• The Am. Bottling Co. v. Repole

    Publication Date: 2021-01-13
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz, Anne M. Steadman, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert C. Walters, Russell H. Falconer, Megan Z. Hulce, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss and Daniel J. McBride, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; David. H. Bernstein, Jyotin Hamid, Jared I. Kagan, and Matthew J. Petrozziello, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D69254

    Tortious interference claim failed where CEO acted within scope of authority to negotiate distribution/investment deal with another company where the transaction withstood business judgement rule review and thus could not be attacked via a tortious interference claim.

  • AmerisourceBergen Corp. v. Lebanon County Employees Ret. Fund

    Publication Date: 2020-12-23
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Jennifer C. Wasson, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Blanchard, Amelia G. Pennington, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel L. Closic, Eric J. Juray, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric L. Zagar, Michael C. Wagner, Christopher M. Windover, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Frank R. Schirripa, Daniel B. Rehns, Hillary Nappi, Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, NY; David Wales, Andrew Blumberg, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for appellees.

    Case Number: D69232

    Stockholders could file inspection demand after asserting credible circumstantial evidence that corporate directors and managers had engaged in wrongdoing.

  • Fanatics Retail Group (Dreams), LLC v. Truax

    Publication Date: 2020-12-16
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody C. Barillare, Brian A. Herman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael D. DeBaecke, F. Troupe Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69223

    Court granted plaintiff judgment on the pleadings in its breach of guaranty claim, where defendant had executed an unconditional guaranty waiving defenses to the validity of the underlying debt or defenses available in bankruptcy.

  • In re USG Corp. Stockholder Litig.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-16
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Construction | Distribution and Wholesale | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake A. Bennett, Cooch & Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Palestina, Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC, New Orleans, LA; Juan E. Monteverde and Miles D. Schreiner, Monteverde & Assoc., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Raymond J. Dicamillo, Srinivas M. Raju, Robert L. Burns, Matthew D. Perri and Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Robert S. Faxon, Andrienne F. Mueller and Robert E. Johnson, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH for defendants.

    Case Number: D69121

    Stockholders stated facts which indicated that they were not fully informed when they approved a deal for the sale of the company, but they failed to adequately allege that the company's directors acted with scienter.

  • United States v. Cook

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Cowen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: D69069

    The trial court's evidentiary rulings regarding the admission of business records and a statement by defendant's prior counsel were not erroneous. Affirmed.

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  • Halosil Int'l Inc. v. Eco-Evolutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen B. Brauerman, Bayard P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kent E. Baldauf, Jr. and Barry J. Coyne , The Webb Law Firm, Pittsburgh, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael F. Duggan and Marc Sposato, Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Stephen H. Luther and Ryan T. Santurri, Allen, Dyer, Doppelt& Gilchrist, PA, Orlando, FL for defendants.

    Case Number: D69064

    Breach of contract claims were untimely where the claims accrued after plaintiff was put on notice defendant may have developed and patented a product based off plaintiff's product in breach of the parties' agreement.

  • In re Essendant, Inc. Stockholder Litig.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-15
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake A. Bennett, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Juan E. Monteverde and Miles D. Schreiner, Monteverde & Associates PC, New York, NY; Donald J. Enright and Elizabeth K. Tripodi, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert S. Saunders, Arthur R. Bookout, and Lilianna Anh P. Townsend, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory P. Williams, Lisa A. Schmidt, Matthew D. Perri, and Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; and Matthew Solum, P.C., and Ian Spain, of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D68839

    Stockholders' breach of fiduciary duty claims arising from board's rejection of existing merger agreement in favor of all-cash acquisition offer dismissed where stockholders failed to make prima facie case of board's breach of the duty of loyalty and where acquirer's stake in the company was insufficient to make it a controlling stockholder for the purposes of an aiding and abetting claim.

  • Imbragulio v. Unemployment Ins. Appeals Bd.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Imbragulio, pro se appellant.
    for defendant: Tasha Marie Stevens, Fuqua, Willard, Stevens & Schab, P.A., Georgetown, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D68808

    Superior court rules governing timeliness of appeals did not apply until the superior court obtained jurisdiction by the appealing party's compliance with the statutes conferring jurisdiction upon the superior court.

  • David and Lily Penn, Inc. v. TruckPro, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-10-09
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry: Automotive | Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Francella, Jr., Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; Camille M. Miller, Melanie A. Miller, and J. Trevor Cloak, Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Timothy Devlin and James M. Lennon, Devlin Law Group, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68728

    Motion to transfer venue denied where plaintiff chose to litigate in state of defendant's incorporation and thus plaintiff's preference was afforded great weight in balance of factors.

  • Univar, Inc. v. Greisenberger

    Publication Date: 2019-10-02
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Consulting | Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael P. Kelly, David A. White and Matthew J. Rifino, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; James G. Ryan and Jameel S. Turner, Bailey Cavalieri LLC, Columbus, OH for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Caroline Lee Cross and Elizabeth R. McFarlan, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Melanie K. Sharp, Martin S. Lessner, Mary F. Dugan and Robert M. Vrana, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven S. Rosenthal, Tiffany R. Moseley and John David Taliaferro, Loeb and Loeb LLC, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D68725

    Plaintiff's claims for equal protection and procedural due process violations were ripe for review, but other matters were not yet ripe.