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Publication Date: 2020-06-10
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Energy
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin M. Coen and Sara Toscano, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul Spagnoletti, Antonio J. Perez-Marques and Matthew Cormack, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Brock E. Czeschin and Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Robin C. Gibbs, Anthony N. Kaim, Angus Dodson and Gabriel D. Kaim. Gibbs & Bruns LLP, Houston, TX for defendant Dunwoody. Daniel C. Herr of the Law Office of Daniel C. Herr LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant Oilfield Pipe of Texas, LLC.
Case Number: D69009
Plaintiff's claims for breach of fiduciary duty did not fall within the forum selection provision of the parties' employment contract, so the provision did not deprive the court of venue.
Publication Date: 2020-05-20
Practice Area: Real Estate
Industry: Automotive
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Abbot, Abbott Law Firm, Hockessin, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: “J” Jackson Shrum, Jack Shrum, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D68986
Plaintiff stated claims for breach of contract and specific performance, but it failed to allege its fraud claims with particularity.
Publication Date: 2020-05-13
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Manufacturing
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Mathew A. Golden, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kahn A. Scolnick, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Lindsey S. Young, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Palo Alto, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Richard P. Rollo, John T. Miraglia, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D68976
Individual defendants dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction where their contractual consent to certain equitable remedies did not constitute a waiver of jurisdictional defenses.
Publication Date: 2020-04-15
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE; David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martin F. Cunniff, Ruyak Cherian LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Robert L. Burns, Kevin M. Gallagher, Eliezer Y. Feinstein, and Brian S. Yu, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam Offenhartz, Aric H. Wu, David F. Crowley-Buck, and Peter M. Wade, Gibson,Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D68942
Stockholder's breach of fiduciary duty claim against chairman dismissed where chairman had not exercised authority to reject stockholder's nomination notice, which was instead considered and rejected by the full board.
Publication Date: 2020-04-08
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Andrews, Law Office of Joseph Andrews, Dover, DE; Joseph K. Jones and Anand A. Kapasi, Jones, Wolf & Kapasi, LLC, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: S. Mark Hurd, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Antony S. Burt and Jin Yan, Schiff Hardin LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.
Case Number: D68940
An LLC buyout provision was a form of option contract, so the court denied defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiffs' breach of contract claim.
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Publication Date: 2020-04-08
Practice Area: Securities Litigation
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael C. Manning, Jeffrey J. Goulder, Stefan M. Palys, and Christy M. Milliken, Stinson Leonard Street LLP, Phoenix, AZ for plaintiff.
for defendant: Jon E. Abramczyk, William M. Lafferty, and Sabrina M. Hendershot, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence Portnoy, Julia Kiechel, M. Nicholas Sage, and Caroline Stern, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D68934
Securities fraud claim dismissed pursuant to the statute of limitations, where court applied Delaware's shorter limitations period, where plaintiff was not forced to file in Delaware pursuant to an agreed-upon forum selection clause.
Publication Date: 2020-03-11
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Health Care
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason A. Cincilla, Amaryah K. Bocchino, Ryan W. Browning and Tye C. Bell, Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; John M. Pierce, Michael M. Pomerantz, Elizabeth C. DeGori and Matthew J. Kokot, Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Lori W. Will, Phillip R. Sumpter, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Jeremy W. Gagas, Dylan J. Liddiard, Charles A. Talpas and Brian J. Levy, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE, Palo Alto, CA and New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D68907
The court denied a motion to dismiss regarding a director's pre-resignation conduct, but it dismissed the remainder of plain-tiff's contract and tort claims.
Publication Date: 2020-03-04
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Food and Beverage
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Christopher N. Kelly and Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; James Clough, William L. Prickett and Andrew T. Stark, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Los Angeles, CA and Boston, MA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan, Susan M. Hannigan and Anthony M. Calvano, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bradley Chapin, Rutan & Tucker LLP, Costa Mesa, CA for defendants.
Case Number: D68899
The court granted defendants' motion to dismiss, because plaintiff failed to adequately allege their claims for breach of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, tortious interference with contract and business relations, and libel.
Publication Date: 2020-01-22
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Manufacturing
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon E. Abramczyk, D. McKinley Measley, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; James F. Bennett, John D. Comerford, Dowd Bennett LLP, St. Louis, MO for plaintiff.
for defendant: Richard P. Rollo, Travis S. Hunter, Alexandra M. Ewing, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Eric B. Halper, Virginia I. Weber, McKool Smith P.C., New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: D68846
Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiff's contract claim where plaintiff had an adequate remedy at law in the form of monetary damages to compensate plaintiff for defendants' past breaches and in the form of a declaratory judgment establishing defendants' contractual purchase obligations.
Publication Date: 2020-01-08
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason M. Leviton, Joel A. Fleming, Amanda R. Crawford, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE; Deborah S. Birnbach, Jennifer B. Luz, Katherine B. Dacey, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA; Kevin R. Shannon, Berton W. Ashman, Jr., Callan R. Jackson, Potter Andersoon & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; John P. Coffey, Adina C. Levine, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY; David E. Ross, S. Michael Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D68832
Corporate restructuring transaction was subject to entire fairness review rather than receiving the benefit of the business judgment rule where two large stockholders formed controller group who received special benefits from the reorganization that ordinary stockholders did not receive.
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