• Luster v. Puracap Lab., LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-01-02
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Accounting | Consulting | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian C. Ralston and Jacob R. Kirkham of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David A. Dorey and Adam V. Orlacchio of Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68410

    Plaintiff failed to state a claim for breach of the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing where the contract specifically addressed the matter at issue, and defendant did not act unreasonably in requiring plaintiff to give notice prior to entering defendant's facility.

  • Kroy IP Holdings, LLC v. Groupon Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-01-02
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Moore, Bindu A. Palapura and Stephanie E. O'Byrne of Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan K. Waldrop, Darcy L. Jones, Marcus A. Barber, John W. Downing, Heather S. Kim and Jack Shaw of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP , Redwood Shores, CA; Hershy Stern and Rodney R. Miller of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven J. Balick and Andrew C. Mayo of Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Thomas L. Duston and Tron Y. Fun of Marshall, Gerstein and Borun, LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.

    Case Number: D68409

    Plaintiff's patent claims involved abstract ideas, but the court denied defendant's motion to dismiss because unresolved factual issues existed regarding the nature of the claims.

  • Yellow Pages Photos, Inc. v. Dex Media, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-12-19
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Copyrights
    Industry: Advertising | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68396

    The bankruptcy court properly dismissed counterclaims based on claim preclusion, judicial estoppel and col-lateral estoppel, and its fee award was objectively reasonable.

  • Gardoski v. Pats Aircraft, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-12-19
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Aerospace | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Fletcher, Jr. and Gary E. Junge, Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Margaret M. DiBianca, Smith Katzenstein Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68392

    FMLA retaliation claim was not dismissed where plaintiff employee pled a plausible claim of fraudulent inducement with respect to a general release plaintiff executed in favor of defendant employer and where it was unsettled whether FMLA claims could be subject to a general release.

  • J&J Sports Prod., Inc. v. M&I Hospitality of Delaware Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-12-05
    Practice Area: Entertainment and Sports Law | Telecommunications
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles J. Brown, III of Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: N/A

    Case Number: D68377

    Plaintiff was entitled to damages against a corporate entity for intercepting a cable transmission, but the court denied judgment against the individual defendants.

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  • Olympus Corp. v. Maxell, Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-28
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Consumer Products | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Shaw, Karen E. Keller, and Nathan R. Hoeschen, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE; William J. McCabe, Matthew J. Moffa, and Thomas V. Matthew, Perkins Coie LLP, New York, NY; Kyle R. Canavera, Perkins Coie LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Timothy Devlin and James Gorman, Devlin Law Firm LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jamie B. Beaber, Kfir B. Levy, James A. Fussell, III, Tiffany A. Miller, Baldine B. Paul, and Alison T. Gelsleichter, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC; Robert G. Pluta, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: D68369

    Patent-in-suit was not directed to patent-ineligible subject matter where it addressed technological improvements to enable camera with recording/play-back capabilities that consumed less power, rather than being directed to the general abstract idea of battery or resource conservation.

  • Seiden v. Schwartz, Levitsky, and Feldman LLP

    Publication Date: 2018-11-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Private Equity and Venture Capital
    Industry: Accounting | Agriculture
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel K. Hogan of Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE, attorney for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Patrick M. McGrory of Tighe & Cottrell, P.A., Wilmington, DE attorney for defendant.

    Case Number: D68364

    The court lacked personal jurisdiction over a foreign entity where the facts did not meet the requirements of the long-arm statute, and did not comport with due process.

  • Wigginton v. Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-14
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Securities Litigation
    Industry: Automotive | Legal Services | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan and Michael J. Farnan of Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Phillip Kim of The Rosen Law Firm, P.A., New York, NY; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer and David M. Sborz of Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Ira M. Press, David A. Bishop and Thomas E. Elrod of Kirby Mcinerney LLP, New York, NY; Jeffrey M. Gorris and Christopher P. Quinn of Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Danielle S. Myers of Robbins, Geller, Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; P. Bradford deLeeuw of Rosenthal, Monhait & Goddess, P.A.; Naumon A. Amjed, Darren J. Check and Ryan T. Degnan of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Samuel A. Nolen and Katharine L. Mowrey of Richards Layton & Finger, P.A.; Douglas P. Baumstein and Susan L. Grace of White & Case LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D68351

    Institutional investor with largest financial interest in putative securities fraud class action was entitled to presumption as lead plaintiff despite falling afoul of the 5-in-3 Rule due to the statutory preference for institutional investors serving as lead plaintiffs in securities class actions.

  • Consumer Fin. Prot. Bureau v. The Nat'l Collegiate Master Student Trust

    Publication Date: 2018-10-31
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Education
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carolyn I. Hahn, Colin T. Reardon and Gabriel S.H. Hopkins, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman and Melissa N. Brochwicz, Donimirski, Heymay Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Erik H. Haas and Peter W. Tomlinson, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY attorneys for Ambac Assurance Corp.; Jamie L. Edmonson, Allyson B. Baker, Meredith L. Boylan, Sameer P. Sheikh and Katherine M. Wright, Venable LLP, Washington, DC, attorneys for Transworld Systems Inc.; Andrew D. Cordo, Ashby & Geddes, PA, Wilmington, DE; Michael Hanin and Uri Itkin, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for objecting noteholders; Rebecca L. Butcher, Landis Rath & Cobb LLP, Wilmington, DE, John P. Doherty and William Hao, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY for GSS Data Serv., Inc.; Stacey A. Scrivani, Stevens & Lee, P.C., Wilmington, DE for the Pennsylvania Higher Educ. Assistance Agency; Stephen B. Brauerman and Sara E. Bussiere, Bayard P.A., Wilmington, DE for Wilmington Trust Co.; John W. Shaw and David M. Fry, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE, Stephen H. Meyer, Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP, Washington, DC for U.S. Bank National As-sociation; John W. Shaw and David M. Fry, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE, Matthew A. Martel and Keith M. Kollmeyer, Jones Day, Boston, MA for U.S. Bank.

    Case Number: D68338

    Proposed intervenors timely filed their motions, and they have interests in the litigation which were not adequately repre-sented by existing parties.

  • Acosta v. DeVilbiss Landscape Architects, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-31
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance | Labor Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew R. Epstein, U.S. Dep't of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Philadelphia, PA, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Frank E. Noyes, II Offit Kurman P.A., Wilmington, DE, and Wendel V. Hall, Hall Law Office, PLLC, Washington, DC, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D68337

    Plaintiff alleged sufficient facts regarding overtime and recordkeeping violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act, so the court denied defendants' motion to dismiss.