• Kirchner v. Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-21
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Weiswasser Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Howard B. Prossnitz, Law Offices of Howard Prossnitz, Oak Park, IL; Adam Szulczewski, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Matthew Denn, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; David S. Sager, DLA Piper LLP (US), Short Hills, NJ for defendant.

    Case Number: D69370

    The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss because the putative plaintiffs in this class action pro-ceeding failed to meet the heightened pleading standard for their fraud claims.

  • In re: Boy Scouts of Am.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-14
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Insurance | Non-Profit
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Hacker, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC; Tancred Schiavoni, Janine Panchok-Berry, An-drew Kirschenbaum, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Stamatios Stamoulis, Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Jessica C.K. Boelter, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; Thomas A. Labuda, Michael C. Andolina, Matthew E. Linder, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL; Derek C. Abbott, Andrew R. Remming, Eric W. Moats, Morris Nich-ols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: D69363

    The bankruptcy court did not err in setting a bar date and establishing a claim form for sexual abuse claim-ants.

  • Thomson Reuters Enter. Centre GmbH v. ROSS Intelligence Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-14
    Practice Area: Copyrights
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Michael J. Flynn, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dale M. Cendali, Joshua L. Simmons, Eric A. Loverro, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David E. Moore, Stephanie E. O’Byrne, Tracey E. Timlin, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gabriel M. Ramsey, Kayvan M. Ghaffari, Crowell & Moring LLP, San Francisco, CA; Mark A. Klapow, Joshua M. Rychlinski, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: D69365

    The court denied defendant's motions to dismiss, because plaintiff adequately stated its claims for copyright infringement and tortious interference with a contractual relationship.

  • Hemostemix, Inc. v. Accudata Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-14
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Denn, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher Oprison, Ardith Bronson, DLA Piper LLP, Mi-ami, FL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jason J. Curliano, Christopher Ohlsen, Buty & Curliano, Oakland, CA; Kelly E. Farnan, Blake Rohrbacher, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Daniel Buchholz, Holland & Knight LLP, Tampa, FL for defendants.

    Case Number: D69362

    The court denied defendant's motion for a stay.

  • In re: UD Dissolution Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Walrath
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert H. Manwaring, IV, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin N. Anderson, Fabian VanCott, Salt Lake City, UT for UD Liquidating Trust. Eric Lopez Schnabel, Alessandra Glorioso, Dorsey & Witney (Delaware) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Milo Steven Marsden, Sarah Goldberg, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Salt Lake City, UT for Sphere defendants.
    for defendant: L. Katherine Good, Matthew F. Davis, Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, DE; Brian R. Carney, Kris-ten Diane White, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY for Cyrus defendants.

    Case Number: D69355

    Bankruptcy court determined that it had personal jurisdiction over defendants in this core proceeding and the statute of limitations did not bar plaintiff's claims.

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  • Patrick v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall E. Roberts, Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Robert E. Saint, Emswiller Williams Noland & Clark, LLC, Indianopolis, IN for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael J. Logullo, Rawle & Henderson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joshua Bachrach, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69356

    An insurer's decision to terminate disability coverage was arbitrary and capricious, because it conflicted with the plain language of the policy and was inconsistent with the position the insurer had taken previously.

  • In re Ex Parte Application of Eni S.p.A.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Bartley Rath, Rebecca Lyn Butcher, Jennifer L. Cree, Landis Rath & Cobb LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nicolas Bourtin, Beth D. Newton, Michele C. Materni, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for applicant.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE for respondents.

    Case Number: D69352

    Court granted ex parte application for discovery for use in foreign proceedings where arbitration established by international treaty qualified as a foreign proceeding and where parties seeking to quash subpoenas failed to show the discovery would be inadmissible in foreign proceedings or that those proceedings had already denied similar discovery demands.

  • In re: Lucky's Market Parent Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Real Estate | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Dorsey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69354

    The bankruptcy court rejected a landlord's administrative expense claim, because the lease provided that trade fixtures remained debtors' property.

  • Duross v. Connections Cmty. Support Programs, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald G. Poliquin, The Poliquin Firm, LLC, Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Dana Spring Monzo, Kelly E. Rowe, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69350

    Inmate adequately pled §1983 claim for failure to render treatment by alleging defendants withheld medication that suppressed symptoms of inmate's ulcerative colitis and then subsequently denied treatment for flare-ups of symptoms.

  • David v. The Weinstein Co. Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-03-31
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick B. Rosner, Zhao (Ruby) Liu, The Rosner Law Group LLC, Wilmington, DE; Douglas H. Wigdor, Bryan L. Arbeit, Wigdor LLP, New York, NY; Kevin Mintzer, The Law Office Of Kevin Mintzer, P.C., New York, NY; Thomas P. Giuffra, Rheingold Giuffra Ruffo & Plotkin LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: Robert J. Feinstein, Debra I. Grassgreen, Jason H. Rosell, Colin R. Robinson, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69342

    Bankruptcy court properly approved non-consensual third-party releases of insurers and directors/officers in liquidation plan where releases necessary to secure funds from released parties needed to satisfy creditor claims.