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  • Auto Equity Loans of Delaware, LLC v. Shapiro

    Publication Date: 2019-09-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Automotive
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas D. Herrmann, Richard J. Zack, Alexander L. Harris, and Brian M. Nichilo, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jessica S. Davis, Senior Deputy Attorney General, and Keli M. Neary, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA for defendant.
    Case Number: D68703

    Delaware loan originator's action challenging investigation efforts by Pennsylvania Attorney General transferred to Middle District of Pennsylvania where the claims arose there, potential witnesses were located there, and courts would be more familiar with state law issues.

  • GKC Strategic Value Master Fund, LP v. Baker Hughes Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Weinberger, Thomas Curry, Eric J. Belfi, Ira A. Schochet and David J. Schwartz, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE and New York, NY for petitioners.
    for defendant: Kevin M. Coen and Sabrina M. Hendershot, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur F. Golden, Andrew Ditchfield and Andrew S. Gehring, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY for respondent. John D. Hendershot and Susan M. Hannigan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Paula Anderson and Alan Goudiss, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY for third-party General Elec. Co. Mark Lebovitch, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, New York, NY for non-party Tri-State Joint Fund.
    Case Number: D68633

    Where respondents failed to timely file confidential documents redacted in good faith, the court held that unredacted versions of the documents should be made available in the public record of the case.

  • Otto Candies LLC v. KPMG, LLP

    Publication Date: 2019-05-08
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Consulting | Transportation
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Ross, Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Terry L. Wit, A. William Urquhart, Juan P. Morillo, Derek L. Shaffer, and Lauren H. Dickie, Quinn Emanual Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, San Francisco, CA and Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Matthew F. Davis, and Christopher N. Kelly, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory G. Ballard and Jose F. Sanchez, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; Todd Schlitz, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Scher and Jonathan H. Friedman, Foley & Lardner LLP, New York, NY; Timothy Jay Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, and William E. Gamgord, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ana C. Reyes, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: D68551

    Actions transferred from superior court to chancery court subject to a fully-briefed and argued motion to dismiss were subject to the chancery court's rule requiring plaintiffs subject to such a motion to either seek leave to amend or stand on their complaint and risk dismissal with prejudice; however, as a matter of first impression the court declined to enforce the rule on plaintiffs.

  • Mergenthaler v. Triumph Mortgage Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-12-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Sergovic, Jr., Sergovic & Carmean, P.A., Georgetown, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Richard L. Abbott, Abbott Law Firm, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D68395

    A judgment creditor was required to refresh a judgment after five years before obtaining a writ of execution, but the court renewed plaintiff's judgment nunc pro tunc due to the court's ministerial error.

  • In re Bay Hills Emerging Partners I, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, E. Wade Houston, James C. Rutten, Erin J. Cox, Kevin M. Gallagher and Mark C. Goodman for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Brett D. Fallon, Patricia A. Winston, Travis J. Ferguson, Mark A. Cameli, Ryan S. Stippich and Brent A. Simerson for defend-ants.
    Case Number: D68217

    Limited partnership agreements contained forum selection causes which were permissive rather than mandatory, so the court denied defendants' motion to dismiss.

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  • Black Diamond Hope House, Inc. v. U & I Invs., LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-06-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Clark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles J. Brown, III, Gellert, Scali, Busenkell & Brown, LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorney for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Robert D. Cecil, Jr., Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE; Michael I. Silverman, Silverman, McDonald & Friedman, Wilmington, DE; Paul Cottrell and Patrick McGrory, Tighe & Cottrell, P.A., Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D68167

    Claims arising from construction defects barred by statute of limitations where parties' contract defined accrual date as date of substantial completion of project and barred application of the discovery rule.

  • Doe v. Dept. of Serv. for Children, Youth & Their Families

    Publication Date: 2018-05-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Civil Rights
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    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Stark
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Weih Steven Chang, Hockessin, DE, pro se plaintiff
    for defendant: Rosamaria Tassone-DiNardo, City of Wilmington Law Department, Wilmington, DE; Ryan P. Connell, Department of Justice, State of Delaware, Wilmington, DE; Gary H. Kaplan and Art C. Aranilla, II, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D68142

    Motion for relief from dismissal of action denied where asserted legal error, purported newly discovered evidence, and conclusory allegations of fraud could not form basis for relief.

  • LVI Grp. Inv., LLC v. NCM Grp. Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-04-18
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure | Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rudolf Koch, Matthew W. Murphy, and Matthew D. Perri, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Steven C. Florsheim, Greg Shinall, Daniel A. Shmikler, Michael G. Dicker, and Trevor K. Scheetz, Sperling & Slater, P.C., Chicago, IL, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Richard D. Heins, Philip Trainer, Jr., and Hayley M. Lenahan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Stephen Novack, Donald A. Tarkington, Andrew D. Campbell, Elizabeth C. Wolicki, and Yvette V. Mishev, Novack and Macey, LLP, Chicago, IL, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D68112

    Fraud complaint against majority stakeholder of merged corporation, and the stakeholders principals, maintained where counterparty to merger pled that defendants intentionally directed falsification of merged corporations pre-merger financials.

  • Change Capital Partners Fund I, LLC v. Volt Elec. Sys., LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-04-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Cooch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kate Harmon, Rafael X. Zahralddin, and Shelley A. Kinsella, Elliot Greenleaf, P.C., Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Marc S. Casarino, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorney for defendants.
    Case Number: D68110

    Contractual choice-of-law provision upheld where proposed default states did not have connection to underlying transaction nor did they have fundamental public policy contrary to chosen states law.

  • Aranda v. Philip Morris USA Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ian Connor Bifferato, Richard S. Gebelein, and Thomas F. Driscoll, The Bifferato Firm, Wilmington, DE; Charles S. Siegel, Waters & Kraus, LLP, Dallas, TX; Stephen J. Phillips, Phillips & Paolicelli, New York, NY; the Thorton Law Firm, Boston, MA, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: P. Clarkson Collins, Jr. and David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Patrick W. Dennis and Perlette Michele Jura, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Miguel A. Estrada and Amir C. Tayrani, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC; Donald E. Reid, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew S. Hellman, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC; Elizabeth A. Coleman and Casey T. Grabenstein, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, attorneys for appellees.
    Case Number: D68094

    Availability of alternative forum not a condition of dismissal on forum non conveniens grounds, as analysis focused solely on defendants hardