• Harris v. Citigroup Global Mark

    Publication Date: 2021-11-09
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald E. Marston, Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz & Bhaya, Newark, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: H. Garrett Baker, Elzufon, Austin & Mondell, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69601

    The Industrial Accident Board's denial of claimant's request for continuance was not unreasonable or capricious where claimant's need for time to find a new medical expert did not constitute good cause.

  • Totta v. CCSB Fin. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-02
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin H. Davenport, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Art. C. Aranilla, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; Brett A. Scher, Patrick M. Kennell, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D69591

    Motion to dismiss challenge to board election denied where motion referred to documents outside of the pleadings, requiring conversion of the motion to one for summary judgment, under which standard the court determined that further factfinding was required.

  • In re BGC Partners, Inc. Derivative Litig.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-06
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine M Mackintosh, Kimberly A. Evans, Michael D. Bell, Vivek Upadhya, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Christopher J. Orrico, Andrew E. Blumberg, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph De Simone, Michelle J. Annunziata, Michael Rayfield, Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY; Matthew E. Fenn, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL; C. Barr Flinn, Paul Loughman, Alberto E. Chávez, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric Leon, Nathan Taylor, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69563

    Genuine issues of material fact precluded summary judgment on the issue of demand futility, but the court dismissed claims against two director defendants in this derivative action.

  • In re Abeinsa Holding Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-22
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D69543

    Proof of claim arising from unpaid contractor invoices properly dismissed where California law prohibited payment for unlicensed contractor work performed in the state.

  • Joint Stock Co. Commercial Bank PrivatBank v. Kolomoisky

    Publication Date: 2021-09-08
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Barlow, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; William A. Burck, Alexander J. Merton, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Washington, DC; Rollo C. Baker, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David J. Margules, Elizabeth A. Sloan, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason Cyrulnik, Paul Fattaruso, Roche Cyrulnik Freedman LLP, Brooklyn, NY; Devin Freedman, Roche Cyrulnik Freedman LLP, Miami, FL; Raymond J. DiCamillo, Daniel E. Kaprow, Megan E. O’Connor, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Marc E. Kasowitz, Daniel R. Benson, Mark P. Ressler, Sarmad M. Khojasteh, Joshua N. Paul, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY; Albert H. Manwaring, IV, Albert J. Carroll, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dane H. Butswinkas, David S. Blatt, Matthew B. Nicholson, Tanya M. Abrams, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69528

    Court granted a partial stay in fraud action where resolution of the case required rulings on foreign law that were currently being resolved in a related pending suit in that foreign court.

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  • Guaranteed Rate, Inc. v. ACE Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. Rostocki, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lilit Asadourian, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Thomas A. Marrinson, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Newmann, Jessica K. Jacobs, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.

    Case Number: D69523

    A civil investigative demand in an action under the False Claims Act constituted a claim under plaintiff's insurance policy, so defendant insurer was obligated to advance defense costs.

  • Country Life Homes, LLC v. Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick K. Gibson, Ippoliti Law Group, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Carol A. Vanderwoude, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Art C. Aranilla, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: D69520

    Former clients sufficiently pled legal malpractice cause of action by alleging that legal counsel negligently advised clients to pursue litigation strategy that had no merit, resulting in clients incurring unnecessary litigation expense.

  • 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.

  • Deutsche Bank AG v. Devon Park Bioventures, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-14
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Aaron R. Sims, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; David G. Januszewski, Sheila C. Ramesh, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James M. Yoch, Jr., Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin C. Maclay, Todd E. Phillips, Quincy M. Crawford, Nathaniel R. Miller, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, DC; William M. Kelleher, Phillip A. Giordano, Gordon Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ira S. Zaroff, Richard M. Zaroff, Zaroff & Zaroff LLP, Garden City, NY; P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, R. Eric Hacker, Damon B. Ferrara, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69464

    Transfer of an ownership interest in a Delaware entity by itself was insufficient to constitute sufficient minimum contacts to support the exercise of long-arm jurisdiction over the foreign transferor and transferee.

  • In re: EHT US1, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-30
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Sontchi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark D. Collins, Brendan J. Schlauch, Megan E. Kenney, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; P. Sabin Willett, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA; Jennifer Feldsher, New York, NY; David M. Riley, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Seth Van Aalten, G. David Dean, Justin R. Alberto, Cole Schotz, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Luc A. Despins, G. Alexander Bongartz, Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D69447

    Bankruptcy courts were to look to the laws of the jurisdiction where a foreign entity was formed and resided to determine if its structure qualified it to be a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code.