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  • Harris v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2023-01-24
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Christopher M. Foulds, David Hahn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; S. Michael Sirkin, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington DE; Gregory Lomax, Lauletta Birnbaum, Sewell, NJ; Jill Guldin, Fisher Broyles, LLP, Princeton, NJ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David A. Jenkins, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP; Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kurt M. Heyman, Patricia L. Enerio, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Neal J. Levitsky, E. Chaney Hall, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Emily A. Kaller, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Woodbridge, NJ; William M. Kelleher, Phillip A. Giordano, Madeline Silverman, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2019-0736-JTL

    Although alleged tortious interference was not sufficiently factually related to fiduciary duty claims to support ancillary personal jurisdiction, the court could exercise personal jurisdiction under the long-arm statute where the alleged tortious interference with trust involved appointing a Delaware trustee and changing the situs of the trust to Delaware.

  • Elzufon, Austin, Tarlov & Mondell, P.A. v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2023-01-24
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wharton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter J. O’Brien, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleon Fires & Newby LLP, New Castle, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Tabatha L. Castro, The Castro Firm, Inc., Newark, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: N22A-03-006 FWW

    Industrial Accident Board had sufficient evidence to find causal connection between work injury and new physical symptoms where medical expert credibly testified that new symptoms were a consequence of the surgery to treat the work injury.

  • State ex rel. Rogers v. The Bancorp Bank

    Publication Date: 2023-01-17
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel C. Mulveny, Oliver Cleary, Deputy Attorneys General, State of Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Bruce E. Jameson, Samuel L. Closic, Mary S. Thomas, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David Brackett, Benjamin E. Fox, John E. Floyd, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Atlanta, GA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Catherine A. Gaul, Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Joshua A. Goldberg, Jane Metcalf, Clinton W. Morrison, Christina Sedca-Acosta, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP; Jody C. Barillare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric W. Sitarchuk, Ezra D. Church, Ryan P. McCarthy, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendants.
    Case Number: N18C-29-240 PRW CCLD

    Qui tam relator's counsel's failure to set up ethical screens or disclose his knowledge of defendant's attorney-client materials requires disqualification and shifting of costs onto counsel.

  • In re: NNN 400 Capitol Center 16 LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-01-10
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Ambro
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-3013

    The court affirmed the District Court's ruling affirming the Bankruptcy Court's decision to disqualify counsel and order fees disgorged.

  • In re Cte d'Azur Estate Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-27
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy D. Anderson, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, K&L Gates, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dieter Walter Neupert, pro se defendant for defendants.
    Case Number: 2017-0290-JTL

    The court granted letters of request to procure discovery from non-party individuals located in Israel.

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  • Freeman v. Carter

    Publication Date: 2022-11-29
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melissa Freeman, D. Robert Freeman, appellants pro se.
    for defendant: Jeffrey M. Weiner, The Law Offices of Jeffrey M. Weiner, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Donald L. Gouge, Jr., Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellees.
    Case Number: N21C-09-081 EMD

    Contract and indemnification claims against real estate attorney failed where there was no evidence indicating the existence of a contractual or attorney-client relationship between the attorney and sellers, as the attorney expressly advised sellers that she was representing the buyers.

  • Cousins v. Goodier

    Publication Date: 2022-08-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Education | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen J. Neuberger, Thomas S. Neuberger, The Neuberger Firm, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodney A. Smolla, Wilmington, DE; Douglas D. Herrmann, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Saunders LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D69939

    Defamation | Tortious Interference with Contract | Loss of Employment | First Amendment Defense

  • State v. Reed

    Publication Date: 2022-08-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew C. Bloom, Caroline Brittingham, Nichole Gannett, Deputy Attorneys General, Delaware Department of Justice, Georgetown, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Patrick J. Collins, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69916

    Trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance where credible testimony showed that they had a nuanced discussion with defendant about the demographic makeup of juries in the county and did not, as defendant claimed, assert that he would not receive a fair trial due to his race.

  • Swiderski v. Frabizzio

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alice T. Swiderski, Newark, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Samuel J. Frabizzio, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69898

    Service on law office was not proper where process server left papers with office secretary, without identifying himself or the nature of the papers, and the secretary was not authorized to accept service of process.

  • State v. Chattin

    Publication Date: 2022-07-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew B. Frawley, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joshua Chattin, DE, pro se defendant.
    Case Number: D69877

    Postconviction motion dismissed as untimely where alleged newly discovered evidence was either known to defendant at the time of conviction or was not relevant to the trial proceedings.