• McCreary v. United States

    Publication Date: 2022-04-05
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keyona McCreary, Wilmington, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: David C. Weiss, United States Attorney, Shamoor Anis, Assistant United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69772

    Filing deadlines for Federal Tort Claims Act claim were equitably tolled where plaintiff's counsel had failed to move for reconsideration of the denial of plaintiff's administrative tort claim or to inform plaintiff of the deadline for moving for reconsideration.

  • Tolliver v. Qlarant Quality Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-29
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M. Denise Tolliver, Camden, Delaware, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Chelsea A. Botsch, Pamela J. Moore, Tiffany R. Hubbard, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69765

    Remand granted where reference to "equal pay" claim was construed as arising under state law rather than the federal Equal Pay Act where pro se plaintiff's claims only cited to state laws and statutes.

  • Garner v. Global Plasma Solutions Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-29
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Scott M. Tucker, Tiffany Joanne Cramer, Timothy Mathews, Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steffan T. Keeton, The Keeton Firm LLC, Pittsburgh, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Adam Wyatt Poff, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; R. Trent Taylor, McGuireWoods, Richmond, VA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69764

    Manufacturer made misrepresentations in marketing for air ionizer product by failing to disclose its funding of studies of the efficacy of the device and by asserting that there was no scientific dispute that the device neutralized the COVID-19 virus where several studies concluded that it did not.

  • Crystallex Int'l Corp. v. Bolivaran Republic of Venezuela

    Publication Date: 2022-03-15
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Energy | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Jeffrey L. Moyer, Travis S. Hunter, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Robert L. Weigel, Jason W. Myatt, Rahim Moloo, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY Miguel A. Estrada, Lucas C. Townsend, Adam M. Smith, GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Gottlieb, David J. L. Mortlock, Samuel G. Hall, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington, DC; Nathan P. Eimer, Lisa S. Meyer, Daniel D. Birk, Gregory M. Schweizer, Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL;. Samuel Taylor Hirzel, II, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph D. Pizzurro, Julia B. Mosse, Kevin A. Meehan, Juan 0. Perla, Curtis, Mallet-Provost, Colt & Mosse LLP, New York, NY; A. Thompson Bayliss, Stephen C. Childs, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Elaine J. Goldberg, Ginger D. Anders, Brendan B. Gants, Jacobus P. van der Ven, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, DC; George M. Garvey, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA for the Venezuela parties.

    Case Number: D69749

    Initial steps of a sale process of shares blocked under U.S. sanctions could begin without first obtaining a transfer license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control, although the actual bidding process should not commence in the absence of clear regulatory guidance from OFAC.

  • Hemostemix Inc. v. Accudata Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-15
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew P. Denn, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher Oprison, DLA Piper LLP, Miami, FL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Kelly E. Farnan, Valerie A. Caras, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Daniel L. Buchholz, Holland & Knight LLP, Tampa, FL for defendant.

    Case Number: D69747

    Good faith assertion of a breach of contract claim served as a defense to a counterclaim of tortious interference with contractual relations.

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  • OI European Group B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

    Publication Date: 2022-03-15
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Energy | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody C. Barillare, Kelsey A. Bomar, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sabin Willett, Jonathan Albano, Christopher L. Carter, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA; Edward H. Davis, Jr., Fernando J. Menendez, Cristina Vicens Beard, Sequor Law, P.A., Miami, FL; Garrett B. Moritz, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Kim, Marcus J. Green, Josef M. Klazen, Kobre & Kim LLP, New York, NY; Michael Sherwin, Kobre & Kim LLP, Washington, DC; Laura Davis Jones, Peter J. Keane, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alexander A. Yanos, Rajat Rana, Robert Poole, Alston & Bird, LLP, New York, NY; Marie M. Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Joshua S. Bolian, Keane A. Barger, Riley Warnock & Jacobson, PLC, Nashville, TN for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Marie M. Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Joshua S. Bolian, Keane A. Barger, Riley Warnock & Jacobson, PLC, Nashville, TN; a. Thompson Bayliss, Stephen C. Childs, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sergio J. Galvis, Joseph E. Neuhaus, James L. Bromley, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; Angeles N. Ellis, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC; Samuel Taylor Hirzel, II, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph D. Pizzurro, Julia B. Mosse, Kevin A. Meehan, Juan 0. Perla, Curtis, Mallet-Provost, Colt & Mosle LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69748

    Government sanctions that blocked the transfer of shares did not preclude the court from authorizing the eventual issuance of writs of attachment, pending government approval, as mere authorization did not alter sanctioned body's continued ownership of the shares and therefore did not effect a prohibited transfer.

  • In re The Chemours Company Sec. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce E. Jameson, Marcus E. Montejo, Stephen D. Dargitz, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE, liaison counsel for the class. Mary Sikra Thomas, Bruce E. Jameson Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Maya S. Saxena, Joseph E. White, III, Lester R. Hooker, Dianne M. Pitre, Saxena White P.A., Boca Raton, FL; Steven B. Singer, Kyla Grant, Saxena White P.A., White Plains, NY; David R. Kaplan, Saxena White P.A., San Diego, CA for lead plaintiff and for the class.
    for defendant: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey Gorris, Christopher Foulds, Christopher P. Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris P.A., Wilmington, DE for de-fendant.

    Case Number: D69736

    The court held that plaintiff met its pleading requirements when he alleged that defendant made false statements in annual and quarterly reports about maximum remediation liabilities

  • Gurmessa v. Genocide Prevention in Ethiopia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tolessa Gurmessa, West Valley City, Utah, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Lauren Patrice Deluca, Timothy Michael Holly, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jennifer Marie Kinkus, William Edward Gamgort, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP for defendants.

    Case Number: D69741

    Defamation claim could proceed where non-actionable opinions asserted or implied facts that could be proven as true or false.

  • Massie v. Gen. Motors LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-03-01
    Practice Area: Privacy
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake A. Bennett, Dean R. Roland, Cooch and Taylor, Wilmington, DE; Max S. Roberts, Bursor & Fisher, P.A., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Oderah C. Nwaeze, Faegre Drinker Biddle, Wilmington, DE; Benjamin J. Schladweiler, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; John Nadolenco, Mayer Brown LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Archis A. Parasharami, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC; Ian C. Ballon, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Justin A. MacLean, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69732

    Statutory invasion of privacy claims failed where website tracking software only collected anonymized data regarding visitor's use of the website and did not collect any personal information from users.

  • AstraZeneca Pharm. LP v. Becerra

    Publication Date: 2022-03-01
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Federal Government | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel M. Silver, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Allon Kedem, Jeffrey L. Handwerker, Sally L. Pei, and Stephen K. Wirth, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian D. Netter, Michelle R. Bennett, Rachael L. Westmoreland, Kate Talmor, Jody Lowenstein, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69731

    Court overturned agency violation letter based on previously-withdrawn advisory opinion, such that the letter constituted shifting regulatory guidance and did not comply with rulemaking requirements under THE Administrative Procedure Act.