• In Re Venoco, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-25
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Dehney, Andrew R. Remming, Matthew O. Talmo, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Warren W. Harris, Nancy McEvily Davis, Stephani A. Michel, Bracewell LLP, Houston, TX for appellant.
    for defendant: Rob Bonta, Christina Bull Arndt, Office of the California Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA; Edward K. Black, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; David M. Fournier, Kenneth A. Listwak, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven S. Rosenthal, Marc S. Cohen, J.D. Taliaferro, Alicia M. Clough, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Los Angeles, CA for appellee.

    Case Number: 17-10828 (JTD)

    Adversary proceeding asserting inverse condemnation claim failed where state government seized possession of facility necessary to prevent dangerous environmental contamination when owner ran out of funds to operate the facility.

  • Nimitz Tech. LLC v. CNET Media, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Legal Services | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-1247-CFC

    Court referred plaintiffs' counsel for disciplinary investigations after finding that they acted at the direction of patent monetization firms rather than the named plaintiffs in the present patent infringement cases.

  • Ramsey Asset Mgmt., LLC v. The Standard Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger D. Landon, Murphy & Landon, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James W. Semple, R. Grant Dick IV, Cooch and Taylor P.A., Wilmington, DE; Brooks R. Magratten, Michael J. Daly, Pierce Atwood LLP, Providence, RI for defendant.

    Case Number: 23-453-CFC

    Court transferred case to Eastern District of Virginia where it involved a dispute over an insurance policy issued to a Virginia-headquartered company and the parties had no connection to Delaware other than the company's state of incorporation.

  • Gemedy Inc. v. The Carlyle Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Comrie Barr Flinn, Alberto E. Chavez, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark L. D. Wawro, Max L. Tribble, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Houston, TX; Tamar Lusztig, Susman Godfrey, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Alexandra M. Cumings, Ryan D. Stottmann, William M. Lafferty, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael B. Carlinsky, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Kevin P.B. Johnson, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; Patrick D. Curran, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.

    Case Number: 23-157-CFC

    Defendants could remove case under federal officer removal statute by alleging that it had acquired the right to use plaintiff's intellectual property via federal government contracts after the government allegedly obtained "unlimited right" to the intellectual property.

  • In re Abeinsa Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Construction | Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Denhey, Andrew R. Remming, Matthew 0. Talmo, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Dunn, Allison Wuertz, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian A. Sullivan, Werb & Sullivan, Wilmington, DE; Don Fogel, Fogel & McEvily, LLC, Houston, TX for appellee.

    Case Number: 22-1371-CFC

    Bankruptcy court correctly dismissed statutory disgorgement and turnover claims against assignee of unlicensed contractor who held invoices owed by debtor, where California's statutory provision authorizing recovery of sums paid to unlicensed contractor did not extent to other parties.

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  • Backertop Licensing LLC v. Canary Connect, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-04
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Finger, Finger & Slanina, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jimmy C. Chong, Chong Law Firm, PA, Wilmington, DE; Ronald W. Burns, Frisco, Texas for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Alan Richard Silverstein, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark K. Suri, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago, IL; Jeremy Douglas Anderson, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Ricardo J. Bonilla, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Dallas, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-572-CFC

    Court imposed a civil contempt sanction upon plaintiff's owner for her failure to appear for questioning by the court as ordered, as the court had the inherent authority to impose contempt to enforce its lawful orders.

  • Magnolia Med. Tech., Inc. v. Kurin, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodger Dallery Smith II, Anthony David Raucci, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ashok Ramani, David J. Lisson, Micah G. Block, Ian Hogg, Serge A. Voronov, Davis Polk & Wardell LLP, Menlo Park, CA; Kathryn B. Bi, Alena Farber, Davis Polk & Wardell LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan, Nicole Kathleen Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger, PA, Wilmington, DE; Catherine Nyarady, Kripa Raman, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Nicholas Groombridge, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan Hangartner, X-Patents, APC, La Jolla, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: 19-97-CFC

    Court stayed motion for judgment of indefiniteness where plaintiff's expert described claim limitation as functional despite court construing it as structural, potentially giving defendant a viable argument in support of a motion for judgment as a matter of law of noninfringement.

  • Rivera v. The Nemours Found

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Rivera, Philadelphia, PA, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kathleen Furey McDonough, Jennifer Penberthy Buckley, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 21-1825-CFC

    Court denied employer motion for summary judgment on former employee's discrimination/wrongful termination claim where employee alleged that his supervisor directed a discriminatory remark towards him, creating a triable issue of fact as to pretext where employer terminated employee for using inappropriate language but, despite being informed of the supervisor's comment, imposed no discipline on the supervisor.

  • CareDx, Inc. v. Natera, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward R. Reines, Derek C. Walter, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; Randi Singer, Elizabeth McLean, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Derek J. Fahnestock, Anthony D. Raucci, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kristin J. Achterhof, Julia L. Mazur, Martin S. Masar III, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, IL; Christina L. Costley, Paul S. Yong, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Bruce G. Vanyo, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, New York, NY; Timothy H. Gray, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: 19-662-CFC

    Court granted defendant's judgment as a matter of law on the issue of Lanham Act damages where plaintiff presented no evidence that any customer was misled or relied upon defendant's advertisements found false by the jury.

  • Backertop Licensing LLC v. Canary Connect, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Consumer Products | Electronics
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel: Jimmy C. Chong, Chong Law Firm, PA, Wilmington, DE; Ronald W. Bums, Frisco, Texas for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Alan Richard Silverstein, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark K. Suri, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago, IL; Jeremy Douglas Anderson, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Ricardo J. Bonilla, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Dallas, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-572-CFC

    The court's inherent power to manage its docket and orderly and expeditiously dispose of cases extends to requiring nonparty out-of-state witnesses to personally appear before the court.