• DDS Striker Holdings, LLC v. Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-10
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Moyer, Travis S. Hunter, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael A. Barlow, Hayden J. Driscoll, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N24C-02-130 VLM CCLD

    Sellers plausibly alleged fraud claim by asserting that buyers intentionally misrepresented the synergistic possibility of the parties' products to convince sellers that buyers could reach the proposed earnout targets.

  • In re: CVS Opioid Ins. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Insurance | Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz, R. Garret Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Shuster, Daniel M. Sullivan, Blair E. Kaminsky, Daniel M. Horowitz, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY; Robert M. Mangino, Susan Koehler Sullivan, Clyde & Co LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. St. Jeanos, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bové, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Karen M. Dixon, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, Chicago, IL; Joseph B. Cicero, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam H. Fleischer, R. Patrick Bedell, Allyson C. Spacht, BatesCarey LLP, Chicago, IL; Louis J. Rizzo, Jr., Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE; Monica T. Sullivan, Matthew J. Fink, Leena Soni, Stephanie M. Flowers, Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP, Chicago, IL; Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Kotula, Rivkin Radler LLP; Loren R. Barron, Kaufman Dolowich LLP, Wilmington, DE; Wade A. Adams, III, Law Offices Of Wade A. Adams, III, Newark, DE; Bryce L. Friedman, Matthew C. Penny, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Thad J. Bracegirdle, Sarah T. Andrade, Emily L. Skaug, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Edward B. Parks, II, Sara Hunkler, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kevin. J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Cheryl P. Vollweiler, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, New York, NY; Philip Trainer, Jr., Marie M. Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Kole, Caroline M. Trusty, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston, MA; Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher R. Carroll, Jillian D. Dennehy, Joshua S. Wirtshafter, Kennedys CMK LLP, Basking Ridge, NJ; Robert K. Beste, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Keith Moskowitz, Dentons US LLP, Chicago, IL; Kathryn Guinn, Dentons US LLP, Denver, CO; Deborah J. Campbell, Dentons US LLP, St. Louis, MO for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Zachary J. Schnapp, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey L. Schulman, Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-02-045 PRW CCLD

    Court ruled that insurers had no duty to indemnify opioid lawsuits where the lawsuits lacked specific allegations of personal injury or property damage underlying the claimed losses in those lawsuits.

  • Pazos v. AdaptHealth LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Accounting | Distribution and Wholesale | Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly E. Farman, Matthew W. Murphy, Edmond S. Kim, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: N23C-02-164 PRW CCLD

    Court upheld expert determination issued under parties' contractual dispute resolution clause where record undermined objector's claim that expert overlooked or improperly relied on evidence.

  • Huntsman Int'l, LLC v. Dow Benelux N.V.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa C. McLaughlin, Phillips, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John N. Scholnick, Ross, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Lori Sambol Brody, Ellis George LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Chad S. C. Stover, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew B. Barr, Zachary Miller, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, IN for defendants.

    Case Number: N17C-11-242 MAA CCLD

    Failure to issue litigation hold following filing of counterclaim constituted reckless behavior warranting adverse inference after material, relevant information was deleted per automatic deletion protocols.

  • Delaware Human & Civil Rights Comm'n v. Greenbrier Condos, L.L.C.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-20
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kemba S. Lydia-Moore, DAG, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Donald L. Gouge, Jr., Donald J. Gouge, Jr., LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N24C-02-153 EMD

    Delaware Fair Housing Act merely required Delaware Department of Justice to "pursue" a civil enforcement action after referral, which did not require the filing of a lawsuit.

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  • Judicial Watch v. Univ. of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2024-08-20
    Practice Area: Public Records
    Industry: Education | Non-Profit | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wharton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William E. Green, Jr., Theodore A. Kittila, Michael Bekesha, Halloran Farkas + Kittila, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: William E. Manning, James D. Taylor, Marisa R. De Feo, Juliana Clifton, Saul Ewing LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: N20A-07-001 FWW

    Where DOJ special counsel report did not contradict the University of Delaware's assertions in its affidavit in support of its invocation of its exemption under the Delaware Freedom of Information Act, the court found no basis to reopen petitioners' complaint where university averred that it had not used public funds to acquire former legislator's working papers.

  • 330 Hospitality Group, LLC v. The City of Rehoboth Beach

    Publication Date: 2024-08-06
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Robinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Berl, Jr., Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, LLC, Lewes, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Daniel A. Griffith, Thomas Wallace, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLC, Wilmington, DE for respondents.

    Case Number: S22C-11-016 RHR

    Court remanded denial of rezoning application where city commissioners failed to adequately explain the legal reasons for denying the application.

  • Massandra Capital IV, LLC v. CEAI Aspen Place Manager, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis S. Hunter, Alexandra M. Ewing, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Douglas D. Herrmann, Emily L. Wheatley, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; R. Thomas Avery, Stephen M. Hoeplinger, Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan, P.C., St. Louis, MO for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-10-136 EMD CCLD

    LLC member's capital contributions were not "losses" under the parties' guaranty as treating them as losses would effectively force the other members to make capital contributions for which the first member would receive a greater ownership stake.

  • Pearce v. NeueHealth, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carmella P. Keener, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David W. Asp, Joseph C. Bourne, R. David Hahn, Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN; Anne T. Regan, Nathan D. Prosser, Hellmuth & Johnson PLLC, Edina, MN for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Emily V. Burton, Cheol W. Park, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jan M. Conlin, Heather M. McElroy, Patrick A. Cochran, Ciresi Conlin LLP, Minneapolis, MN for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-09-005 SKR CCLD

    Forward-looking projection could constitute actionable fraud where plaintiffs adequately alleged that the projection was a complete fabrication as defendants lacked the data necessary to calculate a reasonable projection and thus likely fabricated the figures underpinning the projection.

  • Westlake Pipe & Fittings Corp. v. Geon Performance Solutions, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen B. Brauerman, Emily L. Skaug, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joelle E. Polesky, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Patrick K. Kingsley, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-08-096 EMD CCLD

    Express terms of parties' supply agreement released supplier from having to honor rates under the agreement after its termination, and the agreement merely allowed purchaser to apply credits it had earned to future contracts negotiated between the parties.