• KnighTek, LLC v. Jive Commc'ns, Inc.

    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.

  • Germaninvestments AG v. Allomet Corp.

    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.

  • BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust v. Saba Capital Master Fund

    Publication Date: 2020-01-29
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Lafferty, D. McKinley Measley, and Thomas P. Will, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tariq Mundiya, Sameer Advani, Alexander L. Cheney, and Brittany M. Wagonheim, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: Carmella P. Keener, Rosenthal, Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Carol S. Shahmoon and Gregory E. Keller, Shahmoon Keller PLLC, New York, NY for appellee.

    Case Number: D68855

    Stockholder presenting dissident slate of board nominees was not entitled to injunctive relief where, although trusts' requests for additional information was overbroad, the stockholder's failure to timely respond as required by the bylaws precluded its entitlement to relief.

  • McElrath v. Kalanick

    Publication Date: 2020-01-29
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barry, John C. Kairis and Kimberly A. Evans, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey Reeves, Atlanta, GA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Susan W. Waesco and Sabrina M. Hendershot, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Susan S. Muck, Kevin P. Muck and Marie C. Bafus, Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendants Camp, Graves, Huffington, Al-Rumayyan, Gurley and Bonderman. Donald J. Wolfe, Jr., T. Brad Davey, J. Matthew Belger and Jacob R. Kirkham of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph G. Petrosinelli and Kenneth J. Brown, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC for defendant Kalanick. A. Thompson Bayliss and Michael A. Barlow, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Gimbel, C. William Phillips and Bryant Pulsipher, Covington & Burling, LLP, New York, NY and San Francisco, CA for nominal defendant Uber Tech., Inc.

    Case Number: D68860

    The majority of a corporation's board of directors was disinterested in a transaction, so the court properly dismissed this matter due to the stockholder's failure to make a demand on the board prior to filing this litigation.

  • Christiana Care Health Servs. Inc. v. Carter

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Galperin, Joshua H. Meyeroff, and Ryan T. Keating, Morris James LLP for appellant.
    for defendant: Leroy A. Tice, Leroy A. Tice, Esquire P.A. for appellees.

    Case Number: D68806

    Release of claims against agent that served to extinguish the agent's pro rata share of responsibility of the principal's damages effectively released the principal from a vicarious liability claim even when the principal was not party to the release.

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  • Ford Motor Co. v. Knecht

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive | Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian J. Singewald and Rochelle L. Gumapac, White and Williams, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Jessica L. Ellsworth, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, DC for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Balick and Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLP; Bartholomew J. Dalton, Ipek K. Medford, Andrew C. Dalton, and Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D68807

    Trial court erred in denying new trial/remittitur motion on excessive verdict motions when it focused on defendant's share of damages rather than the entire compensatory damages verdict.

  • In re Verizon Ins. Coverage Appeals

    Publication Date: 2019-11-13
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robin L. Cohen, Keith McKenna and Michelle R. Migdon, McKool Smith P.C., Washington, DC for plaintiffs Verizon Commu-nications Inc, Verizon Fin. Serv. and GTE Corp.
    for defendant: Kurt M Heyman and Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman, Enerio, Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, James W. Thomas, Jr., William C. Perdue and Robert Reeves Anderson, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC and Den-ver, CO for defendants Illinois Nat’l Ins. Co. and Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. Bruce W. McCullough of Bodell Bové, LLC, Wilming-ton, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Daniel J. Layden and Jason A. Levine, Hangley, Aronchick, Segal, Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA for defendant Zurich American Ins. Co. John C. Phillips, Jr and David A. Bilson, Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph A. Bailey III, Clyde & Co. US LLP, Washington, DC for defendant U.S. Specialty Ins. Co. Jennifer C. Wasson and Carla M. Jones of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE

    Case Number: D68772

    An insured was not entitled to recover defense costs from the insurers, because the litigation in question did not include any "securities claims" as defined by the policies.

  • Sheldon v. Pinto Tech. Ventures, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-23
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thad J. Bracegirdle, Scott B. Czerwonka, Wilks, Lukoff & Bracegirdle, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Bruce E. Jameson, Samuel L. Closic, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; B. Russell Horton, Gary L. Lewis, George Brothers Kincaid & Horton LLP, Austin, TX for Pinto, Rivervest and Bay City Capital defendants. Brian C. Ralston, Jacqueline A. Rogers, Potter Anderson Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Danny David, Rebeca Huddle, Baker Botts L.L.P., Houston, TX for defendants Terry and Walker.

    Case Number: D68749

    Plaintiffs failed to adequately allege the existence of a control group in this breach of fiduciary duty matter, so the chancery court properly dismissed the complaint. Affirmed.

  • Tiger v. Boast Apparel, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Consumer Products | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin G. Abrams and Matthew L. Miller, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian J. Capitummino, Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, Rochester, NY for appellee.

    Case Number: D67676

    There was no presumption of confidentiality for books and records produced in response to a §220 request, nor was a requesting stockholder required to show exigent circumstances to avoid an indefinite confidentiality obligation.

  • CompoSecure, LLC v. CardUX, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-08-07
    Practice Area: Contracts | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Myron T. Steele, Arthur L. Dent, and Andrew H. Sauder, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Coren, and David M. DeVito, Kaufman, Coren & Ress, P.C., Philadelphia, PA for appellants
    for defendant: David J. Margules, Elizabeth A. Sloan, and Jessica C. Watt, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Burt M. Rublin, Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, PA for appellees

    Case Number: D68656

    Sales agreement was not subject to restricted activities provision of party's LLC agreement where only required payments fell under the scope of the provision and commission payments in sales agreement were not required since party retained unilateral ability to decide whether to make the payment.