• In re Tonopah Solar Energy, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-04-19
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edmon L. Morton, Matthew B. Lunn, Ashley E. Jacobs, Jared W. Kochenash, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul V. Shalhoub, Todd G. Cosenza, Charles D. Cording, Ciara A. Copell, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for appellant.
    for defendant: Francis G.X. Pileggi, Cheneise V. Wright, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Vincent F. Alexander, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Andrew Bluth, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Sacramento, CA for appellees.

    Case Number: D69786

    Bankruptcy court did not abuse discretion in sua sponte invoking the permissive abstention doctrine to adjudicate claim objections where doing so would not materially affect administration of the bankruptcy estate and the claim objections largely sought to adjudicate the merits of an underlying litigation that involved the rights of other parties not involved in the bankruptcy proceeding.

  • In re Pattern Energy Group Inc. Sec. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-12
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sue L. Robinson, Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew J. Entwistle, Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, Austin, TX; Vincent R. Cappucci, Arthur V. Nealon, Brendan J. Brodeur, Jonathan H. Beemer, Jessica A. Margulis, Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, New York, NY; Marc M. Seltzer, Krysta Kauble Pachman, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, April M. Kirby, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alan S. Goudiss, K. Mallory Brennan, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY; Christina E. Myrold, Shearman & Sterling LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: D69781

    Motion to dismiss Exchange Act violations denied where plaintiffs plausibly alleged that defendant board had acknowledged that a competing merger offer constituted a better value and would provide stockholders with a higher price, and knew at the time of voting to approve another offer that the competing bidder was willing to continue discussing more favorable terms of merger.

  • McCreary v. United States

    Publication Date: 2022-04-05
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keyona McCreary, Wilmington, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: David C. Weiss, United States Attorney, Shamoor Anis, Assistant United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69772

    Filing deadlines for Federal Tort Claims Act claim were equitably tolled where plaintiff's counsel had failed to move for reconsideration of the denial of plaintiff's administrative tort claim or to inform plaintiff of the deadline for moving for reconsideration.

  • United States v. U.S. Sugar Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Agriculture | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura D. Hatcher, Chief, Civil Division, Shamoor Anis, United States Attorney’s Office, Wilmington, DE; Brian Hanna, Jonathan Y. Mincer, Jenigh Garrett, Jill Ptacek, United States Department Of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Brian P. Egan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence E. Buterman, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Amanda P. Reeves, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Elyse M. Greenwald, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Daniel K. Hogan, Daniel C. Kerrick, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE; Peter J. Schwingler, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Amanda L. Wait, Vic Domen, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Washington, DC; Darryl Wade Anderson, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Houston, TX; Christine A. Varney, David R. Marriott, Peter T. Parbur, Timothy G. Cameron, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69700

    Court declined to transfer government's Clayton Act suit where the government had filed suit in the state of incorporation of the parties to the challenged transaction, where the corporate parties had also agreed to hear claims arising from their transaction, such that the government's of forum was entitled to substantial deference.

  • TRUSTID, Inc. v. Next Caller, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-18
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam W. Poff, Pilar G. Kraman, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Specht, Byron L. Pickard, Richard M. Bemben, Daniel S. Block, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Megan E. Dellinger, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sarah Chapin Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Boston, MA; Ian B. Brooks, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC; Jiaxiao Zhang, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Irvine, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69685

    Jury improperly issued a verdict for plaintiff on its Lanham Act false advertising claim, where plaintiff presented no evidence that customers were actually deceived by defendant's alleged false advertising.

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  • Lynch v. Jacobs

    Publication Date: 2021-12-07
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
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    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael D. Lynch, Candence B. Lynch, pro se appellants
    for defendant: Miami, FL. Victoria A. Guilfoyle, Brian J. Hall, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark S. Indelicato, Jeffrey Zawadski, Hahn Hessen LLP, New York, NY for appellee.

    Case Number: D69637

    Because appellants attempted to re-litigate arguments that were already considered and rejected by the court, their motion to basically re-open their bankruptcy matter failed to satisfy the requirements of either Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) or 60(b).

  • Jazz Pharm., Inc. v. Avadel Pharm. PLC

    Publication Date: 2021-11-02
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Jeremy A. Tigan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; F. Dominic Cerrito, Eric C. Stops, Evangeline Shih, Andrew S. Chalson, Gabriel P. Brier, Frank C. Calvosa, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel M. Silver, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kenneth G. Schuler, Marc N. Zubick, Alex Grabowski, Sarah W. Wang, Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago, IL; Herman Yue, Bornali Rashmi Borah, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69594

    Defendants' counterclaim which sought delisting of plaintiff's patent from the Orange Book was ripe for adjudication even if defendant had not certified against the listed patent.

  • RLI Ins. Co. v. Ceradyne Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-02
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; John E. Howell, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC; Ronald P. Schiller, Bonnie M. Hoffman, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Adam V. Orlacchio, Brandon W. McCune, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; James R. Murray, Kyle P. Brinkman, Blank Rome LLP, Washington, DC; Jared Zola, Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D69595

    The court held that the most recent contract between the excess insurers and policyholder superseded the excess insurance policy such that the waiting period in the most recent agreement would control when a party could file post-mediation declara-tory judgment action.

  • In Re: Old BPSUSH, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-27
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew M. Carty, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, NY; James W. Stoll, Brian M. Alosco, Brown Rudnick LLP, Boston, MA; Garvin McDaniel, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert A. Fumerton, Lisa Laukitis, William J. O’Brien, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY; Paul J. Lockwood, Jason M. Liberi, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Chris Paparella, Nathaniel J. Kritzer, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York NY; John J. Byron, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Chicago, IL; Jeremy W. Ryan, D. Ryan Slaugh, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: D69586

    In this adversary proceeding, the counterclaims filed by liquidation trustee against former directors and officers of debtor failed to state the necessary elements of breach of duty of care and loyalty because trustee did not plead gross negligence.

  • United States v. Delaware Dep't of Ins.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-20
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Federal Government | Insurance | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Hubbert, Acting Assistant Attorney General, David C. Weiss, United States Attorney, Ward W. Benson, Kyle L. Bishop, Trial Attorneys, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC for petitioner.
    for defendant: Kathleen P. Makowski, Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware Department of Justice; Wilmington, DE; Patricia A. Davis, Deputy State Solicitor, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Dover, DE; James J. Black, III, Jeffrey B. Miceli, Mark W. Drasnin, Black & Gerngross, P.C., Philadelphia, PA for respondent.

    Case Number: D69578

    The court held that the government's petition to enforce summons on a state department of insurance to produce documents related to captive insurance companies should be granted absent a showing that production constituted the business of insurance.