• Ontario Provincial Council of Carpenters' Pension Trust Fund v. Walton

    Publication Date: 2023-05-09
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Mae Oberste, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Edward G. Timlin, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Leslie R. Stern, Nathaniel L. Orenstein, Steven L. Groopman, Berman Tabacco, Boston, MA; Ned Weinberger, Mark Richardson, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; David MacIsaac, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Sean M. Berkowitz, Nicholas J. Siciliano, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Andrew W. Stern, Charlotte K. Newell, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; William M. Regan, Allison M. Wuertz, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY; Frank R. Volpe, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-0827-JTL

    Litigation demand was futile where allegations supported inference that directors and officers knew that the company was violating its legal obligations as a dispenser of prescription opioids in a conscious effort to maximize customer sales and profits.

  • Corso v. Concordia Healthcare USA, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Scott Mann, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE; David B. Gordon, Tiana A. Bey, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Alessandra Glorioso, Angela E. Dralle, William J. Miller, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 21-cv-353-SB

    Parties' "promissory note" functioned like an earnout contract, subjecting plaintiff's claims to the three-year statute of limitations for contract claims rather than the six-year limitations period.

  • Lebanon County Employees' Ret. Fund v. Collis

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel L. Closic, Eric J. Juray, Robert B. Lackey, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lee D. Rudy, Eric L. Zagar, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Eric J. Riedel, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Frank R. Schirripa, Daniel B. Rehns, Kurt Hunciker, Hillary Nappi, Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, NY; Gregory Mark Nespole, Daniel Tepper, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, New York, NY; Brian J. Robbins, Craig W. Smith, Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Stephen C. Norman, Jennifer C. Wasson, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Doluisio, Carla Graff, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Matthew L. Larrabee, Hayoung Park, Dechert LLP, New York, New York; Michael D. Blanchard, Amelia Pennington, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-1118-JTL

    Court denied relief from dismissal of action, after a state court found defendant directors and officers had not violated the law, where newly-filed DOJ complaint against the company remained unsubstantiated and did not contain allegations against defendants specifically.

  • Envolve Pharmacy Solutions, Inc. v. Rite Aid Headquarters Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Jacobs, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Keith J. Harrison, Christopher Flynn, Daniel W. Wolff, Jerome P. DeSanto, Jed Wulfekotte, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Corrie Elise Amato, Eric J. Juray, Jason W. Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliot, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Neil K. Gilman, Christopher J. Dufek, Brianne Reese, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Washington, DC; John B. Shely, Courtney B. Glaser, Kelsey J. Hope, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: N19C-12-214 PRW CCLD

    Court denied summary judgment on breach of contract claims where there was a factual dispute over whether defendant's customers participating in savings card and price-match programs fell within the scope of the parties' contracts for prescription drug reimbursements.

  • Medlink Health Solutions, LLC v. JL Kaya, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-21
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Legal Services | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jones
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aman Kaushik Sharma, The Sharma Law Firm, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ari S. Casper, Ralph S. Tyler, The Casper Firm, LLC, Baltimore, MD for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-09-799 FJJ

    Court could exercise personal jurisdiction over parties who had been afforded certain rights and benefits under a settlement agreement, even though they were not signatories to the settlement.

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  • Daniel v. Hawkins

    Publication Date: 2023-01-31
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Teklits, Sara Barry, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey Alan Simes, Goodwin Proctor, LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: Richard I.G. Jones, John G. Harris, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: 184, 2022

    The court affirmed the trial court's ruling that an irrevocable proxy did not run with majority shares and dismissed appellant's arguments that the court improperly relied on "extrinsic" evidence contained in the proxy's addendum as well as the Third Restatement, finding that the addendum fell within the proxy's four corners and that the law cited from the Third Restatement accurately reflected the same legal principles that were in place at the time the proxy was established.

  • Lebanon County Employees' Ret. Fund v. Collis

    Publication Date: 2023-01-03
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel L. Closic, Eric J. Juray, Robert B. Lackey, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lee D. Rudy, Eric L. Zagar, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Eric J. Riedel, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Frank R. Schirripa, Daniel B. Rehns, Kurt Hunciker, Hillary Nappi, Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, NY; Gregory Mark Nespole, Daniel Tepper, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, New York, NY; Brian J. Robbins, Craig W. Smith, Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Stephen C. Norman, Jennifer C. Wasson, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Doluisio, Carla Graff, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Matthew L. Larrabee, Hayoung Park, Dechert LLP, New York, NY; Michael D. Blanchard, Amelia Pennington, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-1118-JTL

    The court granted a motion to dismiss breach of duty claims stockholder plaintiffs brought against pharmaceutical distributor defendant.

  • Rockwell Automation, Inc. v. EU Automation, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dominick T. Gattuso, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul Tanck, Neal McLaughlin, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward F. Maluf, Jeremy A. Cohen, Owen R. Wolfe, Jeremy Schachter, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D69945

    Defendant in trademark infringement action was subject to specific personal jurisdiction where it actively undertook sales of infringing goods into the jurisdiction, even though such sales only represented a small fraction of defendant's overall revenue.

  • Torrent Pharma Inc. v. Priority Healthcare Distrib., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-23
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael B. McCauley, Palmer Biezup & Henderson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin G. O’Donovan, Palmer Biezup & Henderson LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Elizabeth A. Sloan, Brittany M. Guisini, Ballard Spahr, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew D. Knepper, Tanya Maerz, Husch Blackwell, LLP, St. Louis, MO; Sarah B. Cole, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Wilmington, DE. for defendants.

    Case Number: D69926

    Court granted in part and denied in part summary judgment motions in a case arising out of product destruction at a warehouse.

  • Univar Solutions Inc. v. Geisenberger

    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Distribution and Wholesale | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew J. Rifino, Travis Ferguson, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jameel S. Turner, James G. Ryan, Bailey Cavalieri LLC, Columbus OH for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Melanie K. Sharp, Martin S. Lessner, Mary F. Dugan, Robert M. Vrana, Young Conaway Stargett & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69858

    Constitutional challenges to audit under state escheat law overruled where there was no showing that state would undertake estimation of escheated property held by entity and where seizure of property owned by entities with foreign last known addresses did not violate the foreign commerce clause.