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  • SARRAF 2018 Family Trust v. RP Holdco LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-11-01
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David B. Stratton, James H. Levine, Troutman, Pepper, Hamilton, Sanders, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: S. Michael Sirkin, Anthony M. Calvano, Ross Aronstam & Moritz, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Evan I. Cohen, Finn Dixon & Herling LLP, Stamford, CT for defendants.
    Case Number: N21C-02-006

    Court denied motion for summary judgment by LLC trust beneficiary to enforce a "payout" on the terms of the trust with defendant corporation.

  • Crown Castle Fiber LLC v. City of Wilmington

    Publication Date: 2022-10-18
    Practice Area: Telecommunications
    Industry: State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey G. Griver, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, Wilmington, DE; Shawn N. Gallagher, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gary W. Lipkin, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Charles A. Zdebski, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Washington, DC; Bradley S. Eaby, Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Dover, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N21C-08-126 PRW

    Court denied wireless infrastructure company summary judgment in action challenging city-mandated franchise agreements for node installation, where there were outstanding issues of material fact regarding whether the franchise agreements were exempted from the preemptive effect of the Federal Telecommunications Act.

  • State v. Holmes

    Publication Date: 2022-10-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel B. McBride, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Eugene J. Maurer, Jr., Eugene J. Maurer, Jr., P.A., Wilmington, DE; Stephen P. Patrizio, Dranoff and Patrizio, P.C., Philadelphia, PA for defendant.
    Case Number: 1909006430

    Police could view surveillance footage and seize the system's hard drive under the exigent circumstances and plain view doctrines, and where a purported owner of the property gave consent to investigators.

  • Outbox Sys., Inc. v. Trimble Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-06
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia L. Enerio, Jamie Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel, Wilmington, DE; Gerry Silver, Sullivan & Worcester LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven T. Margolin, Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69944

    Account stated claim dismissed where duplicative of a well-pleaded breach of contract claim and where plaintiff had failed to adequately plead the existence of a debt or account or defendant's express admission to an amount due under such account or debt.

  • In re: CVS Opioid Ins. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-30
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz, R. Garret Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Shuster, Daniel M. Sullivan, Blair E. Kaminsky, Daniel K. Phillips, Daniel M. Horowitz, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY; Susan Koehler Sullivan, Clyde & Co LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Robert M. Magino, Clyde & Co LLP, Morristown, NJ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. St. Jeanos, James E. Fitzmaurice, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Zachary J. Schnapp, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kirk Pasich, Nathan M. Davis, Pasich LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jeffrey L. Schulman, Peter A. Halprin, Pasich LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: D69940

    Court applied overwhelming hardship standard to motion to dismiss or stay for forum non conveniens where there was no evidence of a "race to the courthouse" by the parties such that their cases could be deemed contemporaneously filed and where there was no indication that plaintiffs had engaged in improper forum shopping.

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  • IP Network Solutions, Inc. v. Nutanix, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas T. Verna, Womble Bond Dickinson LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Justin M Forcier, Brian M. Rostocki, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69719

    The court held that neither party demonstrated that its reading of the contested operable language of the relevant agreement represented the only reasonable construction as a matter of law.

  • Benefytt Tech. Inc. v. Capitol Specialty Ins. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-18
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: E-Commerce | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Patricia A Winston, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy Jay Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Jr., David Bilson, Phillips Mclaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joanna J. Cline, Emily L. Wheatley, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69682

    The court held that there was an actual controversy that was ripe for adjudication between plaintiff and defendant insurance company.

  • Surf's Up Legacy Partners LLC v. Virgin Fest, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-12-28
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore A. Kittila, James G. MacMillan, III, Halloran Farkas + Kittila LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric M. George, Kim S. Zeldin, Browne George Ross LLP, Los Angeles CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert K. Beste, Jason Z. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Marvin S. Putnam, Jessica Stebbins Bina, R. Peter Durning, Jr., Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69659

    Motion of law firm to intervene to attach an attorney's lien for a judgment for unpaid legal fees denied where firm's right to attach the lien was contractually limited only to causes of actions that were the subject of the engagement agreement, and the firm sought to intervene in a completely unrelated legal action.

  • Serviz v. The ServiceMaster Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Lynn K. Neuner, Rachel S. Bradley, Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69648

    The court ordered plaintiff to produce emails from their privilege log, finding that the emails were not protected by attorney-client privilege.

  • Lima USA, Inc. v. Mahfouz

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Wilks, Scott B. Czerwonka, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jordan E. Stern, William H. Newman, Becker, Glynn, Muffly, Chassin & Hosinski, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; David B. Anthony, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Beth A. Bryan, Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP, Cincinnati, OH for defendants.
    Case Number: D69649

    The court held that plaintiff's claims were not ripe or justiciable and its breach of representations claim failed to state a claim where plaintiff did not and could not plead damages.