• Avenatti v. Fox News Network, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Shawn R. Perez, Law Offices of Shawn R. Perez, Las Vegas, NV for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, Eric D. Selden, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric M. George, Browne George Ross O’Brien Annaguey & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: D69422

    Court struck amended complaint that added defendant identified in prior complaint where circumstances indicated that the joinder was solely for the purpose of destroying federal diversity jurisdiction.

  • In re: Ursa Operating Co. LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Energy | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria Aprile Sawczuk, Goldstein & McClintock, LLP, Wilmington, DE; George A. Barton, Taylor P. Foye, Barton and Burrows, LLC, Mission, KS for royalty claimants.
    for defendant: Robert S. Brady, Edmon L. Morton, Kenneth J. Enos, Joseph M. Mulvihill, Young Conaway Stargatt & Tay-lor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Duston K. McFaul, Maegan Quejada, Sidley Austin LLP, Houston, TX; David Kronenberg, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Robert S. Velevis, Sidley Austin LLP, Dallas, TX for wind-down debtor. John H. Knight, Amanda R. Steele, David T. Queroli, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ana Alfonso, Erin Ryan, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for Wells Fargo Bank.

    Case Number: D69426

    Royalty claimants were not entitled to an emergency stay in this appeal because they failed to show irrepa-rable harm or a likelihood of success.

  • Omega Capital Mgmt. Partners, LLC v. Schrage

    Publication Date: 2021-06-09
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aman K. Sharma, Igwe & Sharma, LLC, Wilmington, DE; E. Jordan Teague, Beau B. Brogdon, Campbell Teague LLC, Greenville, SC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Albert J. Carroll, P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., Christopher P. Quinn, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69429

    The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss because plaintiff alleged only an "agreement to agree" ra-ther than an enforceable contract.

  • In re: TE Holdcorp, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-06-02
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stickles
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69420

    Bankruptcy court had authority to enter orders enforcing a sale order and the order of confirmation, and the moving party failed to demonstrate a clear error of law or fact.

  • United States ex rel. O'Bier v. TidalHealth Nanticoke, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-26
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. McLaughlin, Jr., Ferry Joseph, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Khouri, Khouri Law Firm, APC, Ir-vine, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Brian J. McLaughlin, Katherine Randolph Fry, Offit Kurman, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jennifer J. Coyne, Todd Reinecker, Miles & Stockbridge P.C., Baltimore, MD; Richard A. Robinson, Burr & Forman LLP, Wilming-ton, DE James A. Hoover, Burr & Forman LLP, Birmingham, AL; Martin S. Himeles, Jr., Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, Baltimore, MD; Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley LLC, Wilmington, DE; Daniel A. Griffith, Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69409

    The court dismissed a complaint with prejudice because it failed to allege sufficient facts to support a cause of action under the federal False Claims Act with regard to an unlawful referral scheme.

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  • In re NantHealth, Inc. Stockholder Derivative Litig.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-26
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Phillip Kim, The Rosen Law Firm, P.A., New York, NY; Matthew M. Houston, Benjamin I. Sachs-Michaels, Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, New York, NY; Robert V. Prongay, Pavithra Rajesh, Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Timothy Brown, The Brown Law Firm, P.C., Oyster Bay, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Lori W. Will, Ian R. Liston, Lindsay K. Faccenda, Jeremy W. Gagas, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69407

    Shareholder's derivative complaint barred by release in prior class action asserting direct shareholder claims where the release barred all claims that could be asserted by the shareholders, and derivative claims, though belonging to the corporation, were asserted by shareholders.

  • CareDx Inc. v. Natera, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-26
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Derek C. Walter, Edward R. Reines, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; Randi W. Singer, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY; Stephen Bosco, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Anthony David Raucci, Derek James Fahnestock, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christina L. Costley, Paul S. Yong, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Bruce G. Vanyo, Thomas Artaki, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, New York, NY; Kristin J. Achterhof, Julia L. Mazur, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: D69406

    Expert testimony on corrective advertising damages excluded where it was based solely on a simple multiplication of unverified advertising costs provided by plaintiff company's CEO.

  • United States v. Colon

    Publication Date: 2021-05-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Weiss, Whitney C. Cloud, Jennifer K. Welsh, United States Attorney’s Office, Wilmington, DE for the government.
    for defendant: Caroline Goldner Cinquanto, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69413

    The court granted an attorney's motion to withdraw because of a breakdown in the attorney-client rela-tionship, and it approved defendant's request for new counsel.

  • Scalia v. Local 1694, Int'l Longshoremen's Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2021-05-26
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jesse S. Wenger, David C. Weiss, United States Attorney’s Office, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Lance M. Geren, Kathleen Bichner, O’Donoghue & O’Donoghue, LLP, New Castle, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69411

    Where a union violated federal law in its election process, the court ordered the union to conduct a new election under the supervision of the Secretary of Labor.

  • W.R. Berkley Corp. v. Dunai

    Publication Date: 2021-05-19
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott A. Holt, Curtis J. Crowther, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Herr, Law Office of Daniel C. Herr LLC, Wilmington, DE; Kristen Prinz, Amit Bindra, The Prinz Law Firm, P.C., Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: D69405

    Provision for repayment of stock benefits did not constitute liquidated damages and plaintiff adequately stated its claim for relief, so the court denied defendant's motion to dismiss.