• bioMrieux, Inc. v. Rhodes

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Yoch, Jr., Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian Massengill, Matthew C. Sostrin, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Travis S. Hunter, Puja A. Upadhyay, Jessica E. Blau, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-10-067

    Plaintiffs could not exercise attorney-client privilege over sell-side emails where the merger agreement expressly contemplated that privilege would remain with the sellers, including defendants.

  • Letke v. Sprenkle

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S23C-02-019 CAK

    Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control police officer was entitled to absolute and qualified immunity for false arrest claims where he and his agency were not insured by the state for such claims and where there was no allegation that officer acted in bad faith.

  • White v. Unemployment Ins. Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Winston,
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jalisa White, pro se appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew B. Frawley, Delaware Department of Justice for appellee.

    Case Number: N23A-08-004 PAW

    Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board did not abuse discretion in declining to hear untimely appeal of benefits determination where claimant was not precluded from filing a timely appeal.

  • Origis USA LLC v. Great Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Energy | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. Rostocki, Anne M. Steadman, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Carolyn H. Rosenberg, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL; Stephen T. Raptis, Reed Smith LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Margulies, Charles W. Strotter, Carlton Fields, P.A., New York, NY; Jennifer C. Jauffret, Puja A. Upadhyay, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Courtney E. Scott, Tressler LLP, New York, NY; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP; Kevin M. Mattessich, Kevin Windels, Kaufman Dolowich Voluck, New York, NY; Bruce E. Jameson, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE, James T. Sandnes, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, New York, NY; Krista M. Reale, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington DE; Michael F. Perlis, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, Woodland Hills, CA; Patrick Stoltz, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, Valhalla, NY; Shaun Michael Kelly, Jarrett W. Horowitz, Sara A. Barry, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; James K. Thurston, Wilson Elser, Chicago, IL; Daniel E. Tranen, Wilson Elser, St. Louis, MO; Erik J. Tomberg, Wilson Elsner, Raleigh, NC; Thaddeus J. Weaver, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Smith, Bryan W. Petrilla, Stewart Smith, West Conshohocken, PA; Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-07-102

    No action clause in D&O insurance policy was enforceable and precluded insured from filing legal action against the insurer until the insured's financial obligations were fixed in an underlying litigation.

  • Gerlofs v. Citizens Bank

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Consumer Products | Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher P. Simon, Kevin S. Mann, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Ronald N. Brown, III, Daniel P. Klusman, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas R. DeCesar, K&L Gates LLP, Harrisburg, PA for respondents.

    Case Number: N23C-09-178 MAA CCLD

    Plaintiff became solely responsible for escrow agent's legal fees and costs when she refused agent's request to interplead escrow funds and terminate its involvement in the dispute, where the parties' escrow agreement expressly contemplated the agent's non-involvement in disputes over escrow funds.

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  • Andor Pharm., LLC v. Lannett Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jesse L. Noa, P. Andrew Smith, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott W. Atherton, Terence M. Mullen, Atherton Galardi Mullen & Reeder PLLC, West Palm Beach, FL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Julia Chapman, Stefanie A. Tubbs, Forrest E. Lovett, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-06-078-EMD CCLD

    Court denied claim for contract reformation based on mistake where claimant merely sought to revise an unfavorable deal, although reformation was only meant to fix written contracts that failed to comport with the parties' mutual understanding of their agreement.

  • Ravich v. TCW, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas A. Clare, Jered T. Ede, Clare Locke LLP, Alexandria, VA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Sara M. Metzler, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John C. Hueston, Alison L. Plessman, Samantha Fidler, Adam Minchew, Nicholas Kellum, Hueston Hennigan LLP, Los Angeles, CA, & New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-10-005 SKR

    Court dismissed defamation action arising out of employment relationship pursuant to forum selection clause in the employment agreement.

  • Reed v. Delaware Dep't of Natural Res. & Envtl. Control

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth T. Kristl, Widener University Delaware Law School, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Devera B. Scott, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice, New Castle, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: N22A-11-006 SKR

    Environmental Appeals Board erred in dismissing nearby homeowners' challenge to port construction project for lack of standing where homeowners sufficiently alleged negative impacts from air and water contamination sufficient to establish standing.

  • Navient Solutions LLC v. BPG Office Partners XIII Iron Hill LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-05-06
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jeffrey M. Weiner, Law Offices of Jeffrey M. Weiner, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N20C-04-005 KMM

    Court partially granted lender's motion to quash judgment creditor's writs of garnishment to collect on lender's collateral, where the court adopted the legal principle that a lender did not have to take affirmative steps to preserve its priority status over a lien creditor.

  • Amazon.com, Svcs., LLC v. Rook

    Publication Date: 2024-05-06
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher T. Starr, Marshall Dennehy, P.C., Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Sean P. Gambogi, Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O’Neill, Newark, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: N23A-04-003 KMM

    Treatment falling outside Health Care Practice Guidelines could still be reasonable and necessary and thus compensable under workers' compensation, such that the Industrial Accident Board was not obligated to take judicial notice of the Guidelines where some of a claimant's treatment fell outside them.