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  • Penton Bus. Media Holdings, Inc. v. Informa PLC

    Publication Date: 2018-07-25
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Lafferty, John P. DiTomo, Coleen Hill, Craig S. Primis, Erin C. Johnston and Matthew S. Brooker for plaintiff
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Jaclyn C. Levy, Anthony M. Candido, Robert C. Myers and Benjamin A. Berringer for defendants.
    Case Number: D68227

    A merger agreement contained specific provisions regarding an expert's role in the dispute resolution process, which precluded consideration of extrinsic evidence.

  • Basho Techs. Holdco B, LLC v. Georgetown Basho Invs., LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-07-18
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Montgomery Donaldson and Robert A. Penza, Polsinelli PC, Wilmington, DE; Robert V. Spake, Polsinelli PC, Kansas City, MO, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Barry M. Klayman, Cozen O'Connor, Wilmington, DE; Lezlie Madden, Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D68215

    Controlling stockholder breached fiduciary duties by forcing company to accept onerous financing terms from stockholder, which permitted stockholders to gain actual control of company and direct it to engage in unfair self-dealing transactions.

  • Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. v. ABS Capital Partners, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-27
    Practice Area: Contracts | Intellectual Property
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, and Alan R. Silverstein, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Chad M. Shandler, Matthew W. Murphy, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Steven F. Barley, Andrea W. Trento, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Baltimore, MD, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D68190

    Misappropriation claim failed where only circumstantial evidence involved defendant's investment in competing business, an act it was permitted to do under the parties' agreements.

  • Deutsch v. ZST Digital Networks, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-27
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Hardware
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore A. Kittila, James G. McMillan, III, Halloran Farkas & Kittila, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Graff, Robins Kaplan LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for receiver
    for defendant: David L. Finger, Finger & Slanina, LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorney for non-parties.
    Case Number: D68191

    Foreign national officers of Delaware corporation could be subject to contempt proceedings in Section 220 action pursuant to statutory personal jurisdiction and privity with corporation.

  • The Marilyn Abrams Living Trust v. Pope Inv. LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-06-13
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr. and Jeffrey R. Blackwood for plaintiff
    for defendant: Jonathan M. Stemerman for defendants.
    Case Number: D68180

    A party that was awarded expenses under the bad faith exception to the American Rule was not entitled to re-cover expenses incurred on a subsequent appeal, nor was it able to recover additional fees incurred at the trial level.

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  • Partner Inv., L.P. v. Theranos, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-09
    Practice Area: Public Records
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greg P. Williams for defendants Holmes and Theranos.
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    Case Number: D68138

    A non-party was not entitled to obtain access to deposition videos where the parties opted to file only transcript excerpts of that deposition with the court.

  • TCV VI, L.P. v. TradingScreen Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-09
    Practice Area: Law Firm Client Relationships
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Richard P. Rolle, Kevin M. Gallagher and Sarah A. Galetta fo TCV plaintiffs
    for defendant: Kevin G. Abrams and April M. Kirby for Continental Investors Fund LLC; Colm F. Connolly for defendants Grandi, Schroeder and TradingScreen Inc.; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Megan Ward Cascio, Richard Li and Thomas P. Will, former attorneys for de-fendants.
    Case Number: D68141

    A law firm was required to produce its entire litigation file to former clients.

  • Meyers v. Quiz-Dia LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-03-28
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Dorsey, Richard J. Thomas, Emily V. Burton, Bruce S. Bennett and Christopher Lovrien for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Susan M. Hannigan, Elizabeth A. DeFelice and Brian F. Morris for defendants.
    Case Number: D68091

    An entity subrogated to the rights of parties who were contractually entitled to indemnification was allowed to recover a percentage of the amounts it paid on behalf of those parties, plus pre-judgment and post-judgment interest.

  • In re ExamWorks Group, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-07
    Practice Area: Discovery | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Consulting | Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart M. Grant, Michael J. Barry, Jeff A. Almeida, Kimberly A. Evans, Rebecca Musarra, Vincent R. Cappucci and Jordan A. Cortez for petitioners
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Ryan P. Durkin, Michele D. Johnson and Kristin N. Murphy for respondent.
    Case Number: D68068

    Parties who provided late discovery without adequate explanation engaged in discovery abuse.

  • Weil v. VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-28
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Nachbar, John P. DiTomo and Elizabeth A. Mullin for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Stephen B. Brauerman, Sara E. Bussiere, Scott A. Edelman and Alan J. Stone for defendant.
    Case Number: D68061

    Plaintiffs were entitled to advancement for legal fees incurred on their behalf in civil lawsuits.