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Publication Date: 2020-07-08
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah M. Ennis, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew B. Holmes and Matthew D. Taylor, Holmes, Taylor, Cowan & Jones LLP, Los Angeles, CA for appellant
for defendant: Rodney Smolla, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey C. Engerman, Law Offices of Jeffrey C. Engerman, P.C., Los Alamitos, CA for appellee.
Case Number: D69038
General partner had no duty of disclosure in a request for capital contribution directed at an individual limited partner, requiring the limited partner to prove reliance and causation to recover on a fiduciary duty claim.
Publication Date: 2020-07-08
Practice Area: Whistleblower Laws
Industry: E-Commerce | State and Local Government
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Vaughn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael P. Kelly, Matthew J. Rifino, Hayley J. Reese and Matthew Wright, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE and Washington, DC for Overstock.com, Inc.
for defendant: Thomas E. Brown, Edward K. Black and Stephen G. McDonald, Deputy Attorney Generals, Wilmington, DE for the state. Laina M. Herbert and Vivek Upadhya, Grant & Eisenhofer, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff French.
Case Number: D69045
The failure to file a statement regarding expired gift cards with the state escheat office did not amount to a false statement under the Delaware False Claims and Reporting Act. Reversed.
Publication Date: 2020-06-10
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Energy
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Traynor
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard I. Werder, Jr., Renita Sharma, Elisabeth B. Miller, and Ryan A. Rakower, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; William M. Lafferty, Thomas W. Briggs, Jr., Daniel T. Menken, and Aubrey J. Morin, Morris Nichols Arsht&Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant Borealis Power Holdings.Neil A. Sterner, Dechert LLP, New York, NY; Blake Rohrbacher, Brian S. Yu, and Kevin M. Regan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellant Cheyne Walk Investments.P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., Ian D. McCauley, and Kathleen A. Murphey, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant Texas Transmission Investment.
for defendant: Jessica B. Pulliam, Monica Hughes Smith, Baker Botts L.L.P., Dallas, Texas; Vernon Cassin, Baker Botts L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; Peter J. Walsh Jr., J. Matthew Belger, Andrew H. Sauder, Potter Anderson &Corroon LLP, Wilmington Delaware for Hunt Strategic Utility Investment, L.L.C. J. Christopher Shore, Alice Tsier, andVivake Prasad, White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Aaron Colodny, White & Case LLP, Los Angeles, CA; David C. McBride, Martin S. Lessner, Ryan M. Bartley, and Paul J. Loughman, Young, Conaway, Stargatt& Taylor, LLC, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
Case Number: D69006
Right of first refusal in separate investor rights agreement did not supersede right of first offer on transfer of equity stake in separate corporate entity where the right of first refusal only applied to minority member of the company subject to the investor rights agreement and transferor was not a minority member.
Publication Date: 2020-04-08
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Chemicals and Materials
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Balick and Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Bartholomew J. Dalton, Ipek K. Medford, Andrew C. Dalton, Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Loreto P. Rufo, Rufo Associates, PA, Hockessin, DE; John V. Work, Law Office of John V. Work, Wilmington, DE; Joseph S. Naylor, Swartz Campbell, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Paul A. Bradley and Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Brian D. Tome, Reilly McDevitt & Henrich, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips and David A. Bilson, Phillips Goldman McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christian J. Singewald and Rochelle Gumapac, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kelly A. Costello, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy A. Sullivan III, Wilbraham, Lawler & Buba PC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D68936
Motion to extend trial date denied where plaintiffs failed to meet good cause standard after failing to develop factual record required by Texas asbestos law after two extensions to trial date.
Publication Date: 2020-04-01
Practice Area: Securities Litigation
Industry: E-Commerce
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason M. Leviton, Joel A. Fleming, Lauren Godles Milgroom and Amanda R. Crawford, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
for defendant: William B. Chandler, III, Bradley D. Sorrels, Lindsay Kwoka Faccenda, Andrew D. Berni, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Boris Feldman and David J. Berger. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Palo Alto, CA for defend-ants Lake, Anderson, Gurley, Hansen, McCollam, Wood, Ahuja, Carolan, Hastings, Hendricks, Hunt, Leff, Rothrock, Stitch Fix, Inc and Roku, Inc. Catherine G. Dearlove, Anthony M. Calvano and Tyre Tindall, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wil-mington, DE; Michael T. Bongiorno, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP, New York, NY; Timothy J. Perla, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP, Boston, MA for defendants Salzberg, Bradley, Cool, Fox, Goodman, Hirshberg, Kelley and Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. Kurt M. Heyman, Melissa N. Donimirski and Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE.
Case Number: Valihura
Federal forum provisions contained in corporate charters that required actions arising under federal securities law to be filed in a federal court were facially valid. Reversed.
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Publication Date: 2020-03-18
Practice Area: Occupational Safety and Health
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael I. Silverman and Adrienne McDonald, Silverman McDonald & Friedman, Wilmington, DE for claimant.
for defendant: John J. Klusman and Kenneth L. Wan, Tybout Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE for employer.
Case Number: D68917
The court erred in affirming a finding by the Industrial Accident Board that claimant was not permanently impaired based on the outcome of a temporary disability proceeding. Reversed and remanded, because claimant was entitled to the opportunity to present his evidence at a permanent impairment hearing.
Publication Date: 2020-03-04
Practice Area: Environmental Law
Industry: Chemicals and Materials | State and Local Government
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph K. Durstein III, Department of Justice, Dover, DE for appellant.
for defendant: John W. Paradee, Daniel F. McAllister, Stephen A. Spence, and Brian V. DeMott, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt, LLC, Dover, DE for appellee.
Case Number: D68895
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control's cease and desist powers could order a property owner to remove an environmentally-contaminating pile of waste, where the mere presence of the pile constituted an environmental violation and therefore removal of the pile would be required to cease and desist the violation.
Publication Date: 2020-03-04
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Legal Services | Software
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher H. Lee and Blake A. Bennett, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Timothy S. Perkins, Underwood Perkins, P.C., Dallas, TX; Jeremy C. Martin, Martin Appeals, PLLC, Dallas, TX for plaintiff.
for defendant: P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., Carl N. Kunz, III and Kathleen A. Murphy, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; George M Kryder and Melissa L. James, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.
Case Number: D68897
The statute of limitations in this legal malpractice claim began to run at the time the injury occurred, not when the damages were certain.
Publication Date: 2020-02-12
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan P. Newell and Lauren P. DeLuca, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Robert L. Burns and Nicole K. Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE; William Trach, Latham & Watkins LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.
Case Number: D68873
Plaintiff alleged its fraud claims with sufficient particularity, and the allegations suggested that defendant's representations were made with knowledge of their falsity, rather than being mere opinion or puffery.
Publication Date: 2020-02-12
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Craig Martin and Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Ryan D. Stottmann, and Coleen W. Hill, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
Case Number: D68872
Chancery court erred in applying foreign law when defendants failed to meet their burden to establish the law, and thus erred in ruling that a forum clause was mandatory rather than permissive, since the clause was permissive under the applicable Delaware law.
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