• OI European Group B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

    Publication Date: 2023-07-03
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody Barillare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan M. Albano, Christopher L. Carter, P. Sabin Willett, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA; Edward H. Davis, Jr., Fernando J. Menendez, Cristina Vicens Beard, Sequor Law, P.A., Miami, FL; Laura Davis Jones, Peter James Keane, Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl & Jones, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alexander A. Yanos, Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky, Rajat Rana, Robert H. Poole, II, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY; Marie McManus Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Joshua S. Bolian, Keane A. Barger, Riley Warnock & Jacobson, PLC, Nashville, TN; R. Craig Martin, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; James E. Berger, Charlene C. Sun, Joshua S. Wan, Katherine A. Ibarra, Tamara Hilmi, Charlotte M. Westbrook, DLA Piper LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Stephen C. Childs, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sergio J. Galvis , Joseph E. Neuhaus, James L. Bromley, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; Angela N. Ellis, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC; Samuel Taylor Hirzel, II, Jamie Lynne Brown, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph D. Pizzurro, Kevin A. Meehan, Juan 0. Perla, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 19-290-LPS

    Foreign petroleum company was the alter ego of competing factions of the foreign government where each faction controlled the company's operations in various countries around the world and directly benefitted from the profits of those operations and where each faction expressly described the company and its subsidiaries as assets of the state.

  • Gibbs v. May

    Publication Date: 2022-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Myron Gibbs, pro se petitioner.
    for defendant: Matthew C. Bloom, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for respondents.

    Case Number: 18-1756-LPS

    Habeas petition dismissed as untimely where the one-year limitations period, as tolled by petitioner's state post-conviction motion, ran out prior to the filing of the petition, and there was no basis to equitably toll the limitations period.

  • United States v. Sponaugle

    Publication Date: 2022-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Federal Government | Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-103-LPS

    The court rejected the government's restitution request as untimely filed, and imposed an amount of mandatory restitution based on the limited record evidence of the victims' lost financial assets and loss of income.

  • Arendi S.A.R.L. v. LG Elec., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-17
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Electronics | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal C. Belgam, Eve H. Omerod, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Seth Ard, Beatrice Franklin, Max Straus, Susman Godfrey, LLP, New York, NY; John Lahad, Ibituroko-Emi Lawson, Robert Travis Korman, Brenda Adimora, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Houston, TX; Kalpana Srinivasan, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Kemper Diehl, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Seattle, WA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jeremy D. Anderson, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven R. Katz, Jacob Pecht, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Boston, MA; R. Andrew Schewentker, Fish & Richardson P.C., Washington, DC; Eda Stark, Fish & Richardson P.C., Atlanta, GA; Kenneth L. Dorsney, Cortlan S. Hitch, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian C. Riopelle, David E. Finkelson, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Jason W. Cook, McGuireWoods LLP, Dallas, TX; David E. Moore, Bindu A. Palapura, Stephanie E. O’Byrne, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert W. Unikel, Michelle Marek Figueiredo, John Cotiguala, Matt Lind, Paul Hastings LLP, Chicago, IL; Robert R. Laurenzi, Chad J. Peterman, Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY; Arielle Bratton, Paul Hastings LLP, San Diego, CA; Ginger Anders, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, DC; Rodger D. Smith II, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffri A. Kaminski, Justin E. Pierce, Calvin R. Nelson, Venable LLP, Washington, DC; Neha Bhat, Venable LLP, New York, NY; Jack B. Blumenfeld, Brian P. Egan, Anthony D. Raucci, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Frank C. Cimino Jr., Megan S. Woodworth, Jeffri A. Kaminsi, Calvin R. Nelson, Neha Bhat, Venable, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69819

    Court denied defendants' motions for summary judgment of non-infringement where the evidence created a triable issue as to whether defendants' accused products met the claim limitation of a "document" because the product applications could have permitted users to edit files in the application.

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

    Publication Date: 2022-05-10
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Legal Services | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Michael J. Flynn, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dale M. Cendali, Joshua L. Simmons, Eric A. Loverro, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY; Daniel E. Laytin, Christa C. Cottrell, Alyssa C. Kalisky, Cameron D. Ginder, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David E. Moore, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gabriel M. Ramsey, Warrington Parker, Jacob Canter, Crowell & Moring LLP, San Francisco, CA; Mark A. Klapow, Lisa Kimmel, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: D69812

    Tying claims under the Sherman Act and state unfair competition statutes permitted to proceed where there was sufficient evidence that bundled products did constitute separate products serving separate markets and where unilateral action was sufficient to support a restraint of trade claim.

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  • In re Mallinckrodt PLC

    Publication Date: 2022-04-12
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69780

    Bankruptcy court properly authorized debtors' payment of professional fees incurred under a restructuring support agreement where payment of the fees advanced debtors' interests by facilitating resolution of legal claims against debtors and its Chapter 11 restructuring.

