• First Solar, Inc. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA,

    Publication Date: 2021-07-07
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Energy | Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam Ziffer, Meredith Elkins, Cohen Ziffer Frenchman & McKenna LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John C. Phillips, Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Charles C. Lemley, Kim Melvin, Anna Schaffner, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, Arthur Luk, Omomah Abebe, Cole Kroshus, Arnold & Portker Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69456

    Second securities fraud suit filed by plaintiff who opted out of prior suit and asserted claims arising from the same alleged misrepresentations related back to the first action, thereby causing it to fall out of the coverage period of the relevant insurance policy.

  • ARKRAY Am., Inc. v. Navigator Bus. Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Julia E. Markley, Nathan R. Morales, Perkins Coie LLP, Portland, OR; Lindsey Dunn, Perkins Coie LLP, Denver, CO for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Stephen J. Kraftschik, Christina B. Vavala, Polsinelli PC, Wilmington, DE; Eric E. Lynch, Jonathan G. Brinson, Polsinelli PC, Phoenix, AZ; Scott B. Czerwonka, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Mark K. Thompson, MKT Law PLC, Minneapolis, MN for defendants.

    Case Number: D69438

    Contractual choice-of-law provisions did not bar claims where the provision only applied to contractual claims, and the applicable state law did not preclude enforcement of another jurisdiction's statutory unfair business practices claim.

  • Geronimo Music, LLC v. Copsidas

    Publication Date: 2021-05-05
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall J. Teti, Philip Trainer, Jr., Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69386

    A broad general release provision warranted the dismissal of plaintiff's indemnification claim, but the court declined to impose sanctions against plaintiff.

  • Valley Joist BD Holdings, LLC v. EBSCO Indus., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-24
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph B. Cicero, Aidan T. Hamilton, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey H. Zaiger, Judd Lindenfeld, Zaiger LLC, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Sara Toscano, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69341

    The parties' agreement unambiguously provided for a shortened limitations period and plaintiff failed to meet the heightened pleading standard for fraud, so the court dismissed plaintiff's breach of contract claim and fraud in the inducement claims.

  • Abernathy v. Brandywine Urology Consultants, P.A.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-03
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary M. Klinger, Mason Lietz & Klinger LLP, Chicago, IL; Gary E. Mason, David K. Lietz, Mason Lietz & Klinger LLP, Washington, DC; Jared T. Green, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William E. Manning, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Turner A. Broughton, Brendan D. O’Toole, Amanda Bird, Williams Mullen, Richmond, VA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69278

    Patients lacked standing to bring suit against their medical practice to recover compensation for a ransomware attack and data breach the practice had suffered where plaintiffs failed to allege their personal or financial information had been misused or there was a concrete, imminent threat of misuse.

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  • Judicial Watch Inc. v. Delaware Dep't of Justice

    Publication Date: 2021-01-20
    Practice Area: Public Records
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore A. Kittila, William E. Green, Jr., Halloran Farkas + Kittila LLP, Wilmington, DE for petitioners.
    for defendant: William E. Manning, James D. Taylor, Jr., Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: D69267

    The Freedom of Information Act did not give petitioners access to library patron logs or unprocessed rec-ords housed at a university library.

  • Preston Hollow Capital LLC v. Nuveen LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-12-30
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R Scott Thompson, David H. Wollmuth, Michael C. Ledley, Sean P. McGonigle, Nicole C. Rende, Wollmuth, Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NY; R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Leonard A. Gail, Alejandra Contreras Macias, Massey & Gail LLP, Chicago, IL; Jonathan S. Massey, Jeremy Mallory, Massey & Gail LLP, Washington, DC; Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Jennifer C. Wasson, David A. Seal, Rob-ert J. Kumor, Potter, Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69243

    Collateral estoppel and law of the case doctrines applied to findings made in a prior proceeding between the parties, but plaintiff was not entitled to summary judgment due to remaining factual issues.

  • Am. Int'l Indus. v. The Neslemur Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-23
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Consumer Products
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth J. Reidenberg, Tybout Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith Katzenstein Jenkins, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Patrick F. Hofer, Clyde & Co US LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: D69231

    Anti-claim/anti-suit injunction on indemnification crossclaims/third-party claims in other jurisdictions granted where crossclaimant/third-party claimant was entitled to indemnification under asset purchase agreement and had contractually chosen to litigate the APA in Delaware.

  • Stryker Demolition & Envtl. Serv., LLC v. Arcadis U.S., Inc

    Publication Date: 2020-12-02
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sally J. Daugherty, Cohen, Seglias, Pallas, Greenhall & Furman, P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Sherilyn Pastor, Joseph Vila, McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ; Kate Roggio Buck, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69212

    A subcontractor could only seek to recover from the party with whom it had a contract, so the court dis-missed its claim against a third party for unjust enrichment.

  • Toner v. Meyer

    Publication Date: 2020-10-14
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: Brokerage | E-Commerce | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bartholomew J. Dalton, Ipek Kurul, Dalton & Assoc., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Nicholas J. Brannick, Mary Jameson, New Castle County Office of Law, New Castle, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69157

    The court dismissed this defamation action against the county and a county official because defendants were entitled to immunity under the Tort Claims Act.