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March 12, 2024 | Delaware Law Weekly

3 Potter Anderson Lawyers Selected to Participate in LCLD Programs

As part of Potter Anderson & Corroon's continuing commitment to supporting the work of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, three firm lawyers have been selected to participate in this year's LCLD programs.
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Javice v. JPMorgan Chase Bank. N.A.
Publication Date: 2024-02-26
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Michael A. Pittenger, Hayden J. Driscoll, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Barlow, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
For defendant: Samuel D. Cordle, Peter C. Cirka, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case number: 2022-1179-KSJM

Court sustained objection to request for advancement of two categories of fees where plaintiff failed to seek advancement of those fees in her original complaint and could not raise them in a subsequent motion for payment.

February 20, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Shareholders May Challenge Corporate Conversion From Delaware on Fairness Grounds

Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster said the doctrine of entire fairness applies and TripAdvisor shareholders have adequately pleaded a claim that a conversion would affect the value of their investments.
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Jaroslawicz v. M&T Bank Corp.
Publication Date: 2024-02-19
Practice Area: Securities Litigation
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Wallach
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Francis J. Murphy, Jr., Jonathan L. Parshall, Murphy, Spadaro & Landon, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Coren, Benjamin M. Mather, Matthew R. Williams, Kauffman, Coren & Ress, P.C, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
For defendant: Brian M. Rostocki, Anne M. Steadman, Justin M. Forcier, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan K. Youngwood, Janet A. Gochman, Tyler A. Anger, Katherine A. Hardiman, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY; Kevin R. Shannon, Daniel Rusk, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy Richelle High, Scott A. Foltz, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case number: 15-00897-EJW

Although plaintiffs' experts' report in support of their damages theory for class certification used sufficiently reliable methodologies under the Daubert standard, the evidence was wholly speculative to demonstrate economic loss or proximate causation, such that plaintiffs could not meet the commonality or predominance standards.

Conte v. Greenberg
Publication Date: 2024-02-19
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Consumer Products | Manufacturing
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Thomas A. Uebler, Terisa A. Shoremoun, McCollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE; Melinda A. Nicholson, Nicolas Kravitz, Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC, New Orleans, LA; Roger A. Sachar, Newman Ferrara LLP, New York, NY; Domenico Minerva, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
For defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, E. Wade Houston, Eliezer Y. Feinstein, Daniel G. Paterno, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brad D. Brian, John M. Gildersleeve, Abraham B. Dyk, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Susan W. Waesco, Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Abby F. Rudzin, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Matthew F. Davis, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kenneth A. O’Brien, Jr., Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
Case number: 2022-0633-MTZ MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiff failed to plead demand futility due to the lack of directors' personal liability for oversight and corporate waste claims, as the failure to implement a formal policy governing executives' personal use of corporate aircraft did not, by itself, amount to bad faith, and any financial loss from personal use constituted a fraction of a percentage of the company's expenses and profits.

Labyrinth, Inc. v. Urich
Publication Date: 2024-02-05
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Blake Rohrbacher, John D. Hendershot, Sandy Xu, Morgan R. Harrison, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kira N. Lum, Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
For defendant: Jesse L. Noa, Tyler E. Cragg, Andrew Moshos, Hannah L. Paxton, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case number: 2023-0327-MTZ

Buyers in corporate acquisition adequately pled fraud claims where acquisition agreement expressly stated that seller had not changed its accounting practices even though seller's owners expressly accelerated the collection of accounts receivable, which made attached financials inaccurate.

Marqunez v. Dole Food Co. Inc.
Publication Date: 2024-02-05
Practice Area: Mass Torts
Industry: Agriculture | Chemicals and Materials | Food and Beverage
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Andrew C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott M. Hendler, Hendler Flores Law, Austin, TX for plaintiffs.
For defendant: Jennifer C. Wasson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ryan D. Stottmann, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam V. Orlacchio, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Jr., Phillips Goldman & Spence P.A., Wilmington, DE; Andrea E. Neuman, Mary Beth Maloney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael L. Brem, Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.
Case number: 12-695-RGA

Court declined to grant summary judgment for defendants where the parties' joint expert persuasively opined that plaintiffs' complaint qualified as a protective action under relevant Ecuadoran law, making plaintiffs' claims not time-barred under the Delaware borrowing statute.

January 29, 2024 | Delaware Law Weekly

Potter Anderson Associate Elected to Delaware Real Estate Women Board of Directors

Potter Anderson & Corroon associate Jamie Judefind has been elected to the board of directors of Delaware Real Estate Women (DREW).
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Icahn Partners LP v. deSouza
Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: C. Barr Flinn, M. Paige Valeski, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Michael A. Pittenger, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
For defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Eric A. Veres, Michael T. Manuel, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case number: 2023-1045-PAF

Court struck pleadings based on confidential corporate information where information was supplied by director nominated by stockholder although the stockholder did not have a contractual right to designate the director and the director did not serve as the stockholder's fiduciary on the board.

January 23, 2024 | Pro Mid Market

Litigation, IP Headlined Big Law Poaching by Midsize Firms in 2023

Rate flexibility and client conflicts drove Big Law attorneys to smaller firms in 2023, leading to gains for Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr in Texas, Stoel Rives in Oregon and Potter Anderson & Corroon in Delaware.
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