  • Crystallex Int'l Corp. v. Bolivaran Republic of Venezuela

    Publication Date: 2022-03-15
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Energy | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Jeffrey L. Moyer, Travis S. Hunter, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Robert L. Weigel, Jason W. Myatt, Rahim Moloo, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY Miguel A. Estrada, Lucas C. Townsend, Adam M. Smith, GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Gottlieb, David J. L. Mortlock, Samuel G. Hall, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington, DC; Nathan P. Eimer, Lisa S. Meyer, Daniel D. Birk, Gregory M. Schweizer, Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL;. Samuel Taylor Hirzel, II, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph D. Pizzurro, Julia B. Mosse, Kevin A. Meehan, Juan 0. Perla, Curtis, Mallet-Provost, Colt & Mosse LLP, New York, NY; A. Thompson Bayliss, Stephen C. Childs, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Elaine J. Goldberg, Ginger D. Anders, Brendan B. Gants, Jacobus P. van der Ven, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, DC; George M. Garvey, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA for the Venezuela parties.

    Case Number: D69749

    Initial steps of a sale process of shares blocked under U.S. sanctions could begin without first obtaining a transfer license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control, although the actual bidding process should not commence in the absence of clear regulatory guidance from OFAC.

  • OI European Group B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

    Publication Date: 2022-03-15
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Energy | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody C. Barillare, Kelsey A. Bomar, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sabin Willett, Jonathan Albano, Christopher L. Carter, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA; Edward H. Davis, Jr., Fernando J. Menendez, Cristina Vicens Beard, Sequor Law, P.A., Miami, FL; Garrett B. Moritz, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Kim, Marcus J. Green, Josef M. Klazen, Kobre & Kim LLP, New York, NY; Michael Sherwin, Kobre & Kim LLP, Washington, DC; Laura Davis Jones, Peter J. Keane, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alexander A. Yanos, Rajat Rana, Robert Poole, Alston & Bird, LLP, New York, NY; Marie M. Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Joshua S. Bolian, Keane A. Barger, Riley Warnock & Jacobson, PLC, Nashville, TN for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Marie M. Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Joshua S. Bolian, Keane A. Barger, Riley Warnock & Jacobson, PLC, Nashville, TN; a. Thompson Bayliss, Stephen C. Childs, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sergio J. Galvis, Joseph E. Neuhaus, James L. Bromley, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; Angeles N. Ellis, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC; Samuel Taylor Hirzel, II, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph D. Pizzurro, Julia B. Mosse, Kevin A. Meehan, Juan 0. Perla, Curtis, Mallet-Provost, Colt & Mosle LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69748

    Government sanctions that blocked the transfer of shares did not preclude the court from authorizing the eventual issuance of writs of attachment, pending government approval, as mere authorization did not alter sanctioned body's continued ownership of the shares and therefore did not effect a prohibited transfer.

  • AstraZeneca Pharm. LP v. Becerra

    Publication Date: 2022-03-01
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Federal Government | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel M. Silver, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Allon Kedem, Jeffrey L. Handwerker, Sally L. Pei, and Stephen K. Wirth, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian D. Netter, Michelle R. Bennett, Rachael L. Westmoreland, Kate Talmor, Jody Lowenstein, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69731

    Court overturned agency violation letter based on previously-withdrawn advisory opinion, such that the letter constituted shifting regulatory guidance and did not comply with rulemaking requirements under THE Administrative Procedure Act.

  • State ex rel. Jennings v. BP Am. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-18
    Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian Douglas Wright, Jameson A.L. Tweedie, Ralph K. Durstein III, Delaware Department Of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Victor M. Sher and Matthew K. Edling, Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Wilks, R. Stokes Nolte, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Thomas G. Hungar, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC; Joshua D. Dick, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; David C. Frederick, Grace W. Knofczynski, Daniel S. Severson, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Nancy G. Milburn, Diana E. Reiter, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan W. Hughes, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA Matthew T. Heartney, John D. Lombardo, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nathan P. Eimer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, Lisa S. Meyer, Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL; Robert E. Dunn, Eimer Stahl LLP, San Jose, CA; Jeffrey L. Moyer, Christine D. Haynes, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kevin Orsini, Vanessa A. Lavely, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Colleen D. Shields, Patrick M. Brannigan, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tristan L. Duncan, Daniel B. Rogers, and William F. Northrip, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.; Antoinette D. Hubbard, Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE; Shannon S. Broome, Ann Marie Mortimer, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, San Francisco, CA; Shawn Patrick Regan, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, NY; Kevin J. Mangan, Kristen H. Cramer, Nicholas T. Verna, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew G. McBride, McGuire Woods LLP, Washington, DC; Christian J. Singewald, White And Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joy C. Fuhr, Brian D. Schmalzbach, W. Cole Geddy, McGuire Woods LLP, Richmond, VA; Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Duane Morrjs LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael F. Healy, SHOOK HARDY & BACON LLP, San Francisco, CA Michael L. Fox, DUANE MORRJS LLP, San Francisco, CA; Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kathleen Taylor Sooy, Tracy A. Roman, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC; Honor R. Costello, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY; Michael P. Kelly, Daniel J. Brown, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Bauer, Margaret A. Tough, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA; Jameson R. Jones, Daniel R. Brody, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO; Daniel A. Mason, Matthew D. Stachel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & GarrIson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Yahonnes Cleary, Caitlin E. Grusauskas, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & GarrIson LLP, New York, NY; Michael P. Kelly, Daniel J. Brown, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Bauer, Margaret A. Tough, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA; Robert W. Whetzel, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, D

    Case Number: D69684

    Federal court lacked jurisdiction over purely state law claims alleging nuisance and consumer fraud arising from fossil fuel companies' purported disinformation campaigns to suppress the link between fossil fuel products and climate damage.