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  • Backertop Licensing LLP v. Canary Connect, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-16
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Consumer Products | Electronics
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jimmy C. Chong, Chong Law Firm, PA, Wilmington, DE; Ronald W. Bums, Fresh IP PLC, Frisco, TX for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Alan Richard Silverstein, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark K. Suri, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago, IL; Jeremy Douglas Anderson, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Ricardo J. Bonilla, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Dallas, TX for defendants.
    Case Number: 22-572-CFC

    Court had jurisdiction to issue memorandum despite plaintiff's motion to voluntarily dismiss, where the purpose of the memorandum was to obtain information for the court concerning whether plaintiff had been fraudulently established to shield real parties-in-interest from liability for bringing potentially frivolous litigation.

  • Merck & Co., Inc. v. Bayer AG

    Publication Date: 2023-04-18
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Consumer Products | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Taylor, Jr., Saul Ewing LLP, Wilmington, DE; Amy S. Kline, Saul Ewing LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Joseph D. Lipchitz, Saul Ewing LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Kyle H. Lachmund, Kevin M. Kidwell, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Dustin F. Guzior, Y. Carson Zhou, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: 2021-0838-NAC

    Asset purchase agreement unambiguously gave seller of product lines perpetual liability for product liability claims for product sold prior to closing, such that the contract's clause sunsetting certain indemnification rights did not apply to the provision allocating third-party liabilities.

  • Mehra v. Teller

    Publication Date: 2023-03-14
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Reed, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Patrick J. Smith, Brian T. Burns, Smith Zillazor LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jon E. Abramczyk, D. McKinley Measley, Alexandra Cumings, Elizabeth A. Mullin, Sebastian Van Oudenallen, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2019-0812-KSJM

    Although LLC agreement entitled member to continued economic distribution rights after Holdco distributed the shares it held in its subsidiary, the subsidiary was not an indispensable party where its manager and preferred members were already parties to the action and had authority to amend the subsidiary's LLC agreement.

  • Persawvere v. Milwaukee Elec. Tool Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Consumer Products | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly Allenspach Del Dotto, Susan E. Morrison, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE; Kurt L. Glitzenstein, Jacob B. Pecht, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Amy M. Dudash, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason C. White, Scott D. Sherwin, Maria E. Doukas, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.
    Case Number: 21-400-GBW

    Court declined to adopt limited construction of patent terms based on prosecution history where inventor had merely clarified patent to distinguish invention from prior art.

  • Olsen v. Fisher-Price, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-17
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Consumer Products | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Carpenter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Leoni, Shelsby & Leoni, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Alan M. Feldman, Daniel J. Mann, Edward S. Goldis, Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner, Weinstock & Dodig, LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Liza Zwally Brown, Corrine R. Moini, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N21C-02-097 WCC

    Although Missouri law did not allow application of the discovery rule to toll or extend the statute of limitations on wrongful death claims, defendants could be equitably estopped from asserting a statute of limitations defense if they engaged in intentional concealment of evidence of the dangerous nature of their product.

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  • ITG Brands, LLC v. Reynolds Am., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-18
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Matthew F. Davis, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Elizabeth B. McCallum, Gilbert S. Keteltas, Carey S. Busen, Evan M. Mannering, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jim W. Phillips, Jr., Kimberly M. Marston, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, Greensboro, NC; Charles E. Coble, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, Raleigh, NC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gregory P. Williams, Rudolf Koch, Robert L. Burns; Matthew D. Perri, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Noel J. Francisco, C. Kevin Marshall, William D. Coglianese, Jones Day, Washington, D.C.; Stephanie E. Parker, Katrina L.S. Caseldine, Jones Day, Atlanta, GA; David B. Alden, Kevin P. Riddles, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH; Elli Leibenstein, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago, IL; Stephen L. Saxl, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY; Andrea Shwayri Ferraro, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL for defendants.
    Case Number: 2017-0129-LWW

    Judgment to recover unpaid settlement payments under settlement agreement with state government constituted an assumed liability under parties' asset purchase agreement where the settlement payments were based on buyer's sales of acquired cigarette brands in the state.

  • Rigby v. Jennings

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: Consumer Products | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley P. Lehman, Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown LLC, Wilmington, DE; Edward Paltzik, Joshpe Mooney Paltzik LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Patricia A. Davis, Kenneth L. Wan, Andrew R. Fletcher, Deputy Attorneys General, State of Delaware, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 21-1523 (MN)

    Plaintiffs were granted preliminary injunctive relief on state criminal laws that prohibited the manufacture and possession of unserialized firearms and firearm components when such firearms and components were lawfully acquired and manufactured by individuals, as such restrictions violated Second Amendment rights.

  • Zohar III Ltd. v. Stila Styles, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-06-14
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Consumer Products | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Barr Flinn, Emily V. Burton, Lauren Dunkle Fortunato, Alberto E. Chávez, Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Patricia R. Urban, Elizabeth Wilburn Joyce, Megan Ix Brison, Pinckney, Weidinger, Urban & Joyce LLC, Wilmington, DE; Kathleen M. Miller, Robert K. Beste, III, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Monica K. Loseman, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Denver, CO for defendants.
    Case Number: D69848

    Transaction authorized by LLC manager solely within her capacity that issued new class of equity in and amending the rights of the new class and existing classes was void as a matter of contract where the LLC's operating agreement expressly granted the right to amend to certain existing classes of members.

  • Perkins v. Proctor & Gamble Pharm. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-31
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: D69836

    Products liability lawsuit dismissed where cited federal statutes failed to give rise to a private cause of action and plaintiff, a non-attorney, could not represent the heirs of the decedent.

  • Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. v. Smitreski

    Publication Date: 2022-05-10
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consumer Products | Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Lynch Cole, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Ivan R. Novich, Tyler A. Sims, Littler Mendelson P.C., Newark, NJ for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Margaret M. DiBianca, Clark Hill PLC, Wilmington, DE; David Phillip Primack, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric J. Schreiner, Lorena E. Ahumada, Kleinbard LLC, Philadelphia, PA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69810

    The court found that because the plain text of the forum-selection clause did not force defendant to litigate in Chancery Court, he could consent to removal of the case from Chancery Court to District Court.