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  • Kirchner v. Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Travel and Tourism
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Weiswasser Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Howard B. Prossnitz, Law Offices of Howard Prossnitz, Oak Park, IL; Adam Szulczewski, Chicago, Illinois for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Matthew Denn, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; David S. Sager, DLA Piper LLP (US), Short Hills, NJ for defendant.
    Case Number: D69699

    Fraudulent omission claims not dismissed where defendant's contractual disclosures did not contradict plaintiffs' allegations.

  • AB Stable VIII LLC v. MAPS Hotels & Resorts One LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Sarah A. Clark, John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Theodore N. Mirvis, William Savitt, Sarah K. Eddy, Ryan A. McLeod, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Theodore B. Olson, Amir C. Tayrani, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C.; Adam H. Offenhartz, Marshall R. King, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY for appellant.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Michael A. Barlow, April M. Kirby, Stephen C. Childs, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kathleen M. Sullivan, Michael B. Carlinsky, William B. Adams, Christopher D. Kercher, Rollo C. Baker IV, Todd G. Beattie, Jonathan E. Feder, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Kap-You Kim, Peter & Kim Attorneys at Law, Seoul, South Korea for appellees.
    Case Number: D69651

    Seller of hotel businesses breached ordinary course covenant by making material changes to operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, where the covenant did not contain a material adverse event exception and where seller failed to obtain buyer's consent to the changes.

  • In re: EHT US1, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-07
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Sontchi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth Van Allen, G. David Dean, Justin R. Alberto, Cole Schotz, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Luc A. Despins, Nicholas A. Basset, G. Alexander Bongartz, Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bove, LLC Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69630

    Bankruptcy court could hold adversary proceeding defendants in civil contempt for failure to comply with the court's preliminary injunction order requiring a detailed accounting and enjoining defendants from dissipating or otherwise transferring their assets, after defendants' accounting was woefully deficient and defendants expressly stated their intention to transfer funds.

  • Trachtenberg v. Marriott Int'l, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Travel and Tourism
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anna Tractenberg, Craig Tractenberg, Villanova, Pennsylvania, pro se plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Brannan Cole, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE; Marc Sposato, Riley B. MacGray, Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69627

    Court declined to exercise personal jurisdiction over foreign subsidiary of domestic parent where subsidiary had no contacts with the forum and the parent's domestic actions could not be imputed to a subsidiary.

  • Compagnie Des Grands Hotels D'Afrique S.A. v. Starman Hotel Holdings LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-11-02
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael P. Kelly, Andrew S. Dupre, Sarah E. Delia, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Spears, Charlita Mays, Cynthia Chen, Spear & Simes LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, S. Michael Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69593

    The court held that the contract between the plaintiff subsidiary and a third-party was entered into prior to the existence of the parent company such that the parent company was not liable.

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  • Firemen's Ret. Fund of St. Louis v. Sorenson

    Publication Date: 2021-10-20
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel L. Closic, Eric Juray, Prickett, Jones & Elliot, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Brian J. Robbins, Craig W. Smith, Gregory E. Del Gaizo, Emily R. Bishop, Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiff
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jason J. Mendro, Jeffrey S. Rosenberg, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C.; Adam H. Offenhartz, Laura Kathryn O’Boyle, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69575

    The court dismissed breach of fiduciary duty claims brought against directors arising out of a data breach because certain claims were time-barred, and plaintiff failed to allege sufficient facts of failure of oversight by directors.

  • DuBose v. Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-11
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert W. Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Howard B. Prossnitz, Law Offices of Howard Prossnitz, Oak Park, IL; Adam Szulczewski, Chicago IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Matthew Denn, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69498

    Plaintiffs made a judicial admission regarding the tolling of their tort claims, and they failed to establish any other basis for tolling the statute of limitations.

  • Largo Legacy Group, LLC v. Charles

    Publication Date: 2021-07-21
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven T. Margolin, Lisa Zwally Brown, Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jason Jowers, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69474

    Plaintiff stated claims for breach of an operating agreement, aiding and abetting, and breach of fiduciary duty, but the court rejected his fraud claims.

  • CRE Niagara Holdings, LLC v. Resorts Group, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-21
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard P. Rollo, Travis S. Hunter, Dorronda R. Bordley, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Garvan McDaniel, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE; David S. Rosner, Jed I. Bergman, Paul J. Burgo, Stephan P. Thomasch, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: D69368

    Forum selection clause selecting Delaware in parties' primary purchase agreement won out over conflicting forum selection clauses in prior-executed or ancillary agreements between the parties, precluding dismissal on forum non conveniens grounds.

  • Kirchner v. Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-21
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herbert Weiswasser Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Howard B. Prossnitz, Law Offices of Howard Prossnitz, Oak Park, IL; Adam Szulczewski, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Matthew Denn, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; David S. Sager, DLA Piper LLP (US), Short Hills, NJ for defendant.
    Case Number: D69370

    The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss because the putative plaintiffs in this class action pro-ceeding failed to meet the heightened pleading standard for their fraud claims.