• The Am. Inst. for Chartered Prop. Cas. Underwriters v. Potter

    Publication Date: 2022-01-18
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Insurance
    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: Seth Niederman, Katelyn M. Crawford, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert S. Tintner, Nathan M. Buchter, Fox Rothschild LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69683

    Claim under Section 766A of the Restatement (Second) of Torts failed where claimant failed to allege that it was unable to secure performance from its contractual counterparty due to the interference of the defendant.

  • RyanAir DAC v. Booking Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Aerospace | E-Commerce
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Touhe, Myer, Kratz & Berry, LLP, Wilmington, DE; R. David Donoghue, Anthony J. Fuga, Lisa M. Kpor, Holland & Knight, LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jeffrey L. Moyer, Valerie A. Caras, Richards, Layton, Finger, PA, Wilmington, DE; John H. Hemann, Kathleen Hartnett, Lauren Pomeroy Cooley LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69674

    The court held that the public and private interest factors involved in this forum non conveniens analysis did not tip in de-fendants' favor to overcome the slight deference to plaintiff's choice of forum where sources of proof were in Connecticut and there was no evidence of unwilling witnesses outside of the district that would present a compulsory process issue.

  • Zweigenhaft v. Pharmerica Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-04
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David M. Klauder, Ryan M. Ernst, Bielli & Klauder, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Thomas D. Bielli, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brett D. Fallon, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy M. Sternberg, Holland & Knight LLP, Boston, MA; Stosh Silivos, Holland & Knight LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D69662

    The court held that defendant was entitled to a grant of summary judgment being that the action was barred by res judicata.

  • Consumer Fin. Prot. Bureau v. Nat'l Collegiate Student Loan Trust

    Publication Date: 2021-12-28
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carolyn I. Hahn, Colin T. Reardon, Gabriel S.H. Hopkins, Jane M.E. Peterson, Stephen C. Jacques, Tiffany Hardy, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff;
    for defendant: Daniel M. Silver, McCarther & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Megan Ix Brison, Michael A. Weidinger, Pinckney Weidinger Urban & Joyce LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69660

    Agency enforcement action filed by agency head who was subject to an unconstitutional removal provision was not automatically void, thereby eliminating the need for the agency to later timely ratify the action within the statute of limitations.

  • Murphy v. St. Jude Med., LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Burke
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David G. Culley, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff;
    for defendant: Brian M. Rostocki, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69652

    Product liability claim based on "indeterminate product test" dismissed where the test provided an evidentiary means of proving manufacturing defects but did not itself constitute a separate legal claim.

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  • Guinn v. St. Jude Med., LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-12-14
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Burke
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David G. Culley, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff
    for defendant: Brian M. Rostocki, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; J. David Bickham, Reed Smith LLP, San Francisco, CA; Michael K. Brown, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants

    Case Number: D69645

    Motion to dismiss amended product liability claim involving medical device denied where the amended complaint asserted new facts further explaining the similarities between the product-in-suit and other products subject to consumer complaints and recalls.

  • Baker v. Croda, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-07
    Practice Area: Toxic Torts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly Ann Evans, Kyle John Mcgee, Kelly L. Tucker, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Frank M. Petosa, Marcio W. Valladares, Michael Ram, Rene F. Rocha, T. Michael Morgan, Morgan & Morgan, Fort Lauderdale, FL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Zi-Xiang Shen, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Athena D. Dalton, Stephen A. Swedlow, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: D69635

    The court held that plaintiffs failed to state a cause of action for tort claims because they were unable to plead that they had received an injury from defendant's allegedly negligent leaking of a known carcinogen around where plaintiffs lived.

  • In Re Impinj, Inc. Derivative Litig.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Manufacturing | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Phillip Kim, The Rosen Law Firm, P.A., New York, NY; Timothy Brown, The Brown Law Firm, P.C., Oyster Bay, NY; Marion C. Passmore, Melissa A. Fortunato, Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Lori W. Will, Nora M. Crawford, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Gregory L. Watts, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Seattle, WA for defendants.

    Case Number: D69636

    The court found the settlement in this derivative action to be fair and reasonable where the balance of the Girsh factors favored settlement.

  • Lynch v. Jacobs

    Publication Date: 2021-12-07
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
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    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael D. Lynch, Candence B. Lynch, pro se appellants
    for defendant: Miami, FL. Victoria A. Guilfoyle, Brian J. Hall, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark S. Indelicato, Jeffrey Zawadski, Hahn Hessen LLP, New York, NY for appellee.

    Case Number: D69637

    Because appellants attempted to re-litigate arguments that were already considered and rejected by the court, their motion to basically re-open their bankruptcy matter failed to satisfy the requirements of either Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) or 60(b).

  • Kiger v. Mollenkopf

    Publication Date: 2021-11-30
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake A. Bennett, Cooch & Taylor, P.A. Wilmington, DE, Francis A. Bottini, Jr., Albert Y. Chang, Anne Beste, Yury A. Kolesnikov, Bottini & Bottini, Inc., La Jolla, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Jonathan A. Choa, Potter, Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Koji Fukumura, Peter M. Adams, Heather Speers, Cooley, LLP, San Diego, CA; Brian French, Cooley, LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69626

    The court held that plaintiffs' claims for breach of fiduciary duties, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duties, and unjust enrichment should be dismissed for failing to plead demand futility.