• Aureus Holdings, LLC v. Kubient, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-25
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Advertising | E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry R. Wood, Jr., Brandon W. McCune, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Travis S. Hunter, Nicole K. Pedi, Valerie A. Caras, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69510

    Court declined to dismiss unjust enrichment/tortious interference claims where plaintiff alleged that defendant acted in bad faith to siphon plaintiff's customers and business development efforts, and where the parties' binding letter of intent only governed the parties' duties to create a final acquisition agreement.

  • CVR Refining, LP v. XL Specialty Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-25
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Energy | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robin L. Cohen, Alexander M. Sugzda, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna, New York, NY; Herbert Beigel, Law Offices of Herbert Beigel, Tucson, AZ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins, LLP, Wilimington, DE; Leland H. Jones, Chiara Tondi Resta, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC; John C. Phillips, Jr., David Bilson, Phillips McLaughlin & Hall, P.A. Wilmington, DE; Erica J. Kerstein, Robinson & Cole LLP, New York, NY; Geoffrey W. Heineman, Ropers Majeski, P.C. for defendants.

    Case Number: D69512

    Court declined to dismiss in favor of another action filed in another jurisdiction where defendants had, without warning, engaged in a race to the courthouse to file before plaintiffs, making plaintiffs' case filed only days later a contemporaneously filed action that precluded traditional first-filed rules.

  • KT4 Partners LLC v. Palantir Tech. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-04
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bartholomew J. Dalton, Michael C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Barry S. Simon, Jonathan B. Pitt, Stephen Wohlgemuth, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Kelly E. Farnan, Kevin M. Gallagher, Katharine L. Mowrey, Ryan D. Konstanzer, Rich-ards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John C. Hueston, Moez M. Kaba, Hueston Hennigan LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Kevin J. Orsini, Rory A. Leraris, Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Elena C. Nor-man, Paul J. Loughman, Lakshmi A. Muthu, Caleb G. Johnson, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wil-mington, DE; John Douglas Bethay III, Maynard Cooper & Gale LLP, Birmingham, AL for defendants.

    Case Number: D69489

    The court denied plaintiffs' motions in limine with respect to defense experts, because those witnesses had specialized and relevant knowledge.

  • CIBC Bank USA v. JH Portfolio Debt Equities, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-06-16
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin J. Mangan, Nicholas T. Verna, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward S. Weil, Melanie J. Chico, Mark A. Silverman, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Raymond H. Lemisch, Sean M. Brennecke, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael Granne, Provenzano Granne & Bader LLP, New York, NY; Matthew B. Lunn, Mary F. Dugan, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David E. Wilks, Andrea S. Brooks, Julie M. O’Dell, Wilks, Lukoff & Bracegirdle, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69430

    Claims arising from defendants' entering into side agreements that purportedly interfered with plaintiff's security interest were dismissed where plaintiff failed to plead facts sufficient to show bad faith or that it induced the entry into the side agreements.

  • Appliance Recycling Ctrs. of Am., Inc. v. Recleim LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-04-28
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geena Khomenco George, The Law Office of Geena Khomenko George LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael H. Rosenthal, Lurie & Broudy LLC, Exton, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Travis S. Hunter, Alexandra M. Ewing, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69374

    Breach of non-solicitation clause not dismissed where plaintiff alleged defendant had conspired with purported agent to have agent file an underlying suit against plaintiff for the purpose of disrupting plaintiff's business relationship with one of its clients.

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  • Highland Pipeline Leasing, LLC v. Magellan Pipeline Co., L.P.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-28
    Practice Area: Commercial Law
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Tyler E. Cragg, Richards, Layton and Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Thomas W. Briggs, Jr., Zi-Xiang Shen, Morris, Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; John D. Rus-sell, Justin A. Lollman, GableGotwals, Tulsa, OK for defendant.

    Case Number: D69379

    The court granted a motion to stay this declaratory relief action, because an action involving the same par-ties and similar claims was already pending in another state.

  • Verizon Commc'ns Inc. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-10
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carl M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robin L. Cohen, Keith McKenna, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lisa C. Solbakken, Deana Davidian, Arkin Solbakken LLP, New York, NY; Bruce E. Jameson, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Alexis J. Rogoski, Tammy Yuen, Skarzynski Marick & Black, LLC, New York, NY; Robert J. Katzenstein, Eve. H. Ormerod, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mi-chael P. Duffy, Scarlett M. Rajbanshi, Peabody & Arnold LLP, Boston, MA; John C. Phillips, Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph A. Bailey III, Gabriela Richeimer, Clyde & Co US LLP, Washington, DC; Michael R. Goodstein, Bailey Cavalieri LLC, Columbus, OH; Thomas J. Judge, Jason C. Reichlyn, Dykema Gossett, PLLC, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69325

    The court granted summary judgment in favor of insureds because they had an indemnity claim under the plain language of the policies.

  • AluminumSource, LLC v. LLFlex, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-02-03
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thad J. Bracegirdle, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Elliot Richardson, Michele D. Dougherty, Ryan D. Gibson, Korey Richardson LLC, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Benjamin A. Smyth, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew Gold, Erica Gomer, Akerman LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL for defendant.

    Case Number: D69279

    Fraudulent inducement claim failed where plaintiff had merely asserted dispute over calculation of the price adjustment to the contract purchase price, which was more appropriately characterized as a breach of contract claim rather than a fraud claim.

  • State of Delaware v. King,

    Publication Date: 2021-02-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric H. Zubrow, Erika R. Flaschner, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Kevin J. O’Connell, Christina L. Ruggiero, Delaware Office of Defense Serv., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69285

    Surveillance of defendant and seizure of an article from the trash did not require a search warrant.

  • Ashland LLC v. The Samuel J. Heyman 1981 Continuing Trust

    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Viceconte, Gibbons P.C., Wilmington, DE; William S. Hatfield, Camille V. Otero, Esquire, Jennifer A. Hradil, Joshua Elias, Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: William M. Lafferty, John P. DiTomo, Thomas P. Will, Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew J. Rossman, Jonathan B. Oblak, Tyler G. Whitmer, Nicholas Hoy, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69198

    Where the parties' contract contained no language clearly demonstrating that the parties intended to allow for fee-shifting in first-party claims, plaintiff's claim for indemnification of legal fees and costs against contractual counterparty failed.