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  • Aranda v. Philip Morris USA Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ian Connor Bifferato, Richard S. Gebelein, and Thomas F. Driscoll, The Bifferato Firm, Wilmington, DE; Charles S. Siegel, Waters & Kraus, LLP, Dallas, TX; Stephen J. Phillips, Phillips & Paolicelli, New York, NY; the Thorton Law Firm, Boston, MA, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: P. Clarkson Collins, Jr. and David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Patrick W. Dennis and Perlette Michele Jura, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Miguel A. Estrada and Amir C. Tayrani, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC; Donald E. Reid, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew S. Hellman, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC; Elizabeth A. Coleman and Casey T. Grabenstein, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, attorneys for appellees.
    Case Number: D68094

    Availability of alternative forum not a condition of dismissal on forum non conveniens grounds, as analysis focused solely on defendants hardship in litigating in Delaware.

  • Pavik v. George & Lynch, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-04
    Practice Area: Contracts | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chase T. Brockstedt, Stephen A. Spence, Vincent A. Bifferato, Jr. and Roger D. Landon for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Louis J. Rizzo, Jr. for defendants.
    Case Number: D68099

    Whether a contractor was negligent in failing to post temporary warning signs at a road construction site was a question for the finder of fact, and summary judgment was not proper.

  • Elenza, Inc. v. Alcon Labs. Holding Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-04
    Practice Area: Contracts | Intellectual Property
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Simeone, Charles T. Kimmett, Walter E. Anderson, and John R. Grimm, Harris, Wilshire & Grannis LLP, Washington, DC; Andrew D. Cordo and F. Troupe Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellant
    for defendant: Heidi K. Hubbard, Daniel P. Shanahan, David Randall J. Riskin, Tamara A. Rubb, and Michelle L. Hood, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC; Michael P. Kelly, Daniel M. Silver, and Benjamin P. Smyth, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellees.
    Case Number: D68096

    Misappropriation of trade secrets claim properly denied where plaintiff failed to cite specific uses of its alleged trade secrets in any claimed misappropriation by defendant.

  • Marquinez v. The Dow Chem. Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-28
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara H. Stratton, Jonathan S. Massey and Scott M. Hendler for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Donald E. Reid, Michael L. Brem, James W. Semple, Boaz S. Morag, Timothy Jay Houseal, D. Ferguson McNeil, Lisa C. McLaughlin, Adam V. Orlacchio and Kelly E. Farnan for defendants.
    Case Number: D68090

    In its answer to a certified question in this class action matter, the Delaware Supreme Court concluded that a conditional dismissal did not stop class action tolling.

  • Cannon v. State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz, Ross Aronstam & Moritz, LLP, Wilmington, DE; John P. Deckers, The Law Offices of John P. Deckers, P.A., Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellant;
    for defendant: Carolyn S. Hake, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, attorney for appellee.
    Case Number: D68079

    Family court erred in adjudicating juvenile delinquent for criminally negligent homicide where juveniles attack upon victim did not create a foreseeable risk of death as the risks of injury and death were unrelated to the victims cause of death.

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  • Appel v. Berkman

    Publication Date: 2018-03-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Strine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy Friedman, Spencer Oster, and David Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, New York, NY; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, and David M. Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellant
    for defendant: Mark A. Kirsch and Jefferson E. Bell, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Brian M. Lutz, Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Raymond J. DiCamillo and Elizabeth DeFelice, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Stephen B. Brauerman and Sara E. Bussiere, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellees.
    Case Number: D68063

    Boards decision to exclude the chairman/founders opposition to a proposed merger transaction from the stockholders proxy statement was in error, where the facts of such opposition may have been material to a stockholders decision to approve the transaction and the omission of such facts rendered the proxy a partial, incomplete disclosure.

  • Harden v. State

    Publication Date: 2018-02-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Strine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher S. Koyste, Law Office of Christopher S. Koyste, LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorney for appellant
    for defendant: Martin B. O'Connor, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendant.
    Case Number: D68046

    Sentencing counsel was ineffective in failing to consult with defendant and develop coherent strategy for asking trial court for sentence below recommended sentence of negotiated plea agreement, and in failing to prepare defendant to give an allocution demonstrating remorse.

  • California State Teachers Ret. Sys. v. Alvarez

    Publication Date: 2018-02-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Corporate Governance
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart M. Grant, Michael J. Barry, and Nathan A. Cook; Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christine S. Azar, Ryan T. Keating, and Ned Weinberger, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel Girard, Amanda Steiner, Dena Sharp, Adam Polk, and Jordan Elias, Girard Gibbs LLP, San Francisco, CA; Thomas A. Dubbs, Louis Gottlieb, and Jeffrey A. Dubbin, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; Frederic S. Fox, Hae Sung Nam, Donald R. Hall, and Jeffrey P. Campisi, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: Donald. J. Wolfe, Steven C. Norman, and Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous and Alexander K. Mircheff, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Mark A. Perry, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, attorneys for appellees.
    Case Number: D68031

    Another jurisdiction's dismissal of derivative action for lack of demand futility had preclusive effect under federal law upon competing group of stockholders derivative litigation.

  • State of Delaware v. Hazelton

    Publication Date: 2018-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Danielle J. Brennan and Amanda R. Nyman for the state
    for defendant: Michael W. Andrew for defendant.
    Case Number: D68027

    The superior courts dismissal of an indictment was an abuse of discretion, because the state did not engage in unnecessary delay in filing the matter in that court.

  • In re Investors Bancorp, Inc. Stockholders Litig.

    Publication Date: 2018-01-24
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steve J. Purcell, Purcell Julie & Lefkowitz LLP, New York, NY; David A. Jenkins, Neal C. Belgam, and Clarissa R. Chenoweth, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar and Zi-Xiang Shen, Morris, Nichols, Arsh & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellees.
    Case Number: D68016

    Chancery court erroneously dismissed plaintiffs breach of fiduciary claim arising from boards self-award of equity incentives, where incentive plan authorized by disinterested majority stockholder vote granted board discretion to fashion specific awards that were not ratified by the stockholders.