• Feenix Payment Sys. LLC v. Blum

    Publication Date: 2022-02-08
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas A. Uebler, Kathleen A. Murphy, McCollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John A. Sensing, Jesse L. Noa, Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69706

    The court held that the absolute litigation privilege barred tort defamation claims made by plaintiff but that the privilege did not bar plaintiffs' claims for violations of nondisparagement and confidentiality clauses when defendant was allegedly in-strumental in a letter being sent to plaintiffs' lenders that disclosed damaging information about plaintiffs.

  • Consumer Fin. Prot. Bureau v. Nat'l Collegiate Student Loan Trust

    Publication Date: 2021-12-28
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carolyn I. Hahn, Colin T. Reardon, Gabriel S.H. Hopkins, Jane M.E. Peterson, Stephen C. Jacques, Tiffany Hardy, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff;
    for defendant: Daniel M. Silver, McCarther & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Megan Ix Brison, Michael A. Weidinger, Pinckney Weidinger Urban & Joyce LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69660

    Agency enforcement action filed by agency head who was subject to an unconstitutional removal provision was not automatically void, thereby eliminating the need for the agency to later timely ratify the action within the statute of limitations.

  • Bay Point Capital Partners L.P. v. Fitness Recovery Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-12-14
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven M. Miller, K. Tyler O’Connell, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris James, Wilmington, DE; John F. Isbell, Law Offices of John F. Isbell, LCC, Atlanta, GA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael A. Weidinger, Megan Brison, Pickney, Weidinger, Urban & Joyce LLC, Wilmington, DE; Joshua Krakowsky, Davidoff Hutch-er & Citron LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D69641

    The court held that the promissory notes at issue contained plain, unambiguous terms that did not waive the unsecured credi-tor's right to agree to any modification of the agreement such that defendant's unilateral modification of the due date of the promissory notes was invalid. Motion for judgment on the pleadings granted.

  • InTeam Assocs. v. Heartland Payment Sys., LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-11-16
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Consulting | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thad J. Bracegirdle, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David A. Battaglia, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jeffrey L. Moyer, Travis S. Hunter, Nicole K. Pedi, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69608

    The court held that plaintiff failed to show that defendant engaged in contemptuous conduct constituting a violation of a previously issued court order under the preponderance of the evidence standard for contempt claims.

  • Harris v. Citigroup Global Mark

    Publication Date: 2021-11-09
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald E. Marston, Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz & Bhaya, Newark, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: H. Garrett Baker, Elzufon, Austin & Mondell, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69601

    The Industrial Accident Board's denial of claimant's request for continuance was not unreasonable or capricious where claimant's need for time to find a new medical expert did not constitute good cause.

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  • Totta v. CCSB Fin. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-02
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin H. Davenport, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Art. C. Aranilla, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; Brett A. Scher, Patrick M. Kennell, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D69591

    Motion to dismiss challenge to board election denied where motion referred to documents outside of the pleadings, requiring conversion of the motion to one for summary judgment, under which standard the court determined that further factfinding was required.

  • In re BGC Partners, Inc. Derivative Litig.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-06
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine M Mackintosh, Kimberly A. Evans, Michael D. Bell, Vivek Upadhya, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Christopher J. Orrico, Andrew E. Blumberg, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph De Simone, Michelle J. Annunziata, Michael Rayfield, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY; Matthew E. Fenn, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL; C. Barr Flinn, Paul Loughman, Alberto E. Chávez, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric Leon, Nathan Taylor, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69563

    Genuine issues of material fact precluded summary judgment on the issue of demand futility, but the court dismissed claims against two director defendants in this derivative action.

  • In re Abeinsa Holding Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-22
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Phipps
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    Case Number: D69543

    Proof of claim arising from unpaid contractor invoices properly dismissed where California law prohibited payment for unlicensed contractor work performed in the state.

  • Joint Stock Co. Commercial Bank PrivatBank v. Kolomoisky

    Publication Date: 2021-09-08
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Barlow, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; William A. Burck, Alexander J. Merton, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Washington, DC; Rollo C. Baker, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David J. Margules, Elizabeth A. Sloan, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason Cyrulnik, Paul Fattaruso, Roche Cyrulnik Freedman LLP, Brooklyn, NY; Devin Freedman, Roche Cyrulnik Freedman LLP, Miami, FL; Raymond J. DiCamillo, Daniel E. Kaprow, Megan E. O’Connor, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Marc E. Kasowitz, Daniel R. Benson, Mark P. Ressler, Sarmad M. Khojasteh, Joshua N. Paul, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY; Albert H. Manwaring, IV, Albert J. Carroll, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dane H. Butswinkas, David S. Blatt, Matthew B. Nicholson, Tanya M. Abrams, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69528

    Court granted a partial stay in fraud action where resolution of the case required rulings on foreign law that were currently being resolved in a related pending suit in that foreign court.

  • Guaranteed Rate, Inc. v. ACE Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. Rostocki, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lilit Asadourian, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Thomas A. Marrinson, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Newmann, Jessica K. Jacobs, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.

    Case Number: D69523

    A civil investigative demand in an action under the False Claims Act constituted a claim under plaintiff's insurance policy, so defendant insurer was obligated to advance defense costs.