• Outbox Sys., Inc. v. Trimble Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia L. Enerio, Jamie Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel, Wilmington, DE; Gerry Silver, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven T. Margolin, Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69944

    Account stated claim dismissed where duplicative of a well-pleaded breach of contract claim and where plaintiff had failed to adequately plead the existence of a debt or account or defendant's express admission to an amount due under such account or debt.

  • In Re Morrow Park Holding LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-08-30
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fiorvanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Richard P. Rollo, Travis S. Hunter, Angela Lam, Nicole M. Henry, John T. Miraglia, Richards, Layton, & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Alan S. Loewinsohn, Kerry Schonwald, Loewinsohn, Deary, Simony Ray LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: D69935

    Court denied breach of contract claim in real estate development dissolution case holding that plaintiffs failed to establish that defendants breached material terms of the agreement, their actions were unreasonable, or but for defendants' actions, the plaintiffs would be in a different position.

  • Torrent Pharma Inc. v. Priority Healthcare Distrib., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-23
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. McCauley, Palmer Biezup & Henderson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin G. O’Donovan, Palmer Biezup & Henderson LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Elizabeth A. Sloan, Brittany M. Guisini, Ballard Spahr, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew D. Knepper, Tanya Maerz, Husch Blackwell, LLP, St. Louis, MO; Sarah B. Cole, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Wilmington, DE. for defendants.

    Case Number: D69926

    Court granted in part and denied in part summary judgment motions in a case arising out of product destruction at a warehouse.

  • Steward Health Care Sys, LLC v. Tenet Bus. Serv. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-16
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Barlow and Adam K. Schulman, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Anthony Bongiorno and Jessica Reese, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Boston, MA; Rollo C. Baker IV, Jared Ruocco, and Eric White, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Lewis H. Lazarus, K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, and Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen C. Hackney, P.C., Timothy W. Knapp, P.C., and Brendan E. Ryan, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.

    Case Number: D69921

    In lieu of a demonstration of likelihood of success on the merits, court granted preliminary injunctive relief compelling specific performance, conditioned on plaintiffs' posting of a bond sufficient to cover the service fees defendants were owed under the parties contract.

  • In Re: Zohar III Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-16
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. David Dean, Norman L. Pernick, Patrick J. Reilley, Cole Schotz, Wilmington, DE; Michael G. Farag, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, CA; Monica K. Loseman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Denver, CO; Michael L. Nadler, Akiva Shapiro, Randy M. Mastro, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, New York, NY for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph M. Barry, Michael R. Nestor, Shane M. Reil, James L. Patton, Jr., Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69922

    Management services company not entitled to transaction fee where proviso requiring liquidity event to satisfy client's outstanding liabilities was included in the section defining liquidity events and therefore constituted a condition to payment of the fee.

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  • Parks v. Horizon Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-08-02
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas V. Ayala, Sally E. Veghte, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Scott B. Czerwonka, Andrea S. Brooks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69902

    Restrictive covenants in agreements governing asset purchase transaction for the sale of a business were governed by Delaware law where the parties had contractually chosen Delaware and where parties challenging the enforceability of the covenants failed to show that their home state's law would apply in the absence of the contractual choice.

  • Xcoal Energy & Res. v. Bluestone Energy Sales Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-02
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Energy
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Nygaard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69904

    District court did not err in finding contract susceptible to multiple reasonable interpretations and in relying on extrinsic evidence to interpret the contract as placing a performance obligation on one of the parties or ruling that said party breached the agreement by not performing that obligation.

  • United States v. CCM TCEP, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction | Energy | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Hughes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Washington, DC; David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, Wilmington, DE; Ruth A. Harvey, Michael J. Quinn, John R. Kresse, Tiffiney Carney, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael J. Gottlieb, Martin J. Weinstein, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington, DC; Natalia T. Sorgente, Adam Dec, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Washington, DC; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69900

    Guarantors lacked standing to sue under prime contract where guarantors were not parties to the agreement and their surety status did not mean they were third-party beneficiaries under the prime contract.

  • Council of the Vill. of Fountianview Condo. v. Corrozi-Fountain View LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-06-28
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Carpenter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake A. Bennett, C. Scott Reese, Dean R. Roland, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David L. Baumberger, Law Offices of Chrissinger & Baumberger, Wilmington, DE; Kevin J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; Louis J. Rizzo, Jr., Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE; Josiah R. Wolcott, Connolly Gallagher, Newark, DE; Thaddeus J. Weaver, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69862

    Defective construction claims by condominium association were timely filed where receiver who previously controlled condo was appointed solely to complete construction and limit the losses of the mortgagee, such that the limitations period did not start running until the association of ow ners took control.

  • White Winston Select Asset Funds, LLC v. Good Times Rest., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-07
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69842

    Letter of intent merely binding the parties to negotiate in good faith without any binding agreement on key terms of final agreement only entitled purchasing party to reliance damages.