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Publication Date: 2024-01-08
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Judge: Judge Goldblatt
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 22-10584 (CTG)
Aiding in the making of false statements against the federal government was a claim belonging to the government under the False Claims Act and thus was not released by debtors' third-party release in their reorganization plan.
Publication Date: 2024-01-08
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ian M. Ross, Sidley Austin LLP, Miami, FL for plaintiff.
for defendant: Lisa Zwally Brown, Brian T. Reed, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: N23C-03-304 EMD CCLD
Although affirmative defenses of credits for excess payments or set-off were insufficiently pled, they were enough to put plaintiff on notice that defendants were contesting the amounts due, thereby precluding judgment on the pleadings.
Publication Date: 2024-01-08
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Curry, Tayler D. Bolton, Saxena White P.A., Wilmington, DE; David Wales, Saxena White P.A., White Plains, NY; Adam Warden, Saxena White P.A., Boca Raton, FL; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrew J. Peach, Jackson E. Warren, Jacob D. Jeifa, Wilmington, DE, Andrews & Springer LLC for plaintiff.
for defendant: Garrett B. Moritz, S. Reiko Rogozen, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Farina, George A. Borden, Brian T. Gilmore, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC; William M. Lafferty, Ryan D. Stottmann, Rachel R. Tunney, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tariq Mundiya, Jeffrey B. Korn, Richard Li, Ciara A. Sisco, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0846-MTZ
Plaintiff failed to plead demand futility for derivative complaint where controller's ability to remove board members by itself could not establish a lack of independence and a majority of the board's financial ties did not prevent them from exercising independent judgment.
Publication Date: 2024-01-08
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Legal Services | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, Christopher M. Foulds, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Julie Goldsmith Reiser, Molly J. Bowen, Brendan Schneiderman, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC; Katherine Lubin Benson, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Nicholas Diamond, Gabriel A. Panek, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, NY; Ellen Rosenblum, Attorney General, Brian A. de Haan, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice, Portland, OR; Andrew E. Blumberg, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ned Weinberger, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher H. Lyons, Tayler D. Bolton, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron, David A. Knotts, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Lee Rudy, Eric L. Zagar, Geoffrey C. Jarvis, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant:
Case Number: 2023-0418-JTL
Court granted the application of a plaintiff team to lead a consolidated derivative action where counsel had organized the stronger litigation team and the selected plaintiffs consistent of public agencies/officials with extensive financial experience.
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Traynor
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel L. Closic, Eric J. Juray, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew Blumberg, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
for defendant: Stephen C. Norman, Jennifer C. Wasson, Tyler J. Leavengood, Christopher D. Renaud, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Doluisio, Brittany Zoll, Christopher J. Merken, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Matthew L. Larrabee, Hayoung Park, Julia Markham-Cameron, Dechert LLP, New York, NY; Michael D. Blanchard, Amelia Pennington, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Boston, MA for appellees.
Case Number: 22, 2023
Chancery court erred in adopting West Virginia court's factual findings through judicial notice where such facts were disputed by the parties to the present action.
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Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: Manufacturing
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Williams
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance M. Geren, Ashley E. Macaysa, Paul D. Starr, O’Donoghue & O’Donoghue, New Castle, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Laurence V. Cronin Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Donald D. Gamburg, Immon Shafiei, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Philadelphia, PA for defendant.
Case Number: 21-1563-GBW
Court upheld union grievance arbitration award where there was sufficient record evidence to support finding that employer's discovery of employee's on-the-job alcohol intoxication after terminating the employee for other reasons constituted after-acquired evidence.
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Energy
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Chad M. Shandler, Steven J. Fineman, Kelly E. Farnan, Kevin M. Gallagher, Christine D. Haynes, Alexander M. Krischik, Sara M. Metzler, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joshua Berman, Jackson Herndon, Paul C. Gross, Ben Nicholson, Michael H. Rover, Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Timothy R. Dudderar, Aaron R. Sims, Abraham C. Schneider, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Maureen M. Stewart, Foley & Lardner LLP, Tampa, FL; Jordan C. Bledsoe, Tyler Dever, Bryce W. Talbot Foley & Lardner LLP, Salt Lake City, UT; Paul J. Lockwood, Jenness E. Parker, Jessica R. Kunz, Matthew R. Conrad, Eric M. Holleran, Mallory V. Phillips, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Karen Hoffman Lent, Evan R. Kreiner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-0988-JTL
Court granted certification of denial of preliminary injunction for interlocutory appeal where such an appeal would facilitate prompt and final resolution of controlling legal issues in the case.
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Kelly E. Rowe, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, William C. Purdue, Samuel I. Ferenc, Matthew L. Farley, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C.; Bruce E. Jameson, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones, & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Tammy Yuen, Juan Luis Garcia, Skarzynski Marick & Black, LLP, New York, NY; Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Daniel J. Layden, Hangley Aronchik Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA; Michael R. Goodstein, Bailey Cavalieri, Columbus, OH; Thomas J. Judge, Jason C. Reichlyn, Dykema Gossett, PLLC, Washington, D.C. for appellants.
for defendant: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robin L. Cohen, Keith McKenna, Meredith Elkins, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP, New York, NY for appellees.
Case Number: 478, 2022
Superior court erred in finding fraudulent transfer claims filed by a bankruptcy litigation trust to be derivative and falling under the definition of a "securities" claim in a corporate insurance policy where such claims only benefitted creditors rather than the company and thus were direct in nature.
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Uebler, Adam J. Waskie, Sarah P. Kaboly, McCollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE; Rudolf Koch, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Ryan D. Stottman, Thomas P. Will, Alec Hoeschel, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael B. Carlinsky, Rollo C. Baker, Jonathan E. Feder, Alison Y. Lo, Cohl K. Love, Stephanie Keleman, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0970-JTL
Court declined to dismiss breach of contract claim where the statute of frauds did not conclusively apply and where there were factual disputes over whether the work under the alleged contract fell within the scope of plaintiff's employment.
Publication Date: 2023-12-25
Practice Area: Patent Litigation
Industry: Consumer Products | Manufacturing | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Burke
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth L. Dorsney, Cortlan S. Hitch, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert L. Maier, Jennifer C. Tempesta, Michael E. Knierim, Nick Palmieri, Baker Botts L.L.P., New York, NY; Sarah J. Guske, Baker Botts L.L.P., San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Karen Jacobs, Michael J. Flynn, Cameron P. Clark, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Anupam Sharma, Robert T. Haslam, Covington & Burling LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Richard L. Rainey, Han Park, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.
Case Number: 22-987-CJB
Receipt of notice of infringement only a day prior to the filing of the complaint was insufficient to charge defendant with pre-suit knowledge of the asserted patents.
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