• In re: Appraisal of Jarden Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-31
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart M. Grant, Cynthia M. Calder, Kimberly A. Evans, Kelly L. Tucker and Vivek Upadhya, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wil-mington, DE for petitioners.
    for defendant: Srinivas M. Raju, Brock E. Czeschin, Robert L. Burns, Sarah A. Clark and Matthew W. Murphy, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Walter W. Davis, Michael J. McConnell and Robert A. Watts, Jones Day, Atlanta, GA for Jarden Cor-poration.

    Case Number: D68650

    In this statutory appraisal matter, the court made its own independent discounted cash flow analysis to arrive at the fair val-ue of petitioners' shares as of the merger date.

  • Sciabacucchi v. Salzberg

    Publication Date: 2019-07-24
    Practice Area: Attorney Rates and Arrangements | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Consumer Products | Food and Beverage | Insurance
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt M. Heyman and Melissa N. Donimirski, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason M. Leviton and Joel A. Fleming, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William B. Chandler III, Randy J. Holland, Bradley D. Sorrels, Lindsay Kwoka Faccenda, Boris Feldman and David J. Berger, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE and Palo Alto, CA for defendants Lake, Anderson, Gurley, Hansen, McCollam, Wood, Ahuja, Carolan, Hastings, Hendricks, Hunt, Leff, Rothrock and nominal defendants Stitch Fix, Inc. and Roku, Inc. Catherine G. Dearlove and Sarah T. Andrade, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael G. Bon-giorno and Timothy J. Perla, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY and Boston, MA for defendants Salz-berg, Bradley, Cool, Fox, Goodman, Hirshberg, Kelley and nominal defendant Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.

    Case Number: D68642

    The attorney fees sought by plaintiff were reasonable, so the court ordered each of the nominal defendants to pay one-third of the award.

  • In re: Old BPSUSH Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-03
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Accounting | Consumer Products | Legal Services
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Carey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68618

    Bankruptcy court determined that the work product doctrine did not prevent the liquidation trustee from receiving records relating to a law firm's pre-petition work for debtor's audit committee, except for internal firm documents.

  • Almond v. Glenhill Advisors, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-04-24
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Consumer Products | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Ladig and Sara E. Bussiere, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David H. Wollmuth and Michael C. Ledley, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NY; David A. Jenkins, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott J. Watnik, Wilk Auslander LLP, New York, NY; Thomas A. Brown, Morea Schwartz Bradham Friedman & Brown LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Andrew D. Cordo and F. Troupe Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Adrienne M. Ward and Brian Katz, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York, NY; John B. Borgan, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York, NY; Douglas D. Herrmann, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul B. Carberry, Joshua Weedman, and Erin Smith, White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Frederick B. Rosner, Scott J. Leonhardt, and Jason A. Gibson, The Rosner Law Group LLC, Wilmington, DE; S. Preston Ricardo, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, NY; John D. Hendershot, Susan M, Hannigan, and Brian F. Morris, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Brian B. House, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI for defendants.

    Case Number: D68534

    Plaintiffs' fee application pursuant to the corporate benefit doctrine denied under equitable principles where plaintiffs opposed company's efforts to judicially validate defective corporate acts identified by plaintiffs to succeed on their larger claim for damages.

  • Vintage Rodeo Parent, LLC v. Rent-A-Center, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-27
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Consumer Products | Retail
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William B. Chandler III, Bradley D. Sorrels, Shannon E. German, Andrew D. Berni, David J. Berger and Katherine Henderson, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE and Palo Alto, CA; Wil-liam M. Lafferty, Thomas W. Briggs, Jr. and Richard Li, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilming-ton, DE; Tariq Mundiya, Jeffrey Korn, Sameer Advani and Shaimaa Hussein, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David R. Ross and S. Michael Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bruce Van Dalsem, William C. Price, Scott B. Kidman, Andrew J. Rossman, Jane M. Byrne, Corey Worcester, Ellyde R. Thompson, Guyon H. Knight, Elisabeth B. Miller and Hope D. Skibitsky, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY for intervenor-plaintiff B. Riley Financial. Michael A. Pittenger, T. Brad Davey, Matthew F. Davis, Jacqueline A. Rogers and Caneel Radinson-Blasucci , Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; John W. Spiegel, George M. Garvey, Robert L. Dell Angelo and John M. Gildersleeve, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: D68509

    Plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that a merger agreement's end date was extended or that defendant was barred from exercising its right to terminate the agreement.

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  • E. Hedinger AG v. Brainwave Science, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-02-27
    Practice Area: Contracts | Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Consumer Products | Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Taylor, Jr., Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert McHale, McHale Law, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David A. Dorey and Craig N. Haring, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason A. Synderman, John Wixted, and Huaou Yan, Blank Rome LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendants.

    Case Number: D68471

    Plaintiffs' complaint dismissed in favor of an agreement to arbitrate between the parties, where all of plaintiffs' claims arose from the parties' contract containing an enforceable arbitration clause, which was valid despite naming a non-existent arbitration forum and where defendants had not waived their right to arbitrate before another court.

  • Hoeller v. Tempur Sealy Int'l, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-27
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Uebler, McCollom D'Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE; Melinda A. Nicholson, Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC, New Orleans, LA; Roger Sachar, Newman Ferrara LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar and Sabrina Hendershot, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jordan D. Hershman, Sarah Paige and Michael D. Blanchard, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA and Hartford, CT for defendant.

    Case Number: D68473

    Stockholder failed to establish a credible basis for demanding to inspect the company's books and records, because he made no showing of mismanagement or other wrongdoing.

  • AgroFresh Inc. v. Mirtech, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-01-16
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Agriculture | Chemicals and Materials | Consumer Products
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad S.C. Stover and Regina S.E. Murphy, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert D. Mac-Gill, Lynn C. Tyler, Deborah Pollack-Milgate, Joseph T. Wendt and Jessica M. Lindemann, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, IN for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Frederick L. Cottrell, III, Jeffrey L. Moyer and Nicole K. Pedi of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE; Gerald F. Ivey, John M. Williamson, Anand K. Sharma, Rajeev Gupta, Aidan C. Skoyles, Karthik Kumar and Daniel F. Roland, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: D68424

    In this patent claim construction matter, the court provided clarification to give meaning to all the claim terms.

  • In re Fitbit, Inc. Stockholder Derivative Litig.

    Publication Date: 2018-12-26
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Consumer Products | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer and David M. Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jessica Zeldin of Rosenthal, Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, DE, Melinda A. Nicholson and Michael R. Robinson, Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC, Madisonville, LA; Robert C. Schubert of Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP, San Francisco, CA; Edward F. Haber of Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Elena C. Norman, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP; Wilmington, DE; Jordan Eth, Anna Erickson White and Ryan M. Keats, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: D68405

    Plaintiffs demonstrated demand futility, and their allegations were sufficient to state a claim against the company's board of directors for breach of fiduciary duty.

  • Olympus Corp. v. Maxell, Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-28
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Consumer Products | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Shaw, Karen E. Keller, and Nathan R. Hoeschen, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE; William J. McCabe, Matthew J. Moffa, and Thomas V. Matthew, Perkins Coie LLP, New York, NY; Kyle R. Canavera, Perkins Coie LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Timothy Devlin and James Gorman, Devlin Law Firm LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jamie B. Beaber, Kfir B. Levy, James A. Fussell, III, Tiffany A. Miller, Baldine B. Paul, and Alison T. Gelsleichter, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC; Robert G. Pluta, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: D68369

    Patent-in-suit was not directed to patent-ineligible subject matter where it addressed technological improvements to enable camera with recording/play-back capabilities that consumed less power, rather than being directed to the general abstract idea of battery or resource conservation.