• Channel PES Acquisition Co., LLC v. Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stamatios Stamoulis, Richard C. Weinblatt, Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLC, Wilmington, DE; Richard A. Schwartz, Ross LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Alec F. Hoeschel, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian J. Massengill, Matthew E. Fenn, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-08-206 MAA CCLD

    Claims connected to the process of calculation and payment fell within scope of parties' limited arbitration clause covering the calculation of payment for acquired company following post-closing true-up.

  • Pinnacle IV, L.P. v. Cyberlabs AI Holdings Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Advertising | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew D. Cordo, Andrew D. Berni, Joshua A. Manning, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Berton W. Ashman, Jr., Jesse L. Noa, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Baratz, Patrick F. Linehan, Steptoe LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-04-021 MAA CCLD

    Court granted judgment to enforce promissory note where affirmative defenses/counterclaims of fraud failed as plaintiff was not the principal of company officers who allegedly misrepresented company sales numbers.

  • Matrix Parent, Inc. v. Audax Mgmt. Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-07-09
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elena C. Norman, Daniel M. Kirshenbaum, Michael A. Laukaitis, II, Young, Conaway, Stargatt, and Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Shuster, Vincent Levy, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin B. Huff, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; Michael Kendall, White & Case LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-10-212 MAA CCLD

    Court declined to dismiss fraud claims in connection with stock purchase agreement where buyer adequately pled that defendant controllers were in a position to know of the fraudulent nature of seller's financials and where the company's alleged unlawful bookkeeping practices violated representations and warranties in the SPA.

  • Talkdesk, Inc. v. DM Trans, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-07-02
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Call Centers | Cargo and Shipping | E-Commerce | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter H. Kyle, Daniel P. Klusman, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew J. Jacobs, Jessica S. Heim, Emily Margolis, DLA Piper LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Elizabeth J. Freud, Nicholas F. Mastria, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael T. Jones, Ashley V. Hart, Holland & Knight LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-08-005 MAA CCLD

    Court declined to dismiss breach of contract claims where defendant adequately alleged that plaintiff's services failed to achieve the bargained-for availability, with disputes over the calculation of availability requiring further discovery.

  • Agyeman v. Epic-Africa Found

    Publication Date: 2024-06-03
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: “J” Jackson Shrum, Jack Shrum, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Dayna C. Cooper, Cooper Legal Solutions, Towson, MD for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Tracey E. Timlin, Charles W. Fournier, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-04-192 MAA

    Court dismissed case due to failure to perfect timely service, lack of personal jurisdiction over one of the defendants, and venue being more proper in another jurisdiction.

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  • West v. Patterson-Schwartz & Assocs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Crumplar, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-08-265 MAA

    Plaintiff's personal injury claims arising from mold exposure were untimely where plaintiff filed suit more than two years after receiving a definitive diagnosis of mold allergies.

  • Gerlofs v. Citizens Bank

    Publication Date: 2024-05-13
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Consumer Products | Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher P. Simon, Kevin S. Mann, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Ronald N. Brown, III, Daniel P. Klusman, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas R. DeCesar, K&L Gates LLP, Harrisburg, PA for respondents.

    Case Number: N23C-09-178 MAA CCLD

    Plaintiff became solely responsible for escrow agent's legal fees and costs when she refused agent's request to interplead escrow funds and terminate its involvement in the dispute, where the parties' escrow agreement expressly contemplated the agent's non-involvement in disputes over escrow funds.

  • Movora, LLC v. Gendreau

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Grant E. Michl, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin M. Downey, R. Kennon Poteat III, Anna K. Tsiotsias, Ilana B. Frier, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, S. Reiko Rogozen, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew W. Vail, Benjamin J. Bradford, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL; Michael L. Vild, Christopher P. Simon, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-05-034 MAA CCLD

    Court denied judgment on the pleadings for defendants in action to obtain contractual indemnification in business purchase agreement where plaintiffs' interpretation of the scope of the agreement's indemnification provision, including the amount of indemnification, was facially reasonable.

  • Agahi v. Kelly

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: N23C-07-144 MAA CCLD

    Complaint seeking payment of settlement consideration was an action at law rather than a request for specific performance, meaning jurisdiction was proper in the superior court rather than the chancery court.

  • Buck v. Viking Holding Mgmt. Co. LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-02-26
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Accounting | Consulting | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. LaRosa, LaRosa & Associates LLC, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence P. Schaefer, Bert Black, Mack H. Reed, Timothy S. Christensen, Anne C. Bolgert, Schaeffer Halleeen, LLC, Minneapolis, MN for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Peter H. Kyle, John L. Reed, Daniel P. Klusman, DLA Piper, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N20C-08-249 MAA CCLD

    Court denied parties' cross-motions for summary judgment where finding cause for termination was a condition precedent to employer's option to repurchase employee's equity at original cost and where there were genuine issues of material fact as to whether cause existed.