• In re Match Group, Inc. Derivative Litig.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-15
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Hanrahan, J. Clayton Athey, Corinne Elise Amato, Kevin H. Davenport, Stacey A. Greenspan, Jason W. Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Lee D. Rudy, Eric L. Zagar, J. Daniel Albert, Maria T. Starling, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Robert D. Klausner, Klausner, Kaufman, Jensen & Levinson, Plantation, FL for appellants.
    for defendant: William M. Lafferty, John P. DiTomo, Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Theodore N. Mirvis, Jonathan M. Moses, Ryan A. McLeod, Alexandra P. Sadinsky, Canem Ozyildirim, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew W. Murphy, Sandy Xu, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Maeve O’Connor, Susan R. Gittes, Amy C. Zimmerman, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY; David E. Ross, Adam D. Gold, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joshua G. Hamilton, Meryn C.N. Grant, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Blair Connelly, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Michele D. Johnson, Latham & Watkins LLP, Costa Mesa, CA for appellees.

    Case Number: 368, 2022

    Chancery court erroneously applied business judgment rule to review transaction where controlling stockholder stood on both sides and received a non-ratable benefit where not all members of the company's separation committee were independent from the controller.

  • In re Fox Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-29
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Edward G. Timlin, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: William B. Chandler III, Brad D. Sorrels, Amy L. Simmerman, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Nora M. Crawford, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Mark R. Yohalem, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Los Angeles, CA; William M. Lafferty, Susan W. Waesco, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: 2022-1007

    Ability to sue corporate officers for fiduciary violations was not a "power, preference, or special right" of a class of stock and thus a proposed amendment to add an officer exculpation clause did not require a separate class vote under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

  • Salt Meadows Homeowners Ass'n, Inc. v. Zonko Builders, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-15
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Construction | Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew J. Rifino, Kate R. Buck, Shannon D. Humiston, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Colin M. Shalk, Kenneth M. Doss, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: 94, 2023

    Trial court properly granted remittitur where jury verdict including inflated repair costs was based on testimony from witnesses unqualified to testify about inflation and increased expenses.

  • Ace Am. Ins. Co. v. Guaranteed Rate, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., William J. Burton, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lilit Asadourian, Alice Kyureghian, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Aaron D. Lindstrom, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Grand Rapids, MI, for plaintiff below, appellee and cross-appellant.
    for defendant: John L. Reed, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; David Newmann, Courtney Devon Taylor, Victoria A. Joseph, Brittany Armour, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant below, appellant and cross-appellee.

    Case Number: 360, 2022

    Ruling that appellee's alleged violation of the False Claims Act arose out of false certifications that the loans it endorsed were eligible for government insurance, not the professional services it provided to borrowers through mortgage banking, mortgage underwriting, and loan servicing; the court concluded that the FCA charges and eventual settlement did not fall within the professional services exclusion in appellant's management liability policy.

  • Donegal Mut. Ins. Co. v. Thangavel

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer A. Sutton, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Wade A. Adams, III, Marissa D. White, Law Offices of Wade A. Adams, III, Newark, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: S21C-08-013

    Superior Court correctly applied Sutton rule to bar landlord's insurer from pursuing subrogation against tenants who negligently damaged the property, where the lease contained no provision demonstrating that the landlord and tenant expressly intended for the tenant to obtain their own insurance or to be barred from coverage under the landlord's policy.

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  • Coster v. UIP Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Max B. Walton, Kyle Evans Gay, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE; Michael K. Ross, Serine Consolino, Aegis Law Group LLP, Washington, DC for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah B. Baum, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC; Stephen B. Brauerman, Elizabeth A. Powers, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: 163, 2022

    Stock issuance that diluted interest of stockholder with one-half interest who had filed a custodian action to break board election deadlock was not inequitable where issuance was reasonably calculated to prevent default under company's key contracts and had the benefit of retaining a key employee, while stockholder was not coerced as she retained a swing vote.

  • Tesla Inc. v. Delaware Div. of Motor Vehicles

    Publication Date: 2023-06-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Automotive | Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly E. Farnan, Tyler E. Cragg, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Felicia H. Ellsworth, Sofie C. Brooks, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA; Ari Holtzblatt, Leon T. Kenworthy, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C. for appellant.
    for defendant: George T. Lees III, Delaware Department of Transportation, Dover, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: 375, 2022

    DMV erred in interpreting Franchise Act to include a ban on the direct sales model, and vehicle manufacturer with no third-party dealers did not qualify as a "manufacturer" under the Act's definition.

  • Gregory v. State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: E. Calvin Harmon Jr., Brett Bendistis Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: David C. Skoranski, Delaware Department of State, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: 1909016095(N)

    Court affirmed official misconduct conviction where evidence demonstrated that former city council president used his office to direct public funds to his non-profit entity.

  • Stillwater Mining Co. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA

    Publication Date: 2023-01-31
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Mining and Resources
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martha Sheehy, Sheey Law Firm, Billings, MT; Kyle A. Gray, Holland & Hart LLP, Billings, MT for appellant.
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, William C. Perdue, Andrew T. Tutt, Samuel I. Ferenc, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C.; John C. Phillips Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips, Mclaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Geoffrey W. Heineman, Jung H. Park, John J. Iacobucci Jr., Ropers Majeski, PC, New York, NY; John L. Reed, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory F. Fischer, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; Angelo G. Savino, Cozen O’Connor, New York, NY for appellees.

    Case Number: 24, 2022

    Superior court did not err in applying law of state of incorporation to resolution of directors' and officers' insurance coverage dispute where the policy applied to D&O liability across multiple jurisdictions, as state of incorporation had the strongest connection to the dispute.

  • Coleman v. State

    Publication Date: 2023-01-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick J. Collins, Collins & Price, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: John R. Williams, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Dover, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: 83, 2022

    The court affirmed the Superior Court's judgment of conviction on the basis that the trial court properly denied defendant's request to issue a jury instruction informing the jury that the police officer's failure to properly annotate the location of evidence in a backpack constituted "missing evidence" under the Lolly/Deberry line of cases.