• Harris v. Lord & Taylor LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-05-08
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Cybersecurity
    Industry: Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph N. Sianni, Andersen Sleater Sianni, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Janine Pollack, The Sultzer Law Group P.C., New York, NY; Daniel Tepper, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, NY; Ben Barnow and Erich P. Schork, Barnow and Assoc., P.C., Chicago, IL; Howard L. Longman and Melissa R. Emert, Stull, Stull & Brody, New York, NY; Charles E. Schaffer, Levin Sedran & Berman LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Jeffrey S. Goldenberg, Goldenberg Schneider, LPA, Cincinnati, OH; Gary Ma-son, Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP, Washington, DC; Laurence D. King and David A. Straite, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer, LLP, New York, NY; John A. Yanchunis and Ryan McGee, Morgan & Morgan, Tampa, FL; Jean Sutton Martin, The Law Office of Jeane Sutton Martin PLLC, Wilmington, NC; Lynda J. Grant, The Grant Law Firm PLLC, New York, NY for plaintiff and pro-posed class.
    for defendant: Jody C. Barillare, Gregory T. Parks, Ezra D. Church and Kristin M. Hadgis, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: D68553

    Both public and private interests favored the transfer of this class action proceeding to a federal district court in another state, where a similar action was already pending.

  • Wigginton v. Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-14
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Securities Litigation
    Industry: Automotive | Legal Services | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan and Michael J. Farnan of Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Phillip Kim of The Rosen Law Firm, P.A., New York, NY; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer and David M. Sborz of Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Ira M. Press, David A. Bishop and Thomas E. Elrod of Kirby Mcinerney LLP, New York, NY; Jeffrey M. Gorris and Christopher P. Quinn of Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Danielle S. Myers of Robbins, Geller, Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; P. Bradford deLeeuw of Rosenthal, Monhait & Goddess, P.A.; Naumon A. Amjed, Darren J. Check and Ryan T. Degnan of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Samuel A. Nolen and Katharine L. Mowrey of Richards Layton & Finger, P.A.; Douglas P. Baumstein and Susan L. Grace of White & Case LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D68351

    Institutional investor with largest financial interest in putative securities fraud class action was entitled to presumption as lead plaintiff despite falling afoul of the 5-in-3 Rule due to the statutory preference for institutional investors serving as lead plaintiffs in securities class actions.

  • In re Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. Unitholder Litig.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-30
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Mergers and Acquisitions | Securities Litigation
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Hanrahan, Paul A. Fioravanti, Jr., Kevin H. Davenport, Samuel L. Closic, and Eric J. Juray, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Marc A. Topaz, Lee D. Rudy, Eric L. Zagar, Michael C. Wagner, and Grant D. Goodhart, III, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Rolin P. Bissel, James M. Yoch, Jr., and Benjamin M. Potts, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael C. Holmes, John C. Wander, Craig E. Zieminski, and Andrew E. Jackson, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas, TX; David E. Ross and Benjamin Z. Grossberg, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; M. Scott Barnard, Michelle Reed, and Lauren E. York, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Dallas, TX, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D68160

    Unitholders' complaint challenging private issuance of securities to insiders established unfairness of transaction, but did not warrant equitable relief cancelling the transaction where partnership was not injured by transaction.

  • Green v. GEICO Gen. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-09
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard H. Cross, Jr., Christopher P. Simon, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Paul A. Bradley, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy, LLC, Wilmington, DE; George M. Church, Miles & Stockbridge, PC, Baltimore, MD; Meloney Perry, Perry Law, PC, Dallas, TX, attorneys for defendant.

    Case Number: D68135

    Motion to dismiss putative class action denied where court could not definitively determine that plaintiffs could not establish damage calculation method that would predominate over proposed class.

  • Ward v. CareFusion Solutions, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-03-28
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel C. Herr and Jack D. McInnes for plaintiffs and the putative class
    for defendant: Elizabeth S. Fenton, Danielle N. Petaja, Matthew J. Hank and Helga P. Spencer for defendant.

    Case Number: D68093

    The choice-of-law provision in the parties employment contracts did not extend the reach of another states labor statutes where that states statutes and case law expressed an intent to narrowly limit their application.

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  • Marquinez v. The Dow Chem. Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-28
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara H. Stratton, Jonathan S. Massey and Scott M. Hendler for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Donald E. Reid, Michael L. Brem, James W. Semple, Boaz S. Morag, Timothy Jay Houseal, D. Ferguson McNeil, Lisa C. McLaughlin, Adam V. Orlacchio and Kelly E. Farnan for defendants.

    Case Number: D68090

    In its answer to a certified question in this class action matter, the Delaware Supreme Court concluded that a conditional dismissal did not stop class action tolling.

  • Dungee v. Davison Design & Dev., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-14
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Intellectual Property
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Sleet
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68072

    Enhancement multiplier on lodestar amount of attorneys fees and costs unnecessary where counsel billed industry-standard rates, and where delay in payment and outlay of costs was not so excessive as to warrant compensating counsel.

  • Jaroslawicz v. M&T Bank Corp.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-08
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Corporate Governance | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis J. Murphy, Jr., Jonathan L. Parshall, Laurence D. Paskowitz, Deborah R. Gross and Roy Jacobs for plaintiffs
    for defendant: John C. Cordrey, George T. Conway III, Bradley R. Wilson and Jordan L. Pietzsch for M&T Bank de-fendants; Kevin R. Shannon, Tracy Richelle High and Christen M. Martosella for Hudson Bank de-fendants.

    Case Number: D67929

    Plaintiffs in a class action suit failed to demonstrate that a proxy statement issued in connection with a merger transaction was misleading. Motion to dismiss granted, without prejudice.

  • Wilmington Pain & Rehabilitation Center, P.A. v. USAA Gen. Indemnity Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-01
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Spadaro and John Sheehan Spadaro for plaintiff
    for defendant: Sidney S. Liebesman, Lisa Zwally Brown, Jay Williams and Paula M. Ketcham for defendant.

    Case Number: D67925

    A purported class did not meet the requirements for certification because the reasonableness and necessity of the medical expenses at issue required a particularized assessment of each patients injuries, treatment and ex-penses.

  • In re Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Delaware Derivative Litigation, DEFAX Case No. D67827 (Del. Ch. July 25, 2017), Bouchard, C. (35 pages).

    Publication Date: 2017-08-09
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Delaware Court of Chancery
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D67827

    Plaintiffs' derivative claim was barred after a federal court in another state dismissed a similar derivative claim for failure to plead demand futility, but on remand, the Court of Chancery recomme