• Ashland LLC v. The Samuel J. Heyman 1981 Continuing Trust

    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Viceconte, Gibbons P.C., Wilmington, DE; William S. Hatfield, Camille V. Otero, Esquire, Jennifer A. Hradil, Joshua Elias, Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: William M. Lafferty, John P. DiTomo, Thomas P. Will, Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew J. Rossman, Jonathan B. Oblak, Tyler G. Whitmer, Nicholas Hoy, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69198

    Where the parties' contract contained no language clearly demonstrating that the parties intended to allow for fee-shifting in first-party claims, plaintiff's claim for indemnification of legal fees and costs against contractual counterparty failed.

  • State of Delaware v. Univar, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-11
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melanie K. Sharp, Martin S. Lessner, Mary F. Dugan, Michael A. Laukaitis, II, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven S. Rosenthal, Tiffany R. Moseley, John David Taliaferro, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael P. Kelly, David A. White, Matthew J. Rifino, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jameel S. Turner, James G. Ryan, Bailey Cavalieri LLC, Columbus, OH for defendant.

    Case Number: D69188

    An administrative subpoena was not overly broad and was allowed under the state's revised escheat law.

  • Gibbs v. 84 Lumber Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-21
    Practice Area: Occupational Safety and Health
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ipek Kurul, Bartholomew J. Dalton, Andrew C. Dalton, Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam Balick, Michael Collins Smith, Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Beth E. Valocch, Joseph S. Naylor, Swartz Campbell, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69161

    The court granted summary judgment in favor of the supplier of raw asbestos, because it did not have a duty to warn end users of the dangers of asbestos-containing products manufactured by other companies.

  • Weddle v. BP Amoco Chem., Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Occupational Safety and Health
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Gallagher and David T. Crumplar, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE for claimant.
    for defendant: Paul A. Bradley and Antoinette D. Hubbard, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE for employer.

    Case Number: D69117

    Where claimant prevailed on an appeal in this workers' compensation matter, the court awarded attorney fees but adjusted the rates requested by claimant's counsel.

  • Gemak Trust v. Reckitt Benckiser LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-08-12
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Consumer Products
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan E. Morrison, Kelly Allenspach Del Dotto, Casey Kraning, and John S. Goetz, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Pilar G. Kraman and Robert M. Vrana, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Douglas J. Nash and John D. Cook, Barclay Damon, LLP, Syracuse, NY; Philip A. Rovner and Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; James H. Shalek and Baldassare Vinti, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69079

    Court rejected parties' proposed claim construction where there was no evidence of inventor's disavowal of plaintiff's proposed construction, but where plaintiff's proposal provided no clarity to the claim, the court relied upon the textbook definition for plaintiff's proposed construction term as would be understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art.

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  • Wright v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2020-06-10
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Berl, Jr., Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, LLP, Lewes, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Stephen A. Spence, Baird Manadlas Brockstedt, LLC, Lewes, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: D69013

    A co-owner of a business failed to prove that the other owner breached her fiduciary duties or engaged in any breach of contract.

  • Firmenich Inc. v. Natural Flavors, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alizia R. Karetnick, Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Brittany M. Giusini and Elizabeth A. Sloan, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Lisa Zwally Brown, Steven T. Margolin, and Samuel Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason Kislin, and Matthew F. Bruno, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Florham Park, NJ for defendants Natural Flavors, Inc., Harris Stein, Herbert Stein and Jason Stein. Jeffrey W. Lorell, Nino A. Coviello, and Alex C. Banzhaf, Saiber, LLC, Florham Park, NJ, Paul Cottrell, and Melissa L. Rhoads, Tighe & Cottrell, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants Jocelyn Manship and Julie Weisman.

    Case Number: D68951

    Duplicative damages bar did not preclude plaintiff from pursuing breach of contract and fraudulent inducement claims in the alternative where plaintiff's claim for rescission damages sufficiently distinguished its legal theories to allow them to proceed in parallel.

  • The Chemours Co. v. DowDuPont Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-15
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey Gorris, Christopher Foulds, and Christopher P. Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris P.A., Wilmington, DE; William Savitt, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert S. Saunders, Jennifer C. Voss, Arthur R. Bookout, and Jessica R. Kunz, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D68944

    Complaint dismissed where parties had agreed to arbitration clause that included broad delegation provision, which was not void or unconscionable simply because parent corporation had dictated terms to subsidiary.

  • In re: Asbestos Litig.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-08
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Balick and Patrick J. Smith, Balick & Balick, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Bartholomew J. Dalton, Ipek K. Medford, Andrew C. Dalton, Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Loreto P. Rufo, Rufo Associates, PA, Hockessin, DE; John V. Work, Law Office of John V. Work, Wilmington, DE; Joseph S. Naylor, Swartz Campbell, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Paul A. Bradley and Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Brian D. Tome, Reilly McDevitt & Henrich, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips and David A. Bilson, Phillips Goldman McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christian J. Singewald and Rochelle Gumapac, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kelly A. Costello, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy A. Sullivan III, Wilbraham, Lawler & Buba PC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D68936

    Motion to extend trial date denied where plaintiffs failed to meet good cause standard after failing to develop factual record required by Texas asbestos law after two extensions to trial date.

  • Delaware Dep't of Natural Res. & Envt'l Control v. McGinnis Auto & Mobile Home Salvage, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph K. Durstein III, Department of Justice, Dover, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: John W. Paradee, Daniel F. McAllister, Stephen A. Spence, and Brian V. DeMott, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt, LLC, Dover, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D68895

    Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control's cease and desist powers could order a property owner to remove an environmentally-contaminating pile of waste, where the mere presence of the pile constituted an environmental violation and therefore removal of the pile would be required to cease and desist the violation.