• Focus Fin. Partners, LLC v. Holsopple

    Publication Date: 2020-11-18
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis S. Hunter, Dorronda R. Bordley, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael V. Rella, Murphy & McGonigle, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel M. Silver, Travis J. Ferguson, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69190

    Tortious interference and misappropriation case against competitor who employed former worker dismissed on forum non conveniens grounds where the parties were already engaged in litigation in California, whose law was more likely to govern the issues in the matter.

  • Nuvasive, Inc. v. Miles

    Publication Date: 2020-09-16
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron P. Sayers, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Wilmington, DE; Rachel B. Cowen, Michael J. Sheehan, J. Christian Nemeth and Emory D. Moore, Jr., McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL; Christopher W. Cardwell, Gullet, Sanford, Robinson & Martin, PLLC, Nashville, TN for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner and Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Frank Earley, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., New York, NY; Micha Danzig, Eric J. Eastham and Paul M. Huston, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., San Diego, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69122

    Plaintiff adequately stated claims for tortious interference with contractual relations and for violations of state unfair trade practices law, but the court granted defendants' motion to dismiss the remainder of the claims.

  • Power Integrations, Inc. v. Silanna Semiconductor N. Am., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-05
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Electronics | Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Shaw, Karen E. Keller and David M. Fry, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE; David J. Miclean and Limin Zheng, Miclean Gleason LLP, San Mateo, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner and Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Micha Danzig and Paul M. Huston, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo P.C., San Diego, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69059

    Plaintiff failed to state a claim for misappropriation of trade secrets, but the complaint adequately alleged claims for interference with contractual relations and with prospective economic advantage.

  • In re: Nat'l Collegiate Student Loan Trusts Litig.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly A. Evans and Charles T. Caliendo, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE and New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jamie L. Edmonson, Daniel A. O’Brien, Allyson B. Baker, Meredith L. Boylan, Sameer P. Sheikh and Tiffany C. Williams, Venable LLP, Wilmington, DE and Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: D69066

    The court granted a motion to dismiss plaintiffs' claim for injurious falsehood, because the allegations of the complaint did not meet the elements of this tort.

  • Power Integrations, Inc. v. Silanna Semiconductor N. Am., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-22
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Electronics | Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Shaw, Karen E. Keller and David M. Fry, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE; David J. Miclean and Limin Zheng, Miclean Gleason LLP, San Mateo, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner and Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Micha Danzig and Paul M. Huston, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo P.C., San Diego, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69059

    Plaintiff failed to state a claim for misappropriation of trade secrets, but the complaint adequately alleged claims for interference with contractual relations and with prospective economic advantage.

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  • Verition Partners Master Fund, Ltd. v. Cornell

    Publication Date: 2020-06-17
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Consulting | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Jenkins, Smith Katzenstein Jenkins, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Ryan P. Newell and Shaun Michael Kelly, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gary W. Lipkin and Alexandra D. Rogin, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Wilmington, DE; Peter M. Spingola, Robert J. Shapiro and John M. Own, Chapman Spingola, LLP, Chicago, IL; Norman T. Finkel, Richard M. Goldwasser, William R. Klein and Matthew P. Tyrrell, Schoenberg, Finkel, Newman & Rosenberg, LLC , Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: D69021

    The economic loss rule barred plaintiffs' negligence claim, and the court dismissed plaintiffs' claim for pro-fessional negligence against their valuation expert.

  • 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.

  • Fansler v. N. Am. Title Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68993

    Factual issues remained regarding the statute of limitations, so the court denied that aspect of defendant's motion for summary judgment.

  • Preston Hollow Capital LLC v. Nuveen LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Barnaby Grzaslewicz and Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnel, Wilmington, DE; David H. Wollmuth, R. Scott Thompson, Michael C. Ledley, Sean P. McGonigle, William A. Maher, Nicole C. Rende and Jay S. Han-dlin, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Jennifer C. Wasson, David A. Seal and Robert J. Kumor, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eva W. Cole, John E. Schreiber, Molly M. Donovan, Joseph A. Litman and Mikaela E. Evans-Aziz, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D68954

    Defendants intentionally interfered with plaintiff's business relationships, but plaintiff did not seek damages and was not enti-tled to equitable relief.

  • O'Gara v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Christopher N. Kelly and Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; James Clough, William L. Prickett and Andrew T. Stark, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Los Angeles, CA and Boston, MA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan, Susan M. Hannigan and Anthony M. Calvano, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bradley Chapin, Rutan & Tucker LLP, Costa Mesa, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: D68899

    The court granted defendants' motion to dismiss, because plaintiff failed to adequately allege their claims for breach of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, tortious interference with contract and business relations, and libel.