• Movora, LLC v. Gendreau

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Grant E. Michl, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin M. Downey, R. Kennon Poteat III, Anna K. Tsiotsias, Ilana B. Frier, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, S. Reiko Rogozen, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew W. Vail, Benjamin J. Bradford, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL; Michael L. Vild, Christopher P. Simon, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-05-034 MAA CCLD

    Court denied judgment on the pleadings for defendants in action to obtain contractual indemnification in business purchase agreement where plaintiffs' interpretation of the scope of the agreement's indemnification provision, including the amount of indemnification, was facially reasonable.

  • Agahi v. Kelly

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: N23C-07-144 MAA CCLD

    Complaint seeking payment of settlement consideration was an action at law rather than a request for specific performance, meaning jurisdiction was proper in the superior court rather than the chancery court.

  • Buck v. Viking Holding Mgmt. Co. LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-02-26
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Accounting | Consulting | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. LaRosa, LaRosa & Associates LLC, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence P. Schaefer, Bert Black, Mack H. Reed, Timothy S. Christensen, Anne C. Bolgert, Schaeffer Halleeen, LLC, Minneapolis, MN for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Peter H. Kyle, John L. Reed, Daniel P. Klusman, DLA Piper, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N20C-08-249 MAA CCLD

    Court denied parties' cross-motions for summary judgment where finding cause for termination was a condition precedent to employer's option to repurchase employee's equity at original cost and where there were genuine issues of material fact as to whether cause existed.

  • CFGI, LLC v. Common C Holdings LP

    Publication Date: 2024-02-12
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Consulting | Consumer Products
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. DiTomo, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: R. Bruce McNew, R. Grant Dick IV, Andrew A. Ralli, Cooch and Taylor P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-03-032 MAA CCLD

    Amendment to contract purporting to "accelerate" past due payments lacked consideration where defendant was already making payments.

  • Bergmann v. SH Parent, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Consumer Products | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel T. Hirzel, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jesse L. Noa, Potter, Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N22J-00660

    Court denied motion to compel discovery in aid of execution where claimant was merely seeking merits-based discovery for another action for injunctive relief.

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  • Adviser Investments, LLC v. Powell

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Adam D. Gold, A. Gage Whirley, Ross Aronstam & Moritz, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark W. Premo-Hopkins, Katie Lencioni, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Henry E. Gallagher, Jr., Lauren DeLuca, Jarrett W. Horowitz, Connolly Gallagher, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Lazar P. Raynal, Melanie Burke, Tatum Ellis, King & Spalding, LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: 2022-1149-MAA

    Determining that the purchase agreement did not bar claims based on extra-contractual statements, the court declined to dismiss plaintiff's fraud claims concerning the purchase of defendant's company. The court also found that the detailed factual allegations contained in the complaint stated a claim for fraud and that fraud claims were not barred by the anti-bootstrapping rule.

  • Mortgage Connect Document Solutions, LLC v. Green Indus. Dev. Group, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew D. Cordo, Kaitlin E. Maloney, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Katherine L. Mowery, Griffin A. Schoenbaum, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Mark T. Josephs, Brian H. Oates, Matt M. Johnson, Jackson Walker, LLP, Dallas, TX for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-01-178 MAA CCLD

    Court denied landlord summary judgment on tenant's breach of lease agreement where the lease obligated the parties to continue with a revise-or-consent procedure to resolve improvement costs over the tenant allowance, and there was evidence that the tenant was continuing with the procedure until the landlord refused to proceed with revisions and terminated the lease.

  • In re COVID-Related Restrictions on Religious Serv.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-11
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Non-Profit | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen J. Neuberger, Thomas S. Neuberger, The Neuberger Firm, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Thomas C. Crumplar, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott D. Cousins, Cousins Law LLC, Wilmington, DE; Martin D. Haverly, Martin D. Haverly, Attorney at Law, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Andrew D. Cordo, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Nora M. Crawford, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-01-123 MAA

    Plaintiffs' lawsuit challenging past COVID-19-related restrictions on houses of worship was dismissed where governor was entitled to qualified immunity as it was unclear at the time the restrictions were implemented that such restrictions were unconstitutional and where the lawsuit was not justiciable since there was no longer an active case or controversy.

  • Beautycon Media ABC Trust v. New General Market Partners, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel: Kevin M. Capuzzi, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Paul D. Brown, Mark L. Desgrosseilliers, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; F. Maximilian Czernin, Peter R. Morrison, Squire Patton Boggs, LLP, Cincinnati, OH for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-12-143 MAA CCLD

    Plaintiff, in its capacity as trustee of plaintiff's company, filed suit against the company's investor for breach of contract, fraudulent inducement, and tortious interference with prospective contractual relations, as well as other claims that had been dismissed. Plaintiff alleged that, when its company had been in a precarious financial situation which had been known by defendant, defendant had intentionally interfered with a prospective deal the company was negotiating with another investor by actively discouraging the deal within

  • Waters v. Delaware Moving & Storage, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-10
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Construction
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andres Gutierrez de Cos, Andres de Cos LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William A. Crawford, Franklin & Prokopik, Newark, DE; Lisa M. Grubb, Marhsall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-05-130 MAA

    Replacement cost value provision in moving contract limiting company's liability for damage or loss was valid and enforceable where it met statutory requirements, as the law did not require an accurate valuation of property where customer had opportunity to negotiate or state a value.