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Publication Date: 2018-02-07
Practice Area: Business Torts | Contracts
Industry: Insurance
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
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Case Number: D68032
Fraud claim failed where claimants did not plead facts to support finding that representations were made to induce action or refraining from action, any justifiable reliance on those representation, or damage resulting from representations.
Publication Date: 2017-12-20
Practice Area: Business Torts | Corporate Governance | REITS
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip Trainer, Jr., Marie M. Degnan, John P. Coffey, Gregory A. Horowitz, Jeffrey S. Trachtman, Eileen Patt and Jeffrey Dunlap for plaintiff
for defendant: Elizabeth A. Sloan, Michael C. Miller, Michael G. Scavelli and Lara E. Romansic for defendant Block; Stephen P. Lamb, Me-ghan M. Dougherty, Allan J. Arffa, Gregory F. Laufer and Jeremy A. Benjamin for remaining defendants.
Case Number: D67979
Plaintiff adequately stated a claim for breach of fiduciary duty where officers and directors stood on both sides of a transac-tion which created an entity that defendants controlled by way of super-voting stock despite owning only a minority interest.
Publication Date: 2017-12-13
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Chemicals and Materials
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge LeGrow
Attorneys: For plaintiff: NA
for defendant: Kathleen F. McDonough, John A. Sensing and Jesse L. Noa for defendant.
Case Number: D67971
In his fraud claim, plaintiff alleged only forward-looking statements and not specific facts which indicated that the statements were known to be false when made or were made in bad faith.
Publication Date: 2017-12-06
Practice Area: Business Torts | Government
Industry: Federal Government | Health Care | Pharmaceuticals
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey S. Goddess, P. Bradford deLeeuw and David S. Stone for plaintiffs
for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Rodger D. Smith II, Enu Mainigi, Craig D. Singer, Holly Conley and D. Keith Clouser for defendants.
Case Number: D67963
The public information bar precluded a relators claim regarding fraudulent conduct under the False Claims Act. Motion to dismiss granted, with prejudice.
Publication Date: 2017-11-29
Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Scirica
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Case Number: D67957
Plaintiff lacked standing and failed to allege sufficient predicate acts to establish a pattern of racketeering activity under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Affirmed.
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Publication Date: 2017-11-15
Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Business Torts
Industry: Health Care
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Judge: Judge Gross
Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/A
for defendant: N/A
Case Number: D67939
Bankruptcy court determined that: 1) recovery for a fraudulent transfer is not capped by the amount of the creditor claims; 2) a result which allowed a defendant who engaged in a fraudulent transfer to keep most or all of the transferred money was inequitable; 3) a trustee may avoid a transfer beyond the extent necessary to satisfy a creditors claim; and 4) if the litigation trustee was successful, the court found no windfall to the creditors from recovery in the fraudulent transfer action.
Publication Date: 2017-11-15
Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure | Contracts
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Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul J. Lockwood, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorney for plaintiff
for defendant: David E. Ross, Eric D. Selden, and Nicholas D. Mozal, Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.
Case Number: D67934
Defendants motion for stay after several defendants receipt of subpoenas in criminal investigation denied where lack of pending indictments meant that plaintiffs and the publics interest in civil action proceeding to trial outweighed remote possibility of prejudice to defendants in any future criminal proceedings.
Publication Date: 2017-11-15
Practice Area: Business Torts | Contracts | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Health Care
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge LeGrow
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher J. Day, Day Law Group, LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiff
for defendant: Nancy S. Rappaport and Brian A. Biggs, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brooke Madonna, Spector Gadon & Rosen, Philadelphia, PA, attorneys for defendants.
Case Number: D67936
Plaintiff could pursue tortious interference claim against administrative services providers to healthcare facilities plaintiff contracted with, where plaintiff alleged that service providers failure to act consistently in their agreements with the facilities interference with the facilities performance under their contracts with plaintiff.
Publication Date: 2017-11-08
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Cooch
Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/A
for defendant: William M. Lafferty, Susan W. Waesco, Richard Li, Kevin T. Abikoff and Benjamin Britz for defendant.
Case Number: D67931
Plaintiffs allegations regarding fraud were conclusory and did not put defendant on notice of the precise misconduct with which it was charged, nor did plaintiff adequately plead facts related to his claimed financial loss.
Publication Date: 2017-10-25
Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Manufacturing
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel: Kenneth J. Enos, Kathaleen S. McCormick, Mary F. Dugan, William S. Sugden and Thomas P. Clinkscales for plaintiff
for defendant: Stephen E. Jenkins, Peter H. Kyle and Stephen J. Brown for defendants.
Case Number: D67915
Dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction was proper where an individual defendants only connection to Delaware was acting as an officer of an entity that was incorporated in Delaware. Defendant adequately stated claims for fraud and tortious interference with contractual relations, but the matters were not appropriate for res-olution until after the discovery process. Motions to dismiss and for judgment on the pleadings denied.
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