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  • Rex Med., L.P. v. Intuitive Surgical, INC.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Farnan, Brian E. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Erik B. Milch, Cooley LLP, Reston, VA; Allison Elkman, Cooley LLP, Washington, D.C.; Dena Chen, Deepa Kannappan, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Nathan R. Hoeschen, Karen E. Keller, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE; George Lombardi, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL; Claire A. Fundakowski, Joseph C. Masullo, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kelly C. Hunsaker, Michael Rueckheim, Winston & Strawn LLP, Redwood City, CA; Evan Lewis, Winston & Strawn LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.
    Case Number: 19-005 (MN)

    After crediting the jury's verdict of patent infringement, the court determined that plaintiff had failed to offer any evidence that would serve as a basis for damages and remitted the jury's award to nominal damages of $1.

  • Steward Health Care Sys. LLC v. Tenet Bus. Serv. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Barlow, Adam K. Schulman, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Anthony Bongiorno, Jessica Reese, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Boston, MA; Rollo C. Baker IV, Eric White, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Lewis H. Lazarus, K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy W. Knapp, Brendan E. Ryan, Kent J. Hayden, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.
    Case Number: 2022-0289-SG

    Finding that that the asset purchase agreement executed by the parties had created a scheme for prorating Medicaid reimbursement distribution payments relating to the year in which closing on the hospitals occurred consistent with defendants' construction of the agreement, the court granted partial summary judgment to defendants.

  • In Re: Proton Pump Inhibitors Prod. Liab. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley LLC, Wilmington, DE; Martin Bienstock, Bienstock PLLC, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James J. Freebery, Daniel J. Brown, Makenzie Windfelder, Hayley J. Reese, Chelsea A. Botsch, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur E. Brown, William Hoffman, Matthew Douglas, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Amy K. Fisher, Katherine D. Althoff, Carolyn E. Riggs, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN; Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sherry Knutson, Tucker Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL; Craig A. Thompson, Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD for defendants.
    Case Number: N17C-07-001 PPI

    Plaintiff brought the underlying personal injury action against defendants alleging that defendants were responsible for developing, manufacturing, marketing, and distributing proton pump inhibitor products that were unsafe, defectively designed, lacked proper warnings, and were unfit to be marketed and sold in the United States. Defendants individually and collectively moved to dismiss the claims. Plaintiff brought the case as administrator of a health care plan directly and as subrogee of its members' claims for a variety of injurie

  • Magnolia Med. Tech., Inc. v. Kurin, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodger Dallery Smith II, Anthony David Raucci, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ashok Ramani, David J. Lisson, Micah G. Block, Ian Hogg, Serge A. Voronov, Davis Polk & Wardell LLP, Menlo Park, CA; Kathryn B. Bi, Alena Farber, Davis Polk & Wardell LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan, Nicole Kathleen Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger, PA, Wilmington, DE; Catherine Nyarady, Kripa Raman, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Nicholas Groombridge, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan Hangartner, X-Patents, APC, La Jolla, CA for defendant.
    Case Number: 19-97-CFC

    Court stayed motion for judgment of indefiniteness where plaintiff's expert described claim limitation as functional despite court construing it as structural, potentially giving defendant a viable argument in support of a motion for judgment as a matter of law of noninfringement.

  • Evolve Growth Initiatives, LLC v. Equilibrium Health Solutions LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew Z. Schwartz, Euripides Dalmanieras, Christian A. Garcia, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Travis S. Hunter, and Sara M. Metzler, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Motty Shulman, Centricity Law PLLC, New York, NY; Robin A. Henry, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2022-1113-SG

    Although arbitral panel did not expressly address claims against one defendant in its award imposing joint and several liability against all defendants, that oversight did not rise to the level of significant error necessary to overturn an arbitration award where those theories of liability against the defendant were pled by claimants and thus before the panel for its consideration.

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  • CareDx, Inc. v. Natera, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward R. Reines, Derek C. Walter, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; Randi Singer, Elizabeth McLean, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Derek J. Fahnestock, Anthony D. Raucci, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kristin J. Achterhof, Julia L. Mazur, Martin S. Masar III, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, IL; Christina L. Costley, Paul S. Yong, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Bruce G. Vanyo, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, New York, NY; Timothy H. Gray, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.
    Case Number: 19-662-CFC

    Court granted defendant's judgment as a matter of law on the issue of Lanham Act damages where plaintiff presented no evidence that any customer was misled or relied upon defendant's advertisements found false by the jury.

  • Bruckel v. Tauc Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ethan H. Townsend, Kevin M. Regan, McDermott Will & Emory LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jennifer Aronoff, McDermott Will & Emory LLP, Chicago, IL; Megan E. Thibert-Ind, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Ronald N. Brown, III, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; James C. Bookhout, Mallory Biblo, DLA Piper LLP (US), Dallas, TX for defendant.
    Case Number: 2021-0579-MTZ

    The court granted plaintiff's motion for civil contempt and sanctions and shifted plaintiff's fees to defendant upon finding that defendant had "contemptuously" failed to fully and timely produce ordered documents.

  • Anderson v. Magellan Health, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Legal Services
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan M. Ernst, Bielli & Klauder, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Rogovin, Weiss Law, Atlanta, GA for plaintiff
    for defendant: Paul J. Lockwood, Arthur R. Bookout, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 2021-0202-KSJM

    Supplemental proxy disclosures that were only marginally helpful to shareholders and were not clearly material to their analysis only supported a minimal award of legal fees and costs to plaintiff stockholder.

  • Sternlicht v. Hernandez

    Publication Date: 2023-06-27
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. Seaman, April M. Ferraro, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adrienne Ward, Lori Marks-Esterman, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York, NY; John M. Seaman, April M. Ferraro, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tariq Mundiya, Richard Li, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Kevin M. Gallagher, Matthew W. Murphy, Nicole M. Henry, Jordan L. Cramer, Sandy Xu, Mari Boyle, Edmond S. Kim, Morgan R. Harrison, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2023-0477-PAF

    Court declined to enjoin advance notice bylaw where company did not have radical change in operations and plaintiff stockholders' delay contributed to their inability to timely present a slate of directors for the annual meeting.

  • Optimiscorp v. Atkins

    Publication Date: 2023-06-13
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore A. Kittila, William E. Green, Jr., Halloran Farkas + Kittila LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Stephen B. Brauerman, Sarah T. Andrade, Megan A. McGovern, Bayard, PA, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 2020-0183-MTZ

    Stockholders who pursued a derivative claim breached fiduciary duties to company by withholding the award in that claim, since derivative plaintiffs served as company agents rather than directors entitled to have their conduct reviewed under gross negligence or business judgment rule standards.