• United States v. Walmart Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-26
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Federal Government | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dylan J. Steinberg, United States Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Adam E. Lyons, Amanda N. Liskamm, Joshua Fowkes, Kathleen B. Gilchrist, Katherine M. Ho, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan, Robert W. Whetzel, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Laura Jane Durfee, Jones Day, Columbus, OH; Yaakob M. Roth, Kristen A. Lejnieks, William G. Laxton, Jr., Jones Day, Washington, DC; Andrew J. Junker, Jason S. Varnado, Jones Day, Houston, TX; Karen P. Hewitt, Jones Day, San Diego, CA; David W. Ogden, Charles C. Speth, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: 20-1744-CFC

    Pharmacy operator did not commit unlawful violations of the Controlled Substances Act where reporting of suspicious drug orders was not yet required by the act and where the allegedly violated regulations promulgated under the CSA were inconsistent with the act's express prohibitions.

  • AstraZeneca Pharm. LP v. Becerra

    Publication Date: 2024-03-18
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Federal Government | Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel M. Silver, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Catherine E. Stetson, Susan M. Cook, Marian Golden, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jacob Laksin, United States Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Brian D. Netter, Brian M. Boynton, Michelle R. Bennett, Alexander V. Sverdlov, Stephen M. Pezzi, Christine L. Coogle, Cassandra M. Snyder, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: 23-931-CFC

    Drug manufacturer lacked standing to challenge Drug Price Reduction Program and associated guidelines due to the lack of a concrete and imminent injury in fact from the program.

  • Smith v. Fed. Nat'l Mortgage Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Federal Government | Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Mitchell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula H. Smith, Newark, DE, petitioner pro se.
    for defendant: Melanie J. Thompson, CoraAnn M. Foley, Orlans PC, Wilmington, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: 2023-0653-LM

    Adverse possession claim failed where petitioner had not occupied the property for at least 20 years.

  • PJM Power Providers Group v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

    Publication Date: 2024-01-15
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: Energy | Federal Government | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Roth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elbert Lin, Charles D. Wallace, III, Hunton Andrews Kurth, Richmond, VA; John L. Shepherd, Jr., Hunton Andrews Kurth, Washington, DC; Paul W. Hughes, McDermott Will & Emery, Washington, DC; Kriss E. Brown, Christian A. McDewell, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Harrisburg, PA; Thomas G. Lindgren, Werner L. Margard, III, Office of Attorney General of Ohio, Columbus, OH; Jeffrey W. Mayes, Monitoring Analytics, Eagleville, PA; Denise C. Goulet, McCarter & English, Washington, DC for petitioners.
    for defendant: Jared B. Fish, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC; Danielle C. Fidler, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Washington, DC; Peter Hopkins, Amber L. Martin Stone, Jeffrey A. Schwartz, Scott H. Strauss, Cynthia Bogorad, Lauren L. Springett, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, DC; Matthew Price, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC; Miles H. Mitchell, Maryland Public Service Commission, Baltimore, MD; David C. Apy, Office of Attorney General of New Jersey Division of Law, Trenton, NJ; Robert A. Weishaar, Jr., McNees Wallace & Nurick, Washington, DC; Ryan J. Collins, Paul M. Flynn, Wright & Talisman, Washington, DC; Caroline Reiser, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC; Casey Roberts, Sierra Club, Denver, CO; Megan C. Wachspress, Sierra Club Environmental Law Program, Oakland, CA; Sarah A. Hunger, Office of Attorney General of Illinois, Chicago, IL Cynthia Bogorad, Lauren L. Springett, Spiegel & McDiarmid, Washington, DC; Adrienne E. Clair, Thompson Coburn, Washington, DC; Daniel E. Frank, Allison Speaker, Eversheds Sutherland, Washington, DC; Andrew D. Cordo, Shannon E. German, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Wilmington, DE; Gerit Hull, American Municipal Power, Columbus, OH; John E. McCaffrey, III, American Public Power Association, Arlington, VA; Anthony J. Corino, PSEG Corporation, Newark, NJ for respondents.

    Case Number: 21-3068

    FERC commissioners' statements following deadlock over proposed tariff were sufficient to demonstrate that the agency's "action through inaction" found the tariff just and reasonable.

  • In re: First Guaranty Mortgage Corp.

    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.

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  • Isaac v. Cable News Network, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Federal Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald G. Poliquin, The Poliquin Firm LLC, Dover, DE; Brian R. Della Rocca, Compass Law Partners, Rockville, MD for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alison Schary, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC; Hilary Oran, Katherine M. Bolger, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY; Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, James G. Touhey, Jr., Director, Torts Branch, Stephen R. Terrell, Attorney, Torts Branch, United States Department Of Justice, Washington, DC; David J. Margules, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE, Lauren Russell, Ballard Spahr LLP, Washington, DC, Kaitlin M. Gurney, Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Bartholomew J. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Abbe David Lowell, Sanaya M. Tamboli, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC; David A. Kolansky, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 23-247 (MN)

    Applying the four factors enumerated in Pioneer, the court determined that plaintiff's counsel's late filing of an opposition to a motion to dismiss due to his mis-reliance on the rules was not "excusable neglect" and denied his motion to reconsider the court's decision granting the motion to dismiss.

  • Gemedy Inc. v. The Carlyle Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Comrie Barr Flinn, Alberto E. Chavez, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark L. D. Wawro, Max L. Tribble, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Houston, TX; Tamar Lusztig, Susman Godfrey, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Alexandra M. Cumings, Ryan D. Stottmann, William M. Lafferty, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael B. Carlinsky, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Kevin P.B. Johnson, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; Patrick D. Curran, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.

    Case Number: 23-157-CFC

    Defendants could remove case under federal officer removal statute by alleging that it had acquired the right to use plaintiff's intellectual property via federal government contracts after the government allegedly obtained "unlimited right" to the intellectual property.

  • The Loan Servs. Inc. v. NEWITY LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph B. Cicero, Gregory E. Stuhlman, Thomas A. Youngman, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Casey B. Howard, Jeffery S. Kramer, Locke Lord LLP., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Patricia L. Enerio, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael R. Tein, Gaye L. Huxoll, Tein Malone PLLC, Coconut Grove, FL for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-cv-01255-GBW

    Dismissal of breach of contract claim denied where plaintiffs alleged sufficient facts to support inference that defendant was the mere continuance or assignee of plaintiffs' contractual counterparty.

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

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., William J. Burton, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lilit Asadourian, Alice Kyureghian, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Aaron D. Lindstrom, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Grand Rapids, MI, for plaintiff below, appellee and cross-appellant.
    for defendant: John L. Reed, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; David Newmann, Courtney Devon Taylor, Victoria A. Joseph, Brittany Armour, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant below, appellant and cross-appellee.

    Case Number: 360, 2022

    Ruling that appellee's alleged violation of the False Claims Act arose out of false certifications that the loans it endorsed were eligible for government insurance, not the professional services it provided to borrowers through mortgage banking, mortgage underwriting, and loan servicing; the court concluded that the FCA charges and eventual settlement did not fall within the professional services exclusion in appellant's management liability policy.

  • Port Hamilton Refining & Transp., LLLP v. U.S. Envt'l Prot. Agency

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew C. Simpson, Andrew C. Simpson Law Offices, Christiansted, VI for petitioner.
    for defendant: Todd S. Kim, Heather E. Gange, United States Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC for respondent.

    Case Number: 23-1094

    EPA's "reactivation" policy deeming a shut-down facility as "new" upon resumption of operations improperly extended scope of Prevention of Significant Deterioration program under the Clean Air Act, which expressly applied only to new and modified facilities.