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  • Latsch v. Meding & Son, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-18
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah Latsch, appellant pro se.
    for defendant: David N. Rutt, Moore & Rutt, P.A., Georgetown, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D69507

    An employer had just cause to terminate an employee who had abandoned her job, so the court affirmed the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board's determination that the claimant was not entitled to unemployment benefits.

  • Owens v. Lead Stories, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-08-04
    Practice Area: Social Media
    Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE; Todd V. McMurtry, Jeffrey A. Standen, Hemmer DeFrank Wessels, PLLC, Fort Mitchell, KY; John P. Coale, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Garvan McDaniel, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE; Craig Weiner, Reena Jain, Akeman LLP, New York, NY; Steven T. Margolin, Lisa Zwally Brown, Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Grygiel, Cynthia Neidl, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Albany, NY; Michael Pusateri, Greenberg Trau-rig, LLP, Washington DC for defendants.
    Case Number: D69490

    The court dismissed plaintiffs' defamation, unfair competition and tortious interference claims because they failed to demonstrate that defendants' statements were false or made with actual malice.

  • KT4 Partners LLC v. Palantir Tech. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-04
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bartholomew J. Dalton, Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Barry S. Simon, Jonathan B. Pitt, Stephen Wohlgemuth, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Kelly E. Farnan, Kevin M. Gallagher, Katharine L. Mowrey, Ryan D. Konstanzer, Rich-ards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John C. Hueston, Moez M. Kaba, Hueston Hennigan LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Kevin J. Orsini, Rory A. Leraris, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Elena C. Nor-man, Paul J. Loughman, Lakshmi A. Muthu, Caleb G. Johnson, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wil-mington, DE; John Douglas Bethay III, Maynard Cooper & Gale LLP, Birmingham, AL for defendants.
    Case Number: D69489

    The court denied plaintiffs' motions in limine with respect to defense experts, because those witnesses had specialized and relevant knowledge.

  • Humanigen, Inc. v. Savant Neglected Diseases, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-07-28
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Moyer, Travis S. Hunter, Katharine L. Mowery, Tyler E. Cragg, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Steven P. Wood, Travis J. Ferguson, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Reid Skibell, Harris, St. Laurent & Welchlser LLP, New York, NY; Mazin A. Sbaiti, J. Michal Zapendowski, Sbaiti & Company LLC, Dallas, TX for defendant.
    Case Number: D69478

    Fraud claims not dismissed where there were genuine issues of material fact concerning the insolvency of the party allegedly engaged in fraudulent transfer and whether it knew of the exclusivity of the data being transferred.

  • McCafferty v. New Castle County Bd. of License, Inspection & Review

    Publication Date: 2021-07-28
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. McCafferty, pro se petitioner, Claymont, DE.
    for defendant: Jordan Perry, New Castle, DE for respondents.
    Case Number: D69482

    The court affirmed a decision by a county board because petitioner failed to demonstrate the proceeding was unconstitutional in any way.

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  • Verde v. Simpler

    Publication Date: 2021-07-21
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Abram, Georgetown, DE for appellant
    for defendant: Ann C. Cordo, Delaware Attorney General’s Office, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D69477

    The court affirmed a decision by the Department of Motor Vehicles to revoke a driver's license based on probable cause that the person was driving under the influence.

  • State v. Tucker

    Publication Date: 2021-07-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Streett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allison Abessinio, Erika Flaschner, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Natalie Woloshin, Woloshin, Lynch and Associates, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69467

    Trial counsel's conduct was not ineffective and defendant failed to demonstrate prejudice, so the court de-nied defendant's motion for post-conviction relief.

  • First Solar, Inc. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA,

    Publication Date: 2021-07-07
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Energy | Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam Ziffer, Meredith Elkins, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John C. Phillips, Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Charles C. Lemley, Kim Melvin, Anna Schaffner, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, Arthur Luk, Omomah Abebe, Cole Kroshus, Arnold & Portker Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: D69456

    Second securities fraud suit filed by plaintiff who opted out of prior suit and asserted claims arising from the same alleged misrepresentations related back to the first action, thereby causing it to fall out of the coverage period of the relevant insurance policy.

  • Duncan v. Garvin

    Publication Date: 2021-07-07
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Clark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Gallagher, Alexis N. Stombaugh, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kayli H. Spialter, Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69455

    Party to settlement with the government could not seek writ of mandamus to compel government to fulfill contractual obligation under the settlement, especially where the obligation was conditioned on the settling party's performance.

  • Richardson v. Christiana Care Health Serv., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-07
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy E. Lengkeek, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joshua H. Meyeroff, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69460

    The court granted some of plaintiff's motions in limine in this medical negligence case, but denied other motions to exclude testimony.