• Wood v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2021-02-17
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. Teichman, Elio Battista, Jr., Judy M. Jones, Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Eric P. Haas, Gardner Haas PLLC, Dallas, TX for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; William B. Kerr, Kerr, LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69301

    The court granted plaintiffs' motion to compel production, and it denied defendants' motion for a retroac-tive extension of time in which to respond to plaintiffs' discovery requests.

  • P.C. Connection, Inc. v. Synygy Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-03
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Retail | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel A. Griffith, Whiteford Taylor Preston LLC, Wilmington, DE; Christopher H.M. Carter, Daniel M. Deschenes, Laurel M. Gilbert, Hinkley Allen & Snyder LLP, Manchester, NH for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Andrew S. Dupre, Brian Lemon, Stephanie H. Dallaire, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for de-fendants.

    Case Number: D69284

    The court granted plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction, but only for long enough to provide a transition period in which plaintiff could obtain replacement services.

  • Harris v. Harris FRC Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-20
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Christopher M. Foulds, Christopher Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Maura L. Burke, Courtney A. Emerson, Katelyn M. Crawford, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Emily A. Kaller, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Woodbridge, NJ for respondent.

    Case Number: D69264

    Confidentiality order in appraisal action could be modified to allow for additional plenary claims that came to light during discovery in the appraisal proceedings.

  • Stream TV Networks, Inc. v. SeeCubic, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-30
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott D. Cousins, Cousins Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Luis Salazar, Jose Ceide, Daniel Halperin, Salazar Law, Miami, FL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert S. Saunders, Jenness E. Parker, Bonnie W. David, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wil-mington, DE; Eben P. Colby, Marley Ann Brumme, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.

    Case Number: D69244

    An insolvent company failed to establish a reasonable probability of success on the merits, so the court de-nied its request for a preliminary injunction.

  • Focus Fin. Partners, LLC v. Holsopple

    Publication Date: 2020-11-18
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis S. Hunter, Dorronda R. Bordley, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael V. Rella, Murphy & McGonigle, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel M. Silver, Travis J. Ferguson, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69190

    Tortious interference and misappropriation case against competitor who employed former worker dismissed on forum non conveniens grounds where the parties were already engaged in litigation in California, whose law was more likely to govern the issues in the matter.

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  • United Food & Commercial Workers Union v. Zuckerberg

    Publication Date: 2020-11-11
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Bradford deLeeuw, deLeeuw Law LLC, Wilmington, DE; Robert C. Schubert, Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP, San Francisco, CA; James E. Miller, Shepherd Finkelman Miller & Shah, LLP, Chester, CT for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Berton W. Ashman, Jr., Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilming-ton, DE; William Savitt, Ryan A. McLeod, Anitha Reddy, Cecilia A. Glass, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Megan E. O’Connor, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; George M. Garvey, Laura Lin, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA; David E. Ross, Garrett B. Moritz, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69189

    Plaintiffs failed to establish demand futility because a majority of the board was capable of impartially con-sidering a litigation demand.

  • Focus Fin. Partners, LLC v. Holsopple

    Publication Date: 2020-11-11
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis S. Hunter, Dorronda R. Bordley, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael V. Rella, Murphy & McGonigle, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel M. Silver, Travis J. Ferguson, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69184

    Delaware choice-of-forum provisions failed to subject employee to personal jurisdiction where employee lived and worked in California, which therefore had the materially greater interest in the litigation, and whose law predominated over Delaware law and included fundamental policies allowing employees to invalidate choice-of-forum provisions in contracts entered into as a condition of employment.

  • In re Altaba, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul J. Lockwood, Arthur R. Bookout, Matthew P. Majarian, Gregory P. Ranzini, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Llp, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Albert H. Manwaring, IV, Kirsten A. Zeberkiewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thad J. Bracegirdle, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christopher P. Simon, Kevin S. Mann, David G. Holmes, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE; E.F. Anthony Merchant, Q.C., Merchant Law Group LLP, Regina, Saskatchewan; Evan W. Rassman, Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael F. Long, Watkins & Letofsky, LLP, Santa Ana, CA; Michael A. Pittenger, Berton W. Ashman, Jr., David A. Seal, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE; William Savitt, Adam M. Gogolak, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY for claimants.

    Case Number: D69175

    Company seeking to make interim stockholder distribution directed to holdback full reserve requested by claimants due to pending nature of class action in foreign country, making it impractical for the court to anticipate the outcome of the action.

  • In re Anthem-Cigna Merger Litig.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-23
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Lafferty, Kevin M. Coen, D. McKinley Measley, Zi-Xiang Shen, Thomas P. Will, Daniel T. Menken, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Glenn M. Kurtz, Claudine Columbres, Andrew W. Hammond, Gregory Starner, Camille M. Shepherd, Vatsala Sahay, White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Heather M. Burke, White & Case LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Dana E. Foster, White & Case LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, Garrett B. Moritz, S. Michael Sirkin, Adam D. Gold, Benjamin Z. Grossberg, Anne M. Steadman, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen R. DiPrima, William Savitt, Graham W. Meli, Adam M. Gogolak, Lauren M. Kofke, S. Christopher Szczerban, Steven P. Winter, Claire E. Addis, Bita Assad, Daniel H. Rosenblum, Jacob Miller, Jeohn Salone Favors, Wachtell, Lipton, Rozen & Katz, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D69128

    Although merger partner failed to use best efforts to consummate the transaction, in breach of the agreement covenants, the counterpart to the merger was not entitled to expectation damages when government regulators would have ultimately blocked the merger on antitrust grounds.

  • Smash Franchise Partners v. Kanda Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-26
    Practice Area: Trade Secrets
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Neal Bennet, Sarah P. Kaboly and D. McKinley Measley, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy N. Betz and Neil Peluchette, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Indianapolis, IN for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael F. Bonkowski and Andrew L. Cole, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven K. Fedder, Fedder & Janofsky LLC, Baltimore, MD for defendants.

    Case Number: D69100

    Although plaintiffs were not entitled to an injunction shutting down defendants' business, the court granted a limited temporary injunction regarding certain statements made by defendants on their website.