• The Marilyn Abrams Living Trust v. Pope Inv. LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-06-13
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr. and Jeffrey R. Blackwood for plaintiff
    for defendant: Jonathan M. Stemerman for defendants.

    Case Number: D68180

    A party that was awarded expenses under the bad faith exception to the American Rule was not entitled to re-cover expenses incurred on a subsequent appeal, nor was it able to recover additional fees incurred at the trial level.

  • Partner Inv., L.P. v. Theranos, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-09
    Practice Area: Public Records
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greg P. Williams for defendants Holmes and Theranos.
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    Case Number: D68138

    A non-party was not entitled to obtain access to deposition videos where the parties opted to file only transcript excerpts of that deposition with the court.

  • TCV VI, L.P. v. TradingScreen Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-09
    Practice Area: Law Firm Client Relationships
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Richard P. Rolle, Kevin M. Gallagher and Sarah A. Galetta fo TCV plaintiffs
    for defendant: Kevin G. Abrams and April M. Kirby for Continental Investors Fund LLC; Colm F. Connolly for defendants Grandi, Schroeder and TradingScreen Inc.; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Megan Ward Cascio, Richard Li and Thomas P. Will, former attorneys for de-fendants.

    Case Number: D68141

    A law firm was required to produce its entire litigation file to former clients.

  • Meyers v. Quiz-Dia LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-03-28
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Dorsey, Richard J. Thomas, Emily V. Burton, Bruce S. Bennett and Christopher Lovrien for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Susan M. Hannigan, Elizabeth A. DeFelice and Brian F. Morris for defendants.

    Case Number: D68091

    An entity subrogated to the rights of parties who were contractually entitled to indemnification was allowed to recover a percentage of the amounts it paid on behalf of those parties, plus pre-judgment and post-judgment interest.

  • In re ExamWorks Group, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-07
    Practice Area: Discovery | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Consulting | Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart M. Grant, Michael J. Barry, Jeff A. Almeida, Kimberly A. Evans, Rebecca Musarra, Vincent R. Cappucci and Jordan A. Cortez for petitioners
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Ryan P. Durkin, Michele D. Johnson and Kristin N. Murphy for respondent.

    Case Number: D68068

    Parties who provided late discovery without adequate explanation engaged in discovery abuse.

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  • Weil v. VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-28
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth J. Nachbar, John P. DiTomo and Elizabeth A. Mullin for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Stephen B. Brauerman, Sara E. Bussiere, Scott A. Edelman and Alan J. Stone for defendant.

    Case Number: D68061

    Plaintiffs were entitled to advancement for legal fees incurred on their behalf in civil lawsuits.

  • Perry v. Neupert

    Publication Date: 2017-12-27
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy D. Anderson for plaintiff
    for defendant: Douglas D. Hermann and James H.S. Levine for defendants.

    Case Number: D67987

    The court found that a foundation was a party that should be joined for just resolution of a dispute.

  • A. Schulman, Inc. v. Citadel Plastic Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-11-15
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul J. Lockwood, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorney for plaintiff
    for defendant: David E. Ross, Eric D. Selden, and Nicholas D. Mozal, Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D67934

    Defendants motion for stay after several defendants receipt of subpoenas in criminal investigation denied where lack of pending indictments meant that plaintiffs and the publics interest in civil action proceeding to trial outweighed remote possibility of prejudice to defendants in any future criminal proceedings.

  • In re Good Technology. Corp. Stockholder Litig.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-08
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Corporate Governance
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, and Christopher P. Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Barron, A. Rick Atwood, and Esther Lee, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Frank R. Martin, and Travis R. Dunkelberger, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William M. Lafferty, Ryan D. Stottman, and Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward B. Micheletti, Alyssa S. O'Connell, Sarah Runnells Martin, and Lauren N. Rosenello, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D67927

    Submitting disputes to sole authority and exclusive jurisdiction of neutral party indicated parties intent to submit to arbitration, and designated neutral with conflicts of interest had authority to rule on procedural matters of appointing alternate arbiter.

  • ADT Holdings, Inc. v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2017-10-18
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi for plaintiffs; Megan Ward Cascio, Lauren Neal Bennett, Mark C. Scarsi, Ashlee N. Lin, Katherine R. Pieruc-ci and J. Samuel Payne for defendants

    Case Number: D67897

    A nonparty was not entitled to an order sealing trial exhibits and closing the courtroom, because it failed to establish any particularized risk of harm from disclosure of the information at trial.