• In Re: Old BPSUSH, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-27
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew M. Carty, Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, NY; James W. Stoll, Brian M. Alosco, Brown Rudnick LLP, Boston, MA; Garvin McDaniel, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert A. Fumerton, Lisa Laukitis, William J. O’Brien, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY; Paul J. Lockwood, Jason M. Liberi, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Chris Paparella, Nathaniel J. Kritzer, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York NY; John J. Byron, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Chicago, IL; Jeremy W. Ryan, D. Ryan Slaugh, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: D69586

    In this adversary proceeding, the counterclaims filed by liquidation trustee against former directors and officers of debtor failed to state the necessary elements of breach of duty of care and loyalty because trustee did not plead gross negligence.

  • Emerson v. Mezzion Int'l LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-10-20
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carmella P. Keener, Cooch & Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Steven I. Adler, Brian M. Block, Mandelbaum Salsburg, P.C., Roseland, NJ for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Francis G.X. Pileggi, Cheneise V. Wright, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew Gendron, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Baltimore, MD for defendants.

    Case Number: D69577

    The court found that plaintiff failed to state claims for either breach of contract or fraud.

  • Loughlin v. Harada

    Publication Date: 2021-10-20
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Consulting | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. Gottesman, David B. Anthony, Peter C. McGivney, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Keith M. Fleischman, Joshua D. Glatter, June Park, Fleischman Bonner & Rocco LLP, White Plains, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69576

    Plaintiffs properly stated a claim for breach of fiduciary duty and libel.

  • United States v. Delaware Dep't of Ins.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-20
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Federal Government | Insurance | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Hubbert, Acting Assistant Attorney General, David C. Weiss, United States Attorney, Ward W. Benson, Kyle L. Bishop, Trial Attorneys, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC for petitioner.
    for defendant: Kathleen P. Makowski, Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware Department of Justice; Wilmington, DE; Patricia A. Davis, Deputy State Solicitor, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Dover, DE; James J. Black, III, Jeffrey B. Miceli, Mark W. Drasnin, Black & Gerngross, P.C., Philadelphia, PA for respondent.

    Case Number: D69578

    The court held that the government's petition to enforce summons on a state department of insurance to produce documents related to captive insurance companies should be granted absent a showing that production constituted the business of insurance.

  • Adams v. Klein

    Publication Date: 2021-10-13
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Fischer, Cozen O'Connor, Wilmington, DE; Martin S. Bloor, Michael B. de Leeuw, Matthew L. Elkin, Cozen O'Connor, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John Klein, Alpine, New Jersey, pro se defendant.

    Case Number: D69566

    Plaintiffs proved securities fraud under Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 and a violation of N.J.S.A. §49:3-71(a)(2) and common law fraud where defendant committed multiple misrepresentations during the sale of securities.

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  • Shopify Inc. v. Express Mobile, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-06
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam R. Brausa, Timothy C. Saulsbury, Vera Ranieri, Raghav R. Krishnapriyan, Eric C. Wiener, Whitney R. O’Byrne, Durie Tangri LLP, San Francisco, CA; Daniel M. Silver, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: James R. Nuttall, Michael Dockterman, Robert F. Kappers, Tron Fu, Katherine H. Johnson, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Chicago, IL; Christopher A. Suarez, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC; Timothy Devlin, Robert Kiddie, Devlin Law Firm LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69565

    The court granted portions of the parties' cross-motions on summary judgment in this patent infringement matter, but it denied the parties' motions to limit expert testimony.

  • In re Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-06
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Sontchi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria Aprile Sawczuk, Steven Yachik, Goldstein & McClintock LLP, Chicago, IL; Steven Louis-Prescott, Hamre, Rodriguez Ostrander & Dingess, P.C., Denver, CO; Matthew D. Skeen, Jr., Skeen & Skeen, P.C., Denver, CO for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Marc R. Abrams, Richard W. Riley, Stephen B. Gerald, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLC, Wilmington, DE; Christopher Marcus, P.C., Allyson Smith Weinhouse, Ciara Foster, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY; Anna Rotman, P.C.m Kenneth Young, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Houston, TX for reorganized debtors.

    Case Number: D69564

    Bankruptcy court granted a motion to dismiss an adversary proceeding for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, because royalty claimants failed to exhaust their administrative remedies under state law.

  • Henry v. Wilmington Trust, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-29
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory Y. Porter, Ryan T. Jenny, Patrick O. Muench, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Washington, DC; Daniel Feinberg, Todd Jackson, Feinberg, Jackson, Worthman & Wasow LLP, Berkeley, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Albert H. Manwaring, Kristen A. Zeberkiewicz, Morris James LLP; Michael J. Prame, Sarah M. Adams, Elizabeth L. Woods, Groom Law Group, Chartered, Washington, DC; Art C. Arnailla, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Mark A. Nebrig, Kristen J. Kenley, Moore & Van Allen PLLC, Charlotte, NC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69557

    Court declined to enforce arbitration clause in ERISA employee stock plan where there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether employee had affirmatively assented to the arbitration clause.

  • Shaw v. New Castle County

    Publication Date: 2021-09-29
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Shaw, Claymont, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jeffrey L. Moyer, Mary A. Jacobson, First Assistant County Attorney, New Castle County Office Law, New Castle, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69556

    Failure of the government to advise of appeal rights did not constitute a due process violation where it did not actively deny opportunity to be heard.

  • Micro Focus (US), Inc. v. Ins. Serv. Office, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Insurance | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Clayton Athey, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Hugh J. Marbury, Ryan P. Bottegal, Cozen O’Connor, Washington, DC; Stuart M.G. Seraina, Baldwin Seraina, Baltimore, MD for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Brian Lemon, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott S. Christie, McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ for defendant.

    Case Number: D69545

    Significant factual disputes precluded summary judgment in this case involving end user licensing agreements for plaintiffs' software products.