• In re: AmeriFirst Fin., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Horan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-11240 (TMH)

    Court denied motion to transfer venue where there was no indication debtors had attempted to "manufacture" venue and transfer would not facilitate the efficient resolution of the case.

  • Menzies v. Seyfath Shaw LLP

    Publication Date: 2023-11-06
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Charles Herr, Law Office of Daniel C. Herr LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jennifer Marie Kinkus, William Edward Gamgort, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 1:21-cv-00249-SB

    Breach of fiduciary duty claim was untimely under statute of limitations where plaintiff was on inquiry notice of his claim no later than his receipt of an IRS audit notice investigating transactions involving defendant.

  • Huber v. Simon's Agency, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Krause
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David B. Shaver, Surdyk Dowd & Turner, Dayton, OH for appellant.
    for defendant: Yitzchak Zelman, Ari H. Marcus, Marcus & Zelman, Asbury Park, NJ for appellee.

    Case Number: 22-2483

    Incurring costs to understand confusing collection letter was sufficient to confer Article III standing without the need to rely on the informational injury doctrine, but further factfinding was needed to determine if other potential class members suffered the same harm.

  • Ingram v. Experian Info. Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-23
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Restrepo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cary L. Flitter, Andrew M. Milz, Jody T. López-Jacobs, Flitter Milz, Narberth, PA; Brent F. Vullings, Vullings Law Group, LLC, Collegeville, PA for appellants.
    for defendant: David P. Helwig, Marks O’Neill O’Brien Doherty & Kelly, Pittsburgh, PA; Cecil J. Jones, Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia, PA for appellee.

    Case Number: 21-2430

    District court erred in ruling that furnisher of consumer credit information was exempt from obligation to investigate indirect dispute referred by a consumer reporting agency upon deeming the dispute frivolous, where the Fair Credit Reporting Act expressly granted that exception solely to consumer reporting agencies for indirect disputes.

  • Webb v. Bank of America

    Publication Date: 2023-10-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Q. Webb, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-670-GBW

    The court dismissed plaintiff's second amended complaint for failure to state a claim under the screening provision where he essentially asserted identical allegations as in the amended complaint and had therefore failed to remedy the deficiencies outlined by the court.

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  • The Loan Servs. Inc. v. NEWITY LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph B. Cicero, Gregory E. Stuhlman, Thomas A. Youngman, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Casey B. Howard, Jeffery S. Kramer, Locke Lord LLP., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Patricia L. Enerio, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael R. Tein, Gaye L. Huxoll, Tein Malone PLLC, Coconut Grove, FL for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-cv-01255-GBW

    Dismissal of breach of contract claim denied where plaintiffs alleged sufficient facts to support inference that defendant was the mere continuance or assignee of plaintiffs' contractual counterparty.

  • Jones v. Navient

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lugg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith R. Jones, plaintiff pro se.
    for defendant: John M. Nolan III, Morgan D. Hollander, Jackson Lewis, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; Margaret M. DiBianca, Clark Hill PLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N21C-10-020 SPL

    Finding that plaintiff's minimal participation in pursuing the case "evidenced a pattern of dilatoriness" culminating in his failure to produce evidence in support of his claim, the court granted defendant's motion to dismiss for failure to prosecute despite noting that the court had a "strong policy in favor of deciding cases on the merits."

  • Genworth Fin., Inc. v. AIG Specialty Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kenneth H. Frnechman, Michelle R. Migdon, Orrie A. Levy, Samantha Smith, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Kelly E. Rowe, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE: Scott B. Schreiber, Arthur Luk, William C. Perdue, Samuel I. Ferenc, Matthew Bemis, Arnold & Porter Kay Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C.; John C. Phillips, David A. Biilson, Phillips McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Douglas M. Mangel, Michelle Beecy, Clyde & Co LLP, Washington, D.C.; Geoffrey W. Heineman, Jung H. Park, Ropers Majeski, PC, New York, NY; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew Beato, Jason Chronic, Jessica N. Gallinaro, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C.; Karen H. Ventrell, CNA Corporate Litigation, Washington, D.C.; Scott A. Schechter, Matthew Mawby, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, Valhalla, NY; John G. Day, Bruce E. Jameson, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Alexis J. Rogoski, Edward C. Carleton, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLC, New York, NY; John L. Reed, DLA Piper (US), Wilmington, DE; Steven J. Brodie, Carlton Fields, P.A., Miami, FL; Charles W. Stotter, Carlton Fields, P.A., New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-05-057 EMD CCLD

    Claim reserves and underwriting exclusions to professional liability insurance policy did not apply to underlying lawsuits by long-term care insurance policyholders alleging misrepresentations in the marketing and sale arising from the failure to disclose planned or expected premium increases.

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

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., William J. Burton, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lilit Asadourian, Alice Kyureghian, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Aaron D. Lindstrom, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Grand Rapids, MI, for plaintiff below, appellee and cross-appellant.
    for defendant: John L. Reed, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; David Newmann, Courtney Devon Taylor, Victoria A. Joseph, Brittany Armour, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant below, appellant and cross-appellee.

    Case Number: 360, 2022

    Ruling that appellee's alleged violation of the False Claims Act arose out of false certifications that the loans it endorsed were eligible for government insurance, not the professional services it provided to borrowers through mortgage banking, mortgage underwriting, and loan servicing; the court concluded that the FCA charges and eventual settlement did not fall within the professional services exclusion in appellant's management liability policy.

  • Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC v. Boomerang Tube, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-09-18
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin M. Capuzzi, Kate Harmon, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew G. Fiorella, Nathan H. Boninger, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Cleveland, OH for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Joseph B. Cicero, Thomas A. Youngman, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey H. Zaiger, Judd Linden, Zaiger LLC, New York, NY; David E. Ross, S. Michael Sirkin, Thomas C. Mandracchia, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-0378-LWW

    Although unsecured creditor could not pierce the corporate veil as to the controller, it adequately pled fraudulent transfer and successor liability claims against an affiliate that acquired all of a fellow affiliate's assets, when the circumstances of the sale supported an inference that the transfer was designed to place assets out of creditors' reach.