• Parkell v. Pierce

    Publication Date: 2023-11-20
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James S. Green, Jr., Jared T. Green, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James D. Taylor, Jr., Jessica M. Jones, Juliana G. Clifton, Marisa R. De Feo, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur D. Kuhl, Matthew R. Hindley, Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 1:17-cv-00157-SB

    Court dismissed case for failure to prosecute where plaintiff had willfully or recklessly failed to actively litigate the case for several years despite repeated extensions and warnings from the court.

  • Menzies v. Seyfath Shaw LLP

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Charles Herr, Law Office of Daniel C. Herr LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jennifer Marie Kinkus, William Edward Gamgort, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 1:21-cv-00249-SB

    Breach of fiduciary duty claim was untimely under statute of limitations where plaintiff was on inquiry notice of his claim no later than his receipt of an IRS audit notice investigating transactions involving defendant.

  • Thomson Reuters Enter. Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: E-Commerce | Legal Services | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Michael J. Flynn, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dale M. Cendali, Eric A. Loverro, Joshua L. Simmons, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David E. Moore, Bindu A. Palapura, Andrew L. Brown Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gabriel M. Ramsey, Warrington Parker, Joachim B. Steinberg, Jacob Canter, Christopher J. Banks, Shira Liu, Margaux Poueymirou, Anna Z. Saber, Crowell & Moring LLP, San Francisco, CA; Mark A. Klapow, Crinesha B. Berry, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C. for defendant.

    Case Number: 20-cv-613-SB

    Court excluded economic expert's testimony as unsupported by data and methodology where expert claimed there was little likelihood of a market for plaintiffs' product, since there were insufficient facts about the attributes of the product or whether there were current substitutes for the product already on market.

  • Compagnie des Grands Htels d'Afrique S.A. v. Starman Hotel Holdings LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew S. Dupre, Sarah E. Delia, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Spears, Cynthia Chen, Zacharia Chibane, Spears & Imes LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, S. Michael Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey L. Willian, Devora W. Allon, Gilad Y. Bendheim, Patrick J. Gallagher, Vera C. Esses, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 1:18-cv-00654-SB-SRF

    Court dismissed complaint seeking to pierce corporate veil where plaintiff failed to present evidence that parent and subsidiary failed to observe corporate formalities.

  • Galderma Labs. L.P. v. Lupin Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-06
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Jeremy A. Tigan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew J. Cochran, Gerald J. Flattman, Jr., Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Megan C. Haney, John C. Phillips, Jr., Phillips, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adrianne C. Rose, Joseph T. Jaros, Natasha L. White, William A. Rakoczy, Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.

    Case Number: 21-cv-1710-SB

    Court could clarify claim constructions from prior litigation involving the same patents-in-suit even if patentee acted as its own lexicographer, but only narrow clarification was necessary for one of the disputed terms.

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  • Ninivaggi v. Univ. of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2023-05-09
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Scott M. Tucker, Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sarah N. Westcot, Joshua D. Arisohn, Bursor & Fisher, P.A., New York, NY; Christopher P. Simon, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael L. Vild, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Blake G. Abbott, Eric M. Poulin, Roy Willey, Paul Doolittle, Anastopoulo Law Firm, LLC, Charleston, SC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: James D. Taylor, Jr., Charles E. Davis, Marisa R. De Feo, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 20-cv-1478-SB

    Motion to stay district court proceedings pending appeal of class certification denied where defendant would have an adequate remedy with continued proceedings and was unlikely to prevail in its appeal.

  • Corso v. Concordia Healthcare USA, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Scott Mann, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE; David B. Gordon, Tiana A. Bey, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Alessandra Glorioso, Angela E. Dralle, William J. Miller, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 21-cv-353-SB

    Parties' "promissory note" functioned like an earnout contract, subjecting plaintiff's claims to the three-year statute of limitations for contract claims rather than the six-year limitations period.

  • Ninivaggi v. Univ. of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2023-04-18
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Scott M. Tucker, Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sarah N. Westcot, Joshua D. Arisohn, Bursor & Fisher, P.A., New York, NY; Christopher P. Simon, Michael L. Vild, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Blake G. Abbott, Eric M. Poulin, Roy Willey, Anastopoulo Law Firm, LLC, Charleston, SC; Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: James D. Taylor, Jr., Charles E. Davis, Marisa R. De Feo, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 20-cv-1478-SB

    Court certified class of university students claiming breach of contract from shift to online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic, where the alleged breach conferred standing, the proposed class was ascertainable from the university's records, and the common questions of breach and impossibility of performance predominated.

  • Elemica Inc. v. ecMarket Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-18
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John David Simmons, Keith A. Jones, Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Richard A. Saldinger, Landsman Saldinger Carroll, PLLC, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: 1:21-cv-00893-SB

    Reasonable interpretation of ambiguous contract term for setting price for software services could support allegation that customer breached the contract by shifting discounted prices to services that should have been charged at full price.

  • Ajay Endeavors, Inc. v. Divvymed, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-11
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen M. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Massimo D’Angelo, Akerman LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Christine Dealy Haynes, Richards, Layton & Finger, PA, Wilmington, DE; Christopher Andrews, Cooley LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: 20-cv-1556-SB

    Unilateral mistake claim not dismissed where plaintiffs plausibly alleged they were unaware of defendants' failure to amend the parties' contract as agreed and that defendants knew of plaintiffs' mistake.