• Rockwell Automation, Inc. v. EU Automation, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dominick T. Gattuso, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul Tanck, Neal McLaughlin, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward F. Maluf, Jeremy A. Cohen, Owen R. Wolfe, Jeremy Schachter, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 21-1162 (MN)

    Motion to transfer venue granted where alleged conduct took place nationally and defendant's preferred forum was much more convenient for both parties, while the current court had a substantially more congested docket.

  • Rockwell Automation, Inc. v. EU Automation, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dominick T. Gattuso, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul Tanck, Neal McLaughlin, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward F. Maluf, Jeremy A. Cohen, Owen R. Wolfe, Jeremy Schachter, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D69945

    Defendant in trademark infringement action was subject to specific personal jurisdiction where it actively undertook sales of infringing goods into the jurisdiction, even though such sales only represented a small fraction of defendant's overall revenue.

  • In re: The Weinstein Co. Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-08-23
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Crain Martin, Matthew S. Sama, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Brett Ingerman, DLA Piper LLP (US), Baltimore, MD; Rachel Ehrlich Albanese, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert S. Chapman, Sauer & Wagner LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Adam G. Landis, Kerri K. Mumford, Landis Rath & Cobb LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69931

    Bankruptcy court correctly interpreted asset purchase agreement as entitling affiliate to payment on his participation interest where APA expressly identified the interest as a permitted lien that purchaser remained subject to, and thus the broader, general exclusion of obligations to debtor's affiliates did not control.

  • Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC v. Eton Pharm., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-23
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory R. Booker, Robert M. Oakes, Douglas E. McCann, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE; Corrin N. Drakulich, Christina D. Brown-Marshall, Dexter S. Whitley, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Atlanta, GA; Karrie Wheatley, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Houston, TX; Elizabeth M. Flanagan, Deanna Reichel, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Minneapolis, MN; Jonathan E. Singer, Fish & Richardson, P.C., San Diego, CA; Satish Chintapalli, Chintapalli Law Firm, PLLC, Cary, NC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Timothy Devlin, Peter A. Mazur, Neil A. Benchell, Stephanie Berger, Robert Kiddie, Devlin Law Firm LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69932

    After defendant admitted that its product met the limitations of the patents in suit, the court found it liable for infringement after defendant presented insufficient evidence to prove that the patents in suit were invalid as anticipated or obvious under the prior art.

  • Lamplugh v. PFB Energy

    Publication Date: 2022-08-09
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Lamplugh, Glen Mills, PA, pro se plaintiff;
    for defendant: Peter L. Frattarelli, Kevin F. Shaw, Archer & Greiner, P.C., Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D69915

    Former supervisor did not commit defamation where they provided HR for plaintiff's prospective employer with arbitration decision related to plaintiff's termination from prior employment, particularly where the supervisor had gone to work for the prospective employer and had common interest.

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  • In re: Essar Steel Minnesota LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-08-02
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Construction | Manufacturing | Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garvan F. McDaniel, Daniel K. Hogan, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE; Stephen W. Tountas, Robert W. Novick, Melissa Barahona, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Mark E. Felger, Simon E. Fraser, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; Karen M. Grivner, Clark Hill PLC, Wilmington, DE; Scott N. Schreiber, Michael P. Croghan, Clark Hill PLC, Chicago, IL for defendants.

    Case Number: D69909

    Motion for leave to appeal bankruptcy court's ruling on the applicable statute of limitations denied where resolution of the issue would not exclude most, if any, of the litigation trustee's fiduciary claims against defendants, and therefore would not materially advance the litigation.

  • Univar Solutions Inc. v. Geisenberger

    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Distribution and Wholesale | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew J. Rifino, Travis Ferguson, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jameel S. Turner, James G. Ryan, Bailey Cavalieri LLC, Columbus OH for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Melanie K. Sharp, Martin S. Lessner, Mary F. Dugan, Robert M. Vrana, Young Conaway Stargett & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69858

    Constitutional challenges to audit under state escheat law overruled where there was no showing that state would undertake estimation of escheated property held by entity and where seizure of property owned by entities with foreign last known addresses did not violate the foreign commerce clause.

  • In re Tonopah Solar Energy, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-04-19
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edmon L. Morton, Matthew B. Lunn, Ashley E. Jacobs, Jared W. Kochenash, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul V. Shalhoub, Todd G. Cosenza, Charles D. Cording, Ciara A. Copell, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for appellant.
    for defendant: Francis G.X. Pileggi, Cheneise V. Wright, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Vincent F. Alexander, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Andrew Bluth, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Sacramento, CA for appellees.

    Case Number: D69786

    Bankruptcy court did not abuse discretion in sua sponte invoking the permissive abstention doctrine to adjudicate claim objections where doing so would not materially affect administration of the bankruptcy estate and the claim objections largely sought to adjudicate the merits of an underlying litigation that involved the rights of other parties not involved in the bankruptcy proceeding.

  • In re Pattern Energy Group Inc. Sec. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-12
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sue L. Robinson, Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew J. Entwistle, Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, Austin, TX; Vincent R. Cappucci, Arthur V. Nealon, Brendan J. Brodeur, Jonathan H. Beemer, Jessica A. Margulis, Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, New York, NY; Marc M. Seltzer, Krysta Kauble Pachman, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, April M. Kirby, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alan S. Goudiss, K. Mallory Brennan, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY; Christina E. Myrold, Shearman & Sterling LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: D69781

    Motion to dismiss Exchange Act violations denied where plaintiffs plausibly alleged that defendant board had acknowledged that a competing merger offer constituted a better value and would provide stockholders with a higher price, and knew at the time of voting to approve another offer that the competing bidder was willing to continue discussing more favorable terms of merger.

  • United States v. U.S. Sugar Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Agriculture | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura D. Hatcher, Chief, Civil Division, Shamoor Anis, United States Attorney’s Office, Wilmington, DE; Brian Hanna, Jonathan Y. Mincer, Jenigh Garrett, Jill Ptacek, United States Department Of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Brian P. Egan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence E. Buterman, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Amanda P. Reeves, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Elyse M. Greenwald, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Daniel K. Hogan, Daniel C. Kerrick, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE; Peter J. Schwingler, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Amanda L. Wait, Vic Domen, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Washington, DC; Darryl Wade Anderson, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Houston, TX; Christine A. Varney, David R. Marriott, Peter T. Parbur, Timothy G. Cameron, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69700

    Court declined to transfer government's Clayton Act suit where the government had filed suit in the state of incorporation of the parties to the challenged transaction, where the corporate parties had also agreed to hear claims arising from their transaction, such that the government's of forum was entitled to substantial deference.