• W.R. Berkley Corp. v. Dunai

    Publication Date: 2020-08-05
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott A. Holt and Curtis J. Crowther, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Herr, Law Office of Daniel C. Herr LLC, Wilmington, DE; Kristen Prinz and Amit Bindra, The Prinz Law Firm, P.C., Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: D69061

    The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss, because the record did not contain sufficient information to conduct a choice of law analysis.

  • Halosil Int'l Inc. v. Eco-Evolutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen B. Brauerman, Bayard P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kent E. Baldauf, Jr. and Barry J. Coyne , The Webb Law Firm, Pittsburgh, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael F. Duggan and Marc Sposato, Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Stephen H. Luther and Ryan T. Santurri, Allen, Dyer, Doppelt& Gilchrist, PA, Orlando, FL for defendants.

    Case Number: D69064

    Breach of contract claims were untimely where the claims accrued after plaintiff was put on notice defendant may have developed and patented a product based off plaintiff's product in breach of the parties' agreement.

  • W.R. Berkley Corp. v. Dunai

    Publication Date: 2020-07-22
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott A. Holt and Curtis J. Crowther, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Herr, Law Office of Daniel C. Herr LLC, Wilmington, DE; Kristen Prinz and Amit Bindra, The Prinz Law Firm, P.C., Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: D69061

    The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss, because the record did not contain sufficient information to conduct a choice of law analysis.

  • Iacono v. Estate of Capano

    Publication Date: 2020-07-15
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Sullivan, Sullivan Hazeltine Allinson LLC, Wilmington, DE; Philip S. Rosenzweig, Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC, King of Prussia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69050

    The record provided evidence which could support the existence of an enforceable oral contract, so the court denied defendants' motion for summary judgment.

  • AssuredPartners of Virginia, LLC v. Sheehan

    Publication Date: 2020-06-17
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory P. Williams, Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew D. Perri, and Kevin M. Regan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph G. Santoro and Roger W. Feicht, Gunster, West Palm Beach, FL, for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Martin S. Lessner, Lauren Dunkle Fortunato, and Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE, for defendants.

    Case Number: D69014

    Breach of asset purchase agreement claims allowed to proceed where plaintiff alleged defendant sellers breached agreement by making unauthorized post-closing payments to certain defendants and by failing to disclose pre-closing liabilities.

  • Buckeye Partners, L.P. v. GT USA Wilmington, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody C. Barillare and Amy M. Dudash, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Blanchard, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Hartford, CT; Julie S. Goldemberg, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jonathan M. Stemerman, Elliott Greenleaf, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Thomas J. Elliott, Frederick P. Santarelli, Jack P. Elliott, and Colin J. O’Boyle, Elliott Greenleaf, P.C., Blue Bell, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69000

    Injunctive relief granted to preserve the status quo ante and prevent defendant from resorting to measures to force plaintiff to capitulate before a court could resolve the parties' dispute.

  • Maverick Therapeutics, Inc. v. Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: : Jody C. Barillare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Rollin B. Chippey II and Benjamin P. Smith, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Elizabeth A. Mullin, and Aubrey J. Morin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; John Ruskusky and Lisa C. Sullivan, Nixon Peabody, LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff-Intervenor. Gregory P. Williams, Steven J. Fineman, Nicole K. Pedi, and Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Martin S. Schenker and Benjamin H. Kleine, of Cooley, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Michelle S. Rhyu, Cooley, LLP, Palo Alto, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: D68952

    Defendant fraudulently induced plaintiff's investment into spin-out company by representing broad definition of transferred technology while knowingly limiting transfer to the spin-off and continuing to work on technology outside the narrow definition.

  • Alliance Compressors LLC v. Lennox Indus. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-22
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon E. Abramczyk, D. McKinley Measley, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; James F. Bennett, John D. Comerford, Dowd Bennett LLP, St. Louis, MO for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Richard P. Rollo, Travis S. Hunter, Alexandra M. Ewing, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Eric B. Halper, Virginia I. Weber, McKool Smith P.C., New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D68846

    Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over plaintiff's contract claim where plaintiff had an adequate remedy at law in the form of monetary damages to compensate plaintiff for defendants' past breaches and in the form of a declaratory judgment establishing defendants' contractual purchase obligations.

  • Gulf LNG Energy, LLC v. Eni USA Gas Mktg. LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-01-15
    Practice Area: Contracts | Damages
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Michael Sirkin, and R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph S. Allerhand, Seth Goodchild, and Tania C. Matsuoka, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY; Mark W. Friedman, William H. Taft V, Carl Micarelli, and Lisa Wang Lachowicz, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Joseph B. Cicero and Gregory E. Stuhlman, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph J. LoBue and Helene Gogadze, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: D68838

    Second arbitration enjoined to the extent it constituted collateral attack on damages award from prior arbitration between the parties, but plaintiff's claim pled but not decided in first arbitration could proceed to a determination on arbitrability.

  • Moon Express, Inc. v. Intuitive Machines, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-10-16
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Software | Transportation
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Hardiman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68736

    Evidence sufficient to support jury verdict of contractual breach where verdict implicitly required finding that losing party was required to fulfill obligation and that its failure to do so prevented prevailing party from fulfilling its express contractual obligation.