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  • In re: Titus

    Publication Date: 2019-03-06
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Ambro
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas A. Campbell and Kathryn L. Harrison, Campbell & Levine, Pittsburgh, PA for appellant.
    for defendant: Neal H. Levin, Freeborn & Peters, Chicago, IL for appellee.
    Case Number: D68479

    Bankruptcy court did not err in utilizing non-necessities approach to determine fraudulent transfer liability involving an entireties account, but moving forward bankruptcy courts should utilize a pro rata approach to calculate liability.

  • Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund v. Navient Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-20
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick F. Morris, Karen L. Morris and R. Michael Lindsey, Morris and Morris LLC, Wilmington, DE; Ste-ven E. Fineman, Daniel P. Chiplock, Michael J. Miarmi, Richard M. Heimann, Bruce W. Leppla and Sha-ron M. Lee, Liefe Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Peter A. Wald, Abid R. Qureshi, Christopher S. Turner and Christopher R. Harris, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC for Navient Corp. and individual defendants. Kevin G. Abrams and John M. Seaman, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wil-mington, DE; Adam S. Hakki, Daniel C. Lewis and Anthony D. Marinello of Shearman & Sterling LLP for underwriter defendants.
    Case Number: D68465

    Plaintiffs adequately stated claims for securities violations, except with regard to statements that were mere puffery and where plaintiffs failed to demonstrate scienter.

  • Preferred Fin. Serv. v. A&R Bail Bonds LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-02-06
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean T. O'Kelly, O'Kelly Ernst & Joyce, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff
    for defendant: Brian T.N. Jordan, Jordan Law LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D68450

    The parties' agreement was illegal because it sought to circumvent changes in the law regarding bail bonds.

  • In re La Paloma Generating Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-01-16
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Energy
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Sontchi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark D. Collins and Jason M Madron, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; M. Natasha Labovitz, Craig A. Bruens, Nick S. Kaluk, III and Elie J. Worenklein, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY for debtors.
    for defendant: Jeffrey M. Schlerf and L. John Bird, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas E. Lauria, White & Case LLP, Miami, FL; Roberto Kampfner, White & Case LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Douglas P. Baumstein, J. Christopher Shore and Andrew Zatz, White & Case LLP, New York, NY for LNV Corp. Jody C. Baril-lare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Glenn E. Siegel, Joshua Dorchak and Rachel Jaffe Mauceri, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY for the ad hoc group of second lien creditors.
    Case Number: D68427

    The bankruptcy court granted the motion of a first-lien lender to enforce an intercreditor agreement which pro-vided that its lien was to be satisfied in full, prior to any payment for the group of second-lien lenders.

  • United States of America v. Cook

    Publication Date: 2019-01-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Distribution and Wholesale | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Whitney C. Cloud and Lesley F. Wolf, Assistant United States Attorneys, Wilmington, DE for the United States of America.
    for defendant: Thomas E. Carluccio, Law Office of Thomas E. Carluccio, Plymouth Meeting, PA; Frank G. Fina, Law Office of Frank G. Fina, Plymouth Meeting, PA for defendant.
    Case Number: D68429

    The court denied a motion in limine where the evidence that the government sought to introduce was not intrinsic to the offenses charged in the indictment.

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  • Terramar Retail Centers, LLC v. Marion #2-Seaport Trust U/A/D June 21, 2002

    Publication Date: 2018-12-26
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Retail
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Lauren Neal Bennett and Coleen W. Hill, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff
    for defendant: Thad J. Bracegirdle of Wilks, Lukoff & Bracegirdle, LLC; Ben D. Whitwell and Melissa C. McLaughlin, Venable LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant.
    Case Number: D68401

    Defendant's refusal to timely comply with document production was not justified.

  • Cont'l Fin. Co. v. TD Bank, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2018-12-26
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Commercial Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie L. Edmonson, Daniel A. O'Brien, Jessie F. Bebber, Patrick J. Boyle, and Adam G. Possidente, Venable LLP for plaintiff;
    for defendant: Alexander D. Bono, Ryan E. Borneman, Lynne E. Evans, Oderah C. Nwaeze, and Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Duane Morris LLP for defendant.
    Case Number: D68400

    Banking customer's negligence claims arising from fraud on its account did not amount to more than simple negligence and were precluded by the UCC and its statute of repose as the fraud occurred under the scope of the account agreement.

  • Great Hill Equity Partners IV, LP v. SIG Growth Equity Fund I, LLLP

    Publication Date: 2018-12-19
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions | Private Equity and Venture Capital
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | E-Commerce
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Rudolf Koch, and Robert L. Burns, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Stephen D. Poss and Adam Slutsky, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: William B. Chandler III, Ian R. Liston, and Jessica A. Hartwell, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Mark A. Kirsch, Scott A. Edelman, Aric H. Wu, Jeremy W. Stamelman, and Laura K. O'Boyle, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Lewis H. Lazarus and Meghan A. Adams, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter N. Flocos and Joanna A. Diakos, K&L Gates LLP, New York, NY; David S. Eagle and Sean M. Brennecke, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael K. Coran, William T. Hill, Monica Clarke Platt, and Gregory R. Sellers, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendants.
    Case Number: D68390

    Plaintiff granted judgment on its claim of breach of representations and warranties in merger agreement where defendants were found to have concealed the circumstances of their company's termination by a partner and violation of card merchant rules.

  • Mergenthaler v. Triumph Mortgage Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-12-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Sergovic, Jr., Sergovic & Carmean, P.A., Georgetown, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Richard L. Abbott, Abbott Law Firm, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D68395

    A judgment creditor was required to refresh a judgment after five years before obtaining a writ of execution, but the court renewed plaintiff's judgment nunc pro tunc due to the court's ministerial error.

  • Consumer Fin. Prot. Bureau v. The Nat'l Collegiate Master Student Trust

    Publication Date: 2018-10-31
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Education
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carolyn I. Hahn, Colin T. Reardon and Gabriel S.H. Hopkins, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman and Melissa N. Brochwicz, Donimirski, Heymay Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Erik H. Haas and Peter W. Tomlinson, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY attorneys for Ambac Assurance Corp.; Jamie L. Edmonson, Allyson B. Baker, Meredith L. Boylan, Sameer P. Sheikh and Katherine M. Wright, Venable LLP, Washington, DC, attorneys for Transworld Systems Inc.; Andrew D. Cordo, Ashby & Geddes, PA, Wilmington, DE; Michael Hanin and Uri Itkin, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for objecting noteholders; Rebecca L. Butcher, Landis Rath & Cobb LLP, Wilmington, DE, John P. Doherty and William Hao, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY for GSS Data Serv., Inc.; Stacey A. Scrivani, Stevens & Lee, P.C., Wilmington, DE for the Pennsylvania Higher Educ. Assistance Agency; Stephen B. Brauerman and Sara E. Bussiere, Bayard P.A., Wilmington, DE for Wilmington Trust Co.; John W. Shaw and David M. Fry, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE, Stephen H. Meyer, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, Washington, DC for U.S. Bank National As-sociation; John W. Shaw and David M. Fry, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE, Matthew A. Martel and Keith M. Kollmeyer, Jones Day, Boston, MA for U.S. Bank.
    Case Number: D68338

    Proposed intervenors timely filed their motions, and they have interests in the litigation which were not adequately repre-sented by existing parties.