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Publication Date: 2024-02-05
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Wallace
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian L. Arban, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Herbert W. Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Karl Schwartz, Catherine Trama, Wiseman & Schwartz, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.
Case Number: 1804000397
Ineffective assistance of counsel claims failed where trial counsel's preparation and examination of witnesses was reasonable trial strategy to avoid playing into the state's theory of voluntary intoxication, and where any additional evidence was unlikely to have changed the verdict from guilty but mentally ill to not guilty by reason of insanity.
Publication Date: 2024-02-05
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas W. Briggs, Jr., Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Laura D. Smolowe, John M. Gildersleeve, Sara H. Worth, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Michael A. Barlow, Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven G. Madison, Joseph Sarles, William Pilon, Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0415-PAF
Court affirmed arbitration award where defendants failed to present evidence sufficient to show that the arbitral panel's interpretation of the parties' agreements was palpably incorrect.
Publication Date: 2024-02-05
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: Health Care
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary E. Junge, Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Stacy A. Scrivani, Alexis R. Gambale, Stevens & Lee, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Lisa M. Scidurlo, Stevens & Lee, P.C., King of Prussia, PA; Michael M. Greenfield, Sasha A. Phillips, Stevens & Lee, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; Theresa M. Zechman, Stevens & Lee, P.C., Lancaster, PA for defendant.
Case Number: 22-1283-RGA
Court declined to dismiss religious discrimination claim where terminated employee adequately pled sincerely held religious belief supporting her objection to COVID-19 vaccines.
Publication Date: 2024-02-05
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Energy
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Porter
Attorneys: For plaintiff: George A. Barton, Barton and Burrows, LLC, Mission, KS for appellants.
for defendant: Duston K. McFaul, Maegan Quejada, Sidley Austin LLP, Houston, TX; Robert S. Velevis, Sidley Austin LLP, Dallas, TX; Robert S. Brady, Edmon L. Morton, Kenneth J. Enos, Joseph M. Mulvihill, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE; Ana Alfonso, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York, NY; John H. Knight, Amanda R. Steele, Richards Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
Case Number: 22-1729
Lower courts erroneously dismissed adversary complaint of property owners to recover improperly withheld oil and gas royalties where property owners, not extractor, had an equitable interest in the funds, and thus a constructive trust was an appropriate mechanism for relief.
Publication Date: 2024-02-05
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge McKee
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 22-3212
Court affirmed dismissal of adversary complaint by creditor where there was no evidence supporting a claim of non-dischargeability of a personal guarantee of a business loan.
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Publication Date: 2024-02-05
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin H. Davenport, John G. Day, Jason W. Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliot P.A., Wilmington, DE; R. Bruce McNew, Cooch & Taylor P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christopher H. Lyons, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Wilmington; DE; Randall J. Baron, Rick T. Atwood, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Brett Middleton, Johnson Fistel, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Stephen E. Jenkins, Richard D. Heins, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Tariq Mundiya, Sameer Advani, Richard Li, M. Annie Houghton-Larsen, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2020-1061-JTL
Court imposed sanctions in the form of a factual presumption on a key issue, which defendants could only rebut with clear and convincing evidence, after defendants admittedly took no action to preserve electronically stored information in response to litigation hold notices.
Publication Date: 2024-02-05
Practice Area: Mass Torts
Industry: Agriculture | Chemicals and Materials | Food and Beverage
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott M. Hendler, Hendler Flores Law, Austin, TX for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Jennifer C. Wasson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ryan D. Stottmann, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam V. Orlacchio, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Jr., Phillips Goldman & Spence P.A., Wilmington, DE; Andrea E. Neuman, Mary Beth Maloney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael L. Brem, Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.
Case Number: 12-695-RGA
Court declined to grant summary judgment for defendants where the parties' joint expert persuasively opined that plaintiffs' complaint qualified as a protective action under relevant Ecuadoran law, making plaintiffs' claims not time-barred under the Delaware borrowing statute.
Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Education
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin M. Coen, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Jeffrey J. Lyons, Baker & Hostetler LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2023-0813-MTZ
Court declined to enter summary judgment where there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether plaintiffs had provided valid consent to the elimination/revocation of their vested advancement rights under the companies' operating agreements upon the amendment/restatement of those agreements.
Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Barr Flinn, M. Paige Valeski, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Michael A. Pittenger, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Eric A. Veres, Michael T. Manuel, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-1045-PAF
Court struck pleadings based on confidential corporate information where information was supplied by director nominated by stockholder although the stockholder did not have a contractual right to designate the director and the director did not serve as the stockholder's fiduciary on the board.
Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Judge: Judge Dorsey
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 20-12522 (JTD)
Court rejected invocation of securities safe harbor provision to dismiss fraudulent transfer claims where defendant did not qualify as a financial participant in the transaction as defined by the provision.
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