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  • RSUI Indem. Co. v. Murdock

    Publication Date: 2021-03-17
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Katzenstein, Kathleen M. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert P. Conlon, Kevin A. Lahm, Cassandra L. Jones, Walker Wilcox Matousek LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Elena C. Norman, Mary F. Dugan, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kirk A. Pasich, Pamela Woods, Christopher T. Pasich, Pasich LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69330

    Delaware public policy did not make fraudulent conduct by corporate directors and officers uninsurable, and a policy exclusion did not apply.

  • AmerisourceBergen Corp. v. Lebanon County Employees Ret. Fund

    Publication Date: 2020-12-23
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Jennifer C. Wasson, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Blanchard, Amelia G. Pennington, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel L. Closic, Eric J. Juray, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric L. Zagar, Michael C. Wagner, Christopher M. Windover, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Frank R. Schirripa, Daniel B. Rehns, Hillary Nappi, Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, NY; David Wales, Andrew Blumberg, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: D69232

    Stockholders could file inspection demand after asserting credible circumstantial evidence that corporate directors and managers had engaged in wrongdoing.

  • XL Ins. Am., Inc. v. Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ilana H. Eisenstein, Rachel A.H. Horton, DLA Piper LLP (US), Philadelphia, PA; Aidan M. McCormack, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY; John L. Reed, Matthew Denn and Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David B. Goodwin, Christine S. Haskett, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA; David J. Baldwin, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69173

    Expert testimony regarding lost earnings was consistent with the provisions of the business interruption coverage portion of the insurance policies.

  • Borealis Power Holdings Inc. v. Hunt Strategic Util. Inv., L.L.C.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-10
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard I. Werder, Jr., Renita Sharma, Elisabeth B. Miller, and Ryan A. Rakower, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; William M. Lafferty, Thomas W. Briggs, Jr., Daniel T. Menken, and Aubrey J. Morin, Morris Nichols Arsht&Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant Borealis Power Holdings.Neil A. Sterner, Dechert LLP, New York, NY; Blake Rohrbacher, Brian S. Yu, and Kevin M. Regan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellant Cheyne Walk Investments.P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., Ian D. McCauley, and Kathleen A. Murphey, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant Texas Transmission Investment.
    for defendant: Jessica B. Pulliam, Monica Hughes Smith, Baker Botts L.L.P., Dallas, Texas; Vernon Cassin, Baker Botts L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; Peter J. Walsh Jr., J. Matthew Belger, Andrew H. Sauder, Potter Anderson &Corroon LLP, Wilmington Delaware for Hunt Strategic Utility Investment, L.L.C. J. Christopher Shore, Alice Tsier, andVivake Prasad, White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Aaron Colodny, White & Case LLP, Los Angeles, CA; David C. McBride, Martin S. Lessner, Ryan M. Bartley, and Paul J. Loughman, Young, Conaway, Stargatt& Taylor, LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: D69006

    Right of first refusal in separate investor rights agreement did not supersede right of first offer on transfer of equity stake in separate corporate entity where the right of first refusal only applied to minority member of the company subject to the investor rights agreement and transferor was not a minority member.

  • Tiger v. Boast Apparel, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Consumer Products | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin G. Abrams and Matthew L. Miller, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian J. Capitummino, Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, Rochester, NY for appellee.
    Case Number: D67676

    There was no presumption of confidentiality for books and records produced in response to a §220 request, nor was a requesting stockholder required to show exigent circumstances to avoid an indefinite confidentiality obligation.

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  • Leaf Invenergy Co. v. Invenergy Renewables LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-05-22
    Practice Area: Damages | Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley D. Sorrels, Shannon E. German, Andrew D. Berni, Keith E. Eggleton, Steven D. Guggenheim and David A. McCarthy, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE and Palo Alto, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Kevin M. Coen, Zi-Xiang Shen and Coleen W. Hill, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bruce S. Sperling, Harvey J. Barnett and Eamon P. Kelly, Sperling & Slater, P.C., Chicago, IL for defendant.
    Case Number: D68469

    The parties' agreement unambiguously required consent or the redemption of shares in the event of a sale, and because de-fendant chose to do neither, plaintiff was entitled to damages.

  • Delaware Bd. of Nursing v. Francis

    Publication Date: 2018-10-17
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Health Care Law | Regulation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carla A.K. Jarosz, attorney for appellant
    for defendant: Daniel A. Griffith, attorney for appellees.
    Case Number: D68318

    State not obligated to prove that nurse's breach of professional standards also caused harm to a patient or the public to impose discipline for violations.