• In re: TK Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Automotive | Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley B. Tarr, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; David J. Molton, Gerard T. Cicero, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, NY; Kami E. Quinn, Emily P. Grim, Sarah A. Sraders, Gilbert LLP, Washington, DC for appellant.
    for defendant: Evan T. Miller, Daniel N. Brogan, Steven D. Adler for appellee.

    Case Number: 17-11375 (BLS)

    Bankruptcy court correctly dismissed adversary proceeding that was essentially an insurance coverage dispute, rendering the matter a non-core proceeding that was also subject to a forum selection clause in the underlying insurance policy.

  • Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. V. Sarpeta Therapeutics, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy M. Dudash, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Amanda S. Williamson, Christopher J. Betti, Krista L. Venegas, Maria E. Doukas, Zachary Miller, Guylaine Hache, Michael T. Sikora, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Chicago, IL; Eric Kraeutler, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Megan E. Dellinger, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Charles E. Lipsey, J. Derek , Ryan P. O'Quinn, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Reston, VA; William B. Raich, Michael J. Flibbert, Yoonhee Kim, Yoonjin Lee, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Alissa K. Lipton, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.

    Case Number: 21-1015-GBW

    Claim that patent terms were indefinite due to being susceptible to multiple meanings for a POSA rejected where the scientific evidence demonstrated that a POSA would only understand the term as having one meaning, and where defendant attempted to incorporate limiting language not supported by the intrinsic record.

  • Rich v. Univ. of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michele D. Allen, Delia Clark, Allen & Associates, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James D. Taylor, Jr., Jessica M. Jones, Juliana G. Clifton, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-27-RGA

    Title VII race discrimination claims failed where plaintiff failed to identify similarly situated co-workers of other races who committed the same type of misconduct as plaintiff but were not terminated like plaintiff.

  • OI European Group B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

    Publication Date: 2023-07-03
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody Barillare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan M. Albano, Christopher L. Carter, P. Sabin Willett, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA; Edward H. Davis, Jr., Fernando J. Menendez, Cristina Vicens Beard, Sequor Law, P.A., Miami, FL; Laura Davis Jones, Peter James Keane, Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl & Jones, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alexander A. Yanos, Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky, Rajat Rana, Robert H. Poole, II, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY; Marie McManus Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Joshua S. Bolian, Keane A. Barger, Riley Warnock & Jacobson, PLC, Nashville, TN; R. Craig Martin, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; James E. Berger, Charlene C. Sun, Joshua S. Wan, Katherine A. Ibarra, Tamara Hilmi, Charlotte M. Westbrook, DLA Piper LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Stephen C. Childs, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sergio J. Galvis , Joseph E. Neuhaus, James L. Bromley, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; Angela N. Ellis, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC; Samuel Taylor Hirzel, II, Jamie Lynne Brown, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph D. Pizzurro, Kevin A. Meehan, Juan 0. Perla, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 19-290-LPS

    Foreign petroleum company was the alter ego of competing factions of the foreign government where each faction controlled the company's operations in various countries around the world and directly benefitted from the profits of those operations and where each faction expressly described the company and its subsidiaries as assets of the state.

  • In re: Boy Scouts of Am.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-03
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Insurance | Non-Profit
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Richard J. Doren, Blaine H. Evanson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Dierdre M. Richards, Fineman Krekstein & Harris P.C., Wilmington, DE; Susan Gummow, Foran Glennon Palandech Ponzi & Rudloff P.C.; Michael A. Rosenthal, Mitchell A. Karlan, James Hallowell, Keith R. Martorana, Seth M. Rokofsky, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Kathleen M. Miller, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Matthew A. Hamermesh, Handley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA; Paul Logan, Post & Schell, P.C., Wilmington, DE; John C. Sullivan, Kathleen K. Kerns, Post & Schell, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; George R. Calhoun, Ifrah PLLC, Washington, DC; Michael J. Joyce, Joyce LLC, Wilmington, DE; Kevin Coughlin, Lorraine Armenti, Michael Hrinewski, Coughlin Midlige & Garland, LLP, Morristown, NJ; Britton C. Lewis, John M. Flynn, Carruthers & Roth, P.A., Greensboro, NC; Maria Aprile Sawczuk, Goldstein & McClintock LLP, Wilmington, DE; Laura McNally, Emily Stone, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Chicago, IL; David Christian, David Christian Attorneys LLC, Chicago, IL; Brian A. Sullivan, Werb & Sullivan, Wilmington, DE: John E.W. Baay II, Gieger Loborde & Laperouose, LLC, New Orleans, LA; William H. White, Jr. Kiernan Trebach LLP, Washington, DC; Mary E. Borja, Gary P. Seligman, Ashley L. Criss, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC; Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bove, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Bruce D. Celebrezze, Clyde & Co US LLP, San Francisco, CA; Konrad R. Krebs, Clyde & Co US LLP, Morristown, NJ; Lloyd A. Gura, Pamela J. Minetto, Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP, New York, NY; R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Douglas R. Gooding, Jonathan D. Marshall, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston, MA; Kim V. Marrkand, Laura Bange Stephens, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC, Boston, MA; Thaddeus J. Weaver, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Wilmington, DE; William E. McGrath, Jr., Dilworth Paxon LLP, Princeton, NJ; Stephen M. Miller, Carl N. Kunz, III, Sarah M. Ennis, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Margaret M. Anderson, Ryan T. Schultz, Adam A. Hachikian, Kenneth M. Thomas, Fox Swibel Levin & Carroll LLP, Chicago, IL; Marla S. Benedick, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; Louis J. Rizzo, Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE; David M. Fournier, Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith, Troutman Sanders Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; Harris B. Winsberg, Matthew G. Roberts, Parker Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP, Atlanta, GA; Margaret H. Warner, Ryan S. Smethurst, Alex M. Spisak, McDermott Will & Emery, Washington, DC; Gilion Dumas, Dumas & Vaughn, Portland, OR; Charles J. Brown, III, Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown LLC, Wilmington, DE; Delia Lujan Wolff, Lujan & Wolff LLP, Hagatna, GU; Christopher D. Loizides, Loizides, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Jessica Lauria, Glenn M. Kurtz, White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Michael C. Andolina, Matthew E. Linder, Laura E. Baccash, Blair M. Warner, White & Case LLP, Chicago, IL; Ronald K. Gorsich, White & Case LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael Stoner, Hayes & Boone, Dallas, TX; Derek C. Abbott, Andrew R. Remming, Paige N. Topper, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; R. Craig Martin, DLA Piper, LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Richard G. Mason, Douglas K. Mayer, Joseph C. Celentina, Mitchell S. Levy, Watchell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Kami E. Quinn, Rachel H. Jennings, Kyle Y. Dechant, December L. Huddleston, Gilbert LLP, Washington, DC; Robert S. Brady, Edwin J. Harron, Kenneth J. Enos, Ashley E. Jacobs, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Philip D. Anker, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP, New York, NY; James P. Ruggeri, Joshua D. Weinberg, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, DC; Joel Millar, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP, Washington, DC; Erin R. Fay, Gregory J. Flasser, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE: Robert D. Cecil, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE; Mark D. Plevin, Kevin D. Cacabelos, Crowell & Morning LLP, San Francisco, CA; Tacie H. Yoon, Rachel A. Jankowksi, Crowell & Morning LLP, Washington, DC; Matthew G. Summers, Chantelle D. McClamb, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE: Harry Lee, John O’Connor, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington, DC; Stephen Warren; Stamatios Stamoulis, Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tancred Schiavoni, O’Melveny & Meyers LLP, New York, NY; Stephen Warren, O’Melveny & Meyers LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jonathan D. Hacker, O’Melveny & Meyers LLP, Washington, DC for appellees.

    Case Number: 20-10343-LSS

    Plan of reorganization establishing sexual abuse settlement trust affirmed where non-consensual releases of claims against non-debtors, who were affiliates of debtors, fell within "related to" jurisdiction since the non-debtors' viability as going concerns was necessary to the success of debtors' reorganization.

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  • Salas v. Acuity-CHS, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-07-03
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Federal Government | Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Bradford deLeeuw, deLeeuw Law LLC, Wilmington, DE; Nicholas A. Migliaccio, Jason Rathod, Tyler J. Bean, Migliaccio & Rathod, LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Aimee M. Czachorowski, Cheneise Wright, Francis G.X. Pileggi, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Danielle E. Stierna, Jon P. Kardassakis, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: 22-317-RGA

    Data breach victim had Article III standing by alleging incidents of misuse of her personal identifiable information and alleging that her PII accessed in the data breach was available to cybercriminals.

  • MirTech, Inc. v. AgroFresh, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-27
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Agriculture | Food and Beverage | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glenn A. Brown, Real World Law, P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Chad S.C. Stover, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 20-1170-RGA

    Court denied reargument after granting partial summary judgment on defendant's counterclaim, where plaintiffs had waived some of their arguments by failing to raise them during summary judgment proceedings and defendant's supplemental discovery responses could serve as a basis for reargument where parties had an obligation to correct erroneous or incomplete discovery responses.

  • HID Global Corp. v. Vector Flow, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-27
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: E-Commerce | Manufacturing | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Jennifer Ying, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott D. Sherwin, Jason C. White, James J. Kritsas, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Chicago, IL; Natalie A. Bennett, Calvin M. Brien, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan, Nicole K. Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam Gershenson, Julianna Landsvik, Cooley LLP, Boston, MA; Heidi Keefe, Lowell Mead, Mark Weinstein, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Angeline X. Chen, Cooley LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 21-1769-GBW

    Disputed patent term was not a coined term where the term included part of another term stipulated as having a plain and ordinary meaning and there was nothing in the claim language to indicate that the remaining words of the term had anything other than their dictionary definition.

  • Cargill, Inc. v. Vantage Specialty Chem., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-20
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert M. Oakes, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE; Ahmed J. Davis, Joshua Rosefelt, Fish & Richardson P.C., Washington, DC; Elizabeth Flanagan, Brianna Chamberlin, Fish & Richardson P.C., Minneapolis, MN for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Rodger D. Smith II, Travis J. Murray, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas R. Makin, David Cooperberg, Eric S. Lucas, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY; Lillian J. Mao, Sherman & Sterling LLP, Menlo Park, CA; Aaron L. Morris, Shearman & Sterling LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: 22-979-RGA

    Use of the term "comprising" was open language permitting the inclusion of additional components not named in the claim language, with the claim language further implying that the term could include other components.

  • CBV, Inc. v. ChanBond, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-06-20
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey Graham Grivner, Kody Macgyver Sparks, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Stephen B. Brauerman, Ronald P. Golden, III, Bayard P.A., Wilmington, DE; James H. S. Levine, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; David L. Finger, Finger & Slanina LLC, Wilmington, DE; John Legare Williams, Brian C. Crawford, The Williams Law Firm P.A., Wilmington, DE; Akiva M. Cohen, Dylan M. Schmeyer, Kamerman, Uncyk, Soniker & Klein P.C., New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 21-1456-GBW

    Preliminary injunction to enjoin distribution of settlement funds pursuant to the parties' agreement denied where there was no support in the parties' contract for plaintiff's claim of breach and thus plaintiff was unlikely to succeed on the merits.