• The Am. Bottling Co. v. Repole

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz and Anne M. Steadman, Ross Aronstam& Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert C. Walters, Russell H. Falconer, and Megan Z. Hulce, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas, TX for plaintiff.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss and Daniel J. McBride, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; David H. Bernstein, Jyotin Hamid, Jared I. Kaga, and Matthew J. Patrozziello, Debevois& Plimpton LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D68991

    Attorney-client privilege waived for communications disclosed to counterparty in merger transaction where the merger parties' shared interests were commercial rather than legal in nature.

  • River Valley Ingredients, LLC v. Am. Proteins, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-20
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen B. Brauerman and Sarah T. Andrade, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Edward S. Sledge IV, Whitt Steineker, Zachary A. Madonia, Hillary C. Campbell and K. Laney Gifford, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham, AL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner and Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; J. Allen Maines, Caroline Johnson Tanner, A. André Hendrick, Matthew D. Friedlander, Patrick B. Reagin and Jacquelyn Thomas Watts, Holland & Knight LLP, Atlanta, GA for defendants.

    Case Number: D68987

    Defendants were bound by a forum selection clause in an asset purchase agreement, so the court granted plaintiffs' motion to remand the case to state court.

  • Cuppels v. Mountaire Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-29
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chase T. Brockstedt and Stephen A. Spence, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt, Lewes, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Devera B. Scott and William J. Kassab, Department of Justice, Dover, DE for non-party movant.

    Case Number: D68960

    Plaintiffs alleging injury from environmental violations were entitled to subpoena records from the Delaware Department of Natural Resources relating to its settlements with the defendants in plaintiffs' injury action.

  • Firmenich Inc. v. Natural Flavors, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alizia R. Karetnick, Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Brittany M. Giusini and Elizabeth A. Sloan, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Lisa Zwally Brown, Steven T. Margolin, and Samuel Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason Kislin, and Matthew F. Bruno, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Florham Park, NJ for defendants Natural Flavors, Inc., Harris Stein, Herbert Stein and Jason Stein. Jeffrey W. Lorell, Nino A. Coviello, and Alex C. Banzhaf, Saiber, LLC, Florham Park, NJ, Paul Cottrell, and Melissa L. Rhoads, Tighe & Cottrell, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants Jocelyn Manship and Julie Weisman.

    Case Number: D68951

    Duplicative damages bar did not preclude plaintiff from pursuing breach of contract and fraudulent inducement claims in the alternative where plaintiff's claim for rescission damages sufficiently distinguished its legal theories to allow them to proceed in parallel.

  • O'Gara v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Christopher N. Kelly and Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; James Clough, William L. Prickett and Andrew T. Stark, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Los Angeles, CA and Boston, MA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan, Susan M. Hannigan and Anthony M. Calvano, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bradley Chapin, Rutan & Tucker LLP, Costa Mesa, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: D68899

    The court granted defendants' motion to dismiss, because plaintiff failed to adequately allege their claims for breach of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, tortious interference with contract and business relations, and libel.

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  • In re: Appraisal of Panera Bread Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-19
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel T. Hirzel, II, Elizabeth A. DeFelice and Melissa N. Donimirski, Heyman Ererio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Hecht, Michael T.G. Long, Jarett N. Sena, Natalie F. Dallavalle, Frank T.M. Catalina, Edoardo Murillo and Jonathan M. Kass, Lowenstein Sandler LLP, New York, NY for peti-tioners.
    for defendant: Paul J. Lockwood, Jennifer C. Voss, Jenness E. Parker, Alyssa S. O’Connell, Kaitlin E. Maloney, Daniel S. Atlas, Bonnie W. David and Andrew D. Kinsey, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilming-ton, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: D68882

    In this statutory appraisal action, the court determined that the process by which the company was sold bore multiple indicia of reliability, and the deal price was persuasive evidence of fair value.

  • Sullivan v. Hanover Foods Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-29
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth J. Reidenberg, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE; Evan L. Frank, Alan L. Frank Law Associates, P.C., Jenkintown, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Barry M. Willoughby, Timothy Jay Houseal, Curtis J. Crowther, Lauren E.M. Russell, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68861

    Employer was entitled to summary judgment on employee's discrimination and disparate treatment claims based on race and sex, as well her hostile environment claim based on sex.

  • Holben v. Pepsi Bottling Ventures, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-11-20
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Clark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walt F. Schmittinger and Candace E. Holmes, Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert S. Hunt, Franklin & Prokopik, Wilmington, DE, attorney for appellee.

    Case Number: D68774

    The Industrial Accident Board erred in awarding attorneys' fees that exceeded 30 percent of the amount on an "issue" in which a claimant obtained a recovery greater than that offered by the employer prior to hearing.

  • Wenske v. Blue Bell Creameries, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-11
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Zeldin, Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott G. Burdine and Davie E. Wynne, Burdine Wynne LLP, Hou-ston, TX for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Timothy R. Dudderar, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants Blue Bell Creameries, U.S.A., Inc., Jim Kruse, Howard Kruse, Dickson, Rankin, Markwardt, Barhill, Ehlert, MacInerney and Ryan. Srinivas M. Raju and Kelly L. Freund, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants Bridges and Paul Kruse. Paul A. Fioravanti, Jr. and John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Hugh C. Connor II, Michael D. Anderson and Caleb B. Bulls, Kelly Hart & Hallman, LLP, Fort Worth, TX for defendants Blue Bell Creameries, Inc. and Blue Bell Creameries, U.S.A., Inc. Joseph B. Cicero and Gregory E. Stuhlman, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE for Blue Bell Creameries L.P. Michael J. Maimone and Jospeh C. Schoell, Drinker Biddle and Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE for Special Litig. Comm. of Blue Bell Creameries, L.P.

    Case Number: D68701

    Agency principles prevented a special litigation committee from having authority to manage this derivative litigation, because the court had previously held that the sole general partner which created the committee had a disabling interest.

  • Sciabacucchi v. Salzberg

    Publication Date: 2019-07-24
    Practice Area: Attorney Rates and Arrangements | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Consumer Products | Food and Beverage | Insurance
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt M. Heyman and Melissa N. Donimirski, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason M. Leviton and Joel A. Fleming, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William B. Chandler III, Randy J. Holland, Bradley D. Sorrels, Lindsay Kwoka Faccenda, Boris Feldman and David J. Berger, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE and Palo Alto, CA for defendants Lake, Anderson, Gurley, Hansen, McCollam, Wood, Ahuja, Carolan, Hastings, Hendricks, Hunt, Leff, Rothrock and nominal defendants Stitch Fix, Inc. and Roku, Inc. Catherine G. Dearlove and Sarah T. Andrade, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael G. Bon-giorno and Timothy J. Perla, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY and Boston, MA for defendants Salz-berg, Bradley, Cool, Fox, Goodman, Hirshberg, Kelley and nominal defendant Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.

    Case Number: D68642

    The attorney fees sought by plaintiff were reasonable, so the court ordered each of the nominal defendants to pay one-third of the award.