Stargatt & Tay-lor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Duston K. McFaul, Maegan Quejada, Sidley Austin LLP, Houston, TX; David Kronenberg, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Robert S. Velevis, Sidley Austin LLP, Dallas, TX for wind-down debtor. John H. Knight, Amanda R. Steele, David T. Queroli, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ana Alfonso, Erin Ryan, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for Wells Fargo Bank.
    Case Number: D69426

    Royalty claimants were not entitled to an emergency stay in this appeal because they failed to show irrepa-rable harm or a likelihood of success.

  • GXP Capital, LLC v. Argonaut Mfg. Serv., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-02
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Finger, Finger & Slanina, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John L. Reed, Peter H, Kyle, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Brian A. Foster, Julie Gryce, DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, CA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69418

    The Delaware Supreme Court concluded that the lower court did not abuse its discretion in staying this ac-tion to permit plaintiff to file an action in a more convenient forum.

  • Franklin v. Navient, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-05
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ricky R. Franklin, Stockbridge, GA, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joelle Eileen Polesky, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69384

    Supreme Court's striking down of the government debt exception to Telephone Consumer Protection Act ban on robocalls as unconstitutional rendered the law void, such that defendant could not rely on that law to avoid liability.

  • Consumer Fin. Prot. Bureau v. The Nat'l Collegiate Master Student Loan Trust

    Publication Date: 2021-04-21
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gabriel S.H. Hopkins, Jane M.E. Peterson, Stephen C. Jacques, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Melissa N. Donimirski, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Erik W. Haas, Peter W. Tomlinson, Joshua Kipnees, George A. LoBiondo, Jared Buszin, Devon Hercher, Peter Shakro, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY; Stacey A. Scrivani, Stevens & Lee, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Nicholas H. Pennington, Stevens & Lee, P.C., King of Prussia, PA; Stephen B. Brauerman, Jason C. Jowers, Elizabeth A. Powers, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for intervenors.
    Case Number: D69366

    Where CFPB director lacked constitutional authority to initiate an enforcement action, failure of the agency to take diligent action to preserve its enforcement rights meant that ratification by validly appointed director outside the statute of limitation was untimely.