• Bolton v. Ford Motor Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-23
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Scott M. Tucker, Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy N. Mathews, Alex M. Kashurba, Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP, Haverford, PA; Russell D. Paul, Abigail J. Gertner, Amey J. Park, Natalie Lesser, Berger Montague PC, Wilmington, DE; Tarek H. Zohdy, Cody R. Padgett, Laura E. Goolsby, Capstone Law APC, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Christian J. Singewald, White & Williams, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 23-00632-GBW

    Court declined to dismiss vehicle defect claims where plaintiffs sufficiently identified the nature of the defect and claimed losses beyond that which would be compensated through the manufacturer's recall program.

  • Zimmerman v. Int'l Longshoreman's Ass'n Local 1694

    Publication Date: 2024-07-09
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Groves
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    Case Number: 1:22-CV-01192-JCG

    Court declined to dismiss breach of CBA and tort claims against employer where former employee adequately pled that employer did not believe employee intentionally stole from the company and subsequently took steps to frustrate employee's efforts to obtain new employment.

  • ECB USA, Inc. v. Savencia, S.A.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Legal Services | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley LLC, Wilmington, DE; Stephen G. Harvey, Steve Harvey LLC, Philadelphia, PA; Joel S. Magolnick, John E. Kirkpatrick, Marko & Magolnick P.A., Miami, FL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David W. Martson Jr., Jody C. Bariilare, Brian Morris, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Troy S. Brown, Margot G. Bloom, Su Jin Kim, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Michael J. Abelson, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 19-cv-731-GBW-CJB

    Court was not obligated to consider evidence of party asserting attorney-client privilege when ordering an evidentiary hearing where opposing party made a prima facie case for application of the crime-fraud exception.

  • Elad v. Truist Bank

    Publication Date: 2024-07-02
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph B. Elad, Claymont, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brittany M. Giusini, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lorin Huerta, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Helene Elizabeth Episcopo, New Castle County Office of Law, New Castle, DE; Chase N. Miller, McCabe Weisberg & Conway P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 23-1360-GBW

    Court dismissed complaint challenging state court foreclosure proceedings where defendants were entitled to absolute judicial or quasi-judicial immunity or were not acting under color of state law for purposes of a §1983 claim.

  • Jaroslawicz v. M&T Bank Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-25
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Wallach
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis J. Murphy, Jr., Jonathan L. Parshall, Murphy, Spadaro & Landon, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Coren, Benjamin M. Mather, Matthew R. Williams, Kauffman, Coren & Ress, P.C, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Brian M. Rostocki, Anne M. Steadman, Justin M. Forcier, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan K. Youngwood, Janet A. Gochman, Tyler A. Anger, V. Noah Gimbel, Katherine A. Hardiman, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York, NY; Kevin R. Shannon, Daniel Rusk, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy Richelle High, Scott A. Foltz, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 15-00897-EJW

    Court did not err in denying class certification where its rulings did not constitute an impermissible "prediction" of plaintiffs' success on the merits and where there was no authority precluding the court from considering loss causation.

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  • Rhoades v. Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-25
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey G. Grivner, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Wilmington, DE; Andrew J. Shapren, Scott C. Oberlander, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Courtney L. Kurz, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; David G. Hille, Gregory M. Stamer, Erika Murdoch, White & Case LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: 23-1262-CFC

    Court affirmed FINRA arbitration award, rejecting plaintiffs' arguments in support of their motion to vacate where the award was based on applicable statutory law and a reasonable interpretation of FINRA rules, and where the court lacked authority to reweigh the evidence.

  • In re: Samson Res. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-03
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Hall
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Christopher Shore, Colin T. West, White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel M. Stern, Samuel M. Kidder, KTBS Law LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrew J. Gallo, Nathaniel P. Bruhn, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA; Bryan Killian, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC; Michael R. Nestor, Michael S. Neiburg, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: 15-11934 (BLS)

    Court denied certification of direct appeal of bankruptcy order to the Third Circuit where the order did not announce a per se rule or conflict with settled precedent.

  • Sage Chem., Inc. v. Supernus Pharm., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-27
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Burke
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dominick T. Gattuso, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; W. Gordon Dobie, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL; Susannah P. Torpey, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY; Robert A. Julian, Baker & Hostetler LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Gary W. Lipkin, Michelle C. Streifthau-Livizos, Saul Ewing LLP, Wilmington, DE; Charles O. Monk, II, Jordan D. Rosenfeld, Saul Ewing LLP, Baltimore, MD; Jeffrey S. Robbins, Saul Ewing LLP, Boston, MA; Michael F. Brockmeyer, David S. Shotlander, Haug Partners LLP, Washington, D.C.; Ralph E. Labaton, Aakruti G. Vakharia, Haug Partners LLP, New York, NY; Daniel M. Silver, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Erick J. Stock, Shireen Barday, Joshua Obear, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Beth Moskow-Schnoll, Tyler B. Burns, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam K. Levin, Benjamin Holt, Ilana Kattan, Kaitlyn Golden, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C. for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-1302-CJB

    Plaintiffs adequately pled antitrust claims by alleging various anticompetitive acts by defendants designed to prevent or delay market entry of competing products, which resulted in the failure of plaintiffs' product launch.

  • Cephas v. Apple Green

    Publication Date: 2024-05-27
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Wade Cephas, Newark, DE, pro se plaintiff.
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    Case Number: 23-1295-GBW

    Federal court lacked jurisdiction over wrongful termination claim where defendant was a private company and plaintiff failed to plausibly plead a claim under Title VII.

  • Stevenson v. May

    Publication Date: 2024-05-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Hall
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sonali Shahi, Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA for petitioner.
    for defendant: Elizabeth R. McFarlan, Deputy Attorney General of the Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for respondents.

    Case Number: 07-473-JLH

    Motion to amend habeas petition denied where new claim did not relate back to original petition and was thus untimely.