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  • Moscowitz v. Theory Ent. LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen B. Brauerman, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Stanton L. Stein, Ashley R. Yeargan, Russ, August & Kabat, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin G. Abrams, Michael A. Barlow, Joseph A. Sparco, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott A. Edelman, Ilissa Samplin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant.
    Case Number: D69202

    Plaintiff was bound by the terms of an agreement regarding the company's right to repurchase his owner-ship units following his resignation, but questions remained regarding the validity and effect of plaintiff's no-tices of resignation.

  • Sylebra Capital Partners Master Fund, Ltd. v. Perelman

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel T. Hirzel II, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Patrick J. Smith, Andrew J. Rodgers, Nicholas J. Karasimas, Smith Villazor LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: William M. Lafferty, Susan W. Waesco, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin J. Orsini, Rory A. Leraris, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69171

    The court dismissed plaintiff's complaint because the company's bylaws contained a mandatory forum selection provision in favor of another state.

  • Roma Landmark Theaters, LLC v. Cohen Exhibition Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-10-14
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz, Anne M. Steadman, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Marshall R. King, Hannah E. Kirshner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin M. Gallagher, Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Donald A. Harwood, Simon W. Reiff, Harwood Reiff LLC, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: D69155

    Defendant adequately stated a counterclaim for fraud, but the court dismissed the remainder of its counterclaims.

  • Menacker v. Overture, L.L.C.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-19
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Abbot, Abbott Law Firm, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael A. Weidinger, Pinckney, Weidinger, Urban & Joyce LLC, Greenville, DEfor defendants.
    Case Number: D69089

    A former member of a limited liability company lacked standing to pursue a derivative claim for breach of fiduciary duty.

  • In re Tropicana Ent., LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-05-06
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Walrath
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Beigel, Herbert Beigel & Associates, LLC, Tucson, AZ; Joseph Grey, Cross & Simon LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Dennis A. Meloro and Nancy A. Peterman, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago, IL; George M. Vinci, Jr. and Neal R. Troum, Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci P.C., Philadelphia, PA for defendants.
    Case Number: D68969

    Bankruptcy court granted a motion in limine regarding the admissibility of certain court opinions, but it denied the remainder of defendants' motions in limine.

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  • Purohit v. Legend Pictures, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-04-08
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Devlin and James Lennon, Devlin Law Firm LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Sloan, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Grossman, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
    Case Number: D68937

    Plaintiff failed to state a claim for direct copyright infringement because no substantial similarity existed between plaintiff's work and that of defendant. Plaintiff's work was not entitled to moral rights protection, because it was not a work of visual art.

  • Stephenson v. Big Oaks Trailer Park, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Scott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean P. Gambogi, Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O’Neill, Newark, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael I. Silverman and Adrienne M. McDonald, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D68715

    Although plaintiffs failed to comply with the court's scheduling order when they failed to provide expert witness reports within the time allowed, the court concluded that defendant was not prejudiced.

  • Acceleration Bay LLC v. Activision Blizzard Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-18
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D68702

    Expert damages opinion in patent infringement case excluded where expert relied upon conclusion that no non-infringing example existed and therefore rendered calculation of cost to create such an example illogical, and where expert provided an insufficient basis to apportion value to infringing portion of product.

  • In re Centaur, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-01-16
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Consulting | Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Carey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: D68426

    Litigation trustee was entitled to summary judgment in this fraudulent transfer matter, because the debtor was insolvent at the time of the transaction and no exchange or reasonably equivalent value occurred.

  • Nederlander of San Francisco Assoc. v. CSH Theatres LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-12-12
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tammy L. Mercer and M. Paige Valeski, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mat-thew L. Larrabee and Benjamin M. Rose, Dechert LLP, New York, NY; Michael S. Doluisio, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Susan M. Hannigan and Sarah T. Andrade, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wil-mington, DE; David B. Tulchin, Brian T. Frawley and Andrew J. Finn, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D68385

    Res judicata and collateral estoppel did not bar a plaintiff's claims for a subsequent breach of contract, but plaintiff failed to demonstrate it was entitled to a preliminary injunction.