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  • Rider v. PPG Indus., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-01
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. O'Neill, Elliott Greenleaf, P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jared Thomas Green, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Lindsay Neinast, Littler Mendelson, PC, Washington, D.C. for defendants.
    Case Number: 21-1819-GBW

    Breach of contract and promissory estoppel claims seeking retiree benefits were not preempted by ERISA where employee had allegedly negotiated for reinstatement of benefits as if there was no break in service upon resuming employment following termination, thereby creating an independent legal duty for employer.

  • Affinity Empowering v. Eurofins Sci., Inc. Party

    Publication Date: 2022-10-25
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John V. Gorman, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Wilmington, DE; Raechel Kummer, Clara Kollm, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Washington D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jeffrey L. Moyer, Travis S. Hunter, Nicole K. Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE; Edmund M. Amorosi, Jennifer A. Mahar, Smith Pachter McWhorther PLC, Tysons Corner, VA for defendants.
    Case Number: 21-1843-GBW

    Court granted defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

  • Zoppas Indus. de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. v. Backer EHP Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-25
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia L. Enerio, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Daniel J. Herling, Brad M. Scheller, Geri L. Haight, Adrian Kwan, Samuel D. Sazer, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Thomas E. Williams, Kevin C. May, Daniel M. Terhune, Eric Y. Choi, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP for defendant.
    Case Number: 18-1693-GBW

    Plaintiff could not defeat summary judgment on its trade secret misappropriation claim based on new allegations that defendant obtained trade secrets from a third party, after the court denied discovery related to the third party and plaintiff never sought to amend its complaint to add allegations relating to the third party.

  • Walley v. Amazon.com, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-04
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynette M. Walley, New Castle, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jody Barillare, Ann Marie Effingham, Emily C. DeSmedt, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 21-1498-GBW

    Americans with Disabilities Act discrimination and failure to accommodate claims dismissed where plaintiff failed to allege sufficient facts to support a prima facie case and had improperly pled ADA claims against persons in their individual capacity.

  • Bailey v. Tektronix, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Electronics | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Karl Beste, III, Jason Z. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein, & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Anthony David Raucci, Donna Lynn Culver, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 21-1268-GBW

    Breach of retention holdback agreement not dismissed where parties' agreement could be reasonably interpreted to define revenue as including sales of any software or hardware products incorporating the acquired company's intellectual property.