Publication Date: 2019-04-10
Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Dispute Resolution
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. McDermott and David B. Anthony, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Benjamin C. Curcio, Paul F. Campano, Jessica A. Tracy, Michael D. Zahler, and Jason S. Haller Curcio Mirzaian Sirot LLC, Roseland, NJ for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Garrett B. Moritz and Bejamin Z. Grossberg, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew E. Anselmi and Zachary D. Wellbrock, McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen & Carvelli, P.C., Florham Park, NJ; Samuel T. Hirzel, II and Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew D. Cordo and F. Troupe Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Jody C. Barillare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian A. Herman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY; Ryan P. Newell and Lauren P. DeLuca, Connolly Gallagher, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Phillip A. Rovner and Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D68518
Claims for breach of restrictive covenants were stayed pending arbitration on the issue of arbitrability given the broad scope of the covenants' arbitration clauses, but dismissed where the court lacked jurisdiction over defendants who did not qualify as a "manager" of the domestic LLC.