• Kirchner v. Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Travel and Tourism
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Weiswasser Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Howard B. Prossnitz, Law Offices of Howard Prossnitz, Oak Park, IL; Adam Szulczewski, Chicago, Illinois for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Matthew Denn, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; David S. Sager, DLA Piper LLP (US), Short Hills, NJ for defendant.

    Case Number: D69699

    Fraudulent omission claims not dismissed where defendant's contractual disclosures did not contradict plaintiffs' allegations.

  • Yatra Online, Inc. v. Ebix, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-15
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Software | Transportation | Travel and Tourism
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP; Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Alisa E. Moen, Moen Law LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Paul J. Lockwood, Cliff C. Gardner, Elisa M.C. Klein, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tammy L. Mercer, Lakshmi A. Muthu, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Muckenfuss, Kelly A. Warlich, McGuireWoods LLP, Charlotte, NC; Kayla J. Marshall, McGuireWoods LLP, Washington DC; Michael D. DeBaecke, F. Troupe Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Victor A. Walton, Jr., Eric W. Richardson, David F. Hine, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Cincinnati, OH for defendants.

    Case Number: D69537

    Where plaintiff terminated a merger agreement, the termination provision in the agreement prevented plaintiff from re-covering against defendant for breach of contract.

  • United States v. Sabre Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Federal Government | Technology Media and Telecom | Travel and Tourism
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Weiss, Laura D. Hatcher, Shamoor Anis, United States Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Julie S. Elmer, Scott A. Westrich, Sarah P. McDonough, Robert A. Lepore, Aaron Comenetz, Brian E. Hanna, Craig W. Conrath, Dylan M. Carson, Rachel A. Flipse, Michael T. Nash, Jeremy P. Evans, Vittorio Cottafavi, Seth J. Wiener, John A. Holler, Grant A. Bermann and Katherine A. Celeste, United States Dep’t of Justice, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joseph O. Larkin, Veronica A. Bartholomew, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tara L. Reinhart, Steven C. Sunshine, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC; Matthew M. Martino, Michael H. Meni-tove and Evan R. Kreiner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY for Sabre defendants. Daniel A. Mason, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kenneth A. Gallo, Jonathan S. Kanter, Joseph J. Bial and Daniel J. Howley, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC for defendants Farelogix Inc. and Sandler Capital Partners V, LP.

    Case Number: D68956

    The government failed to demonstrate a relevant market in this case involving companies that provided airline booking ser-vices, so the court allowed the merger to proceed.

  • Baggage Airline Guest Servs., Inc. v. Roadie, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-25
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Travel and Tourism
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal C. Belgam and Eve H. Ormerod, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stefan v. Stein and Cole Carson, GrayRobinson, P.A. Tampa, FL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Pilar G. Kraman, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward A. Pennington, John P. Moy, John P. Pennington, and Darlene K. Tzou, Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: D68918

    Motion for attorneys' fees pursuant to the "exceptional case" standard for patent infringement cases denied where plaintiff's patent, although directed to a non-inventive concept, was not indicative of an exceptionally meritless claim, and where plaintiff's litigation conduct was not conclusively indicative of vexatious litigation conduct.

  • Sanum Inv. Ltd. v. San Marco Capital Partners LLC, DEFAX Case No. D67813 (D.Del. Jul 12, 2017), Robinson, J. (11 pages).

    Publication Date: 2017-07-26
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Entertainment and Sports Law | Foreign Direct Investment
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Travel and Tourism
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D67813

    Third parties who were closely associated with the signatories to an agreement containing an arbitration clause were entitled to enforce arbitration against the other signatory to the agreement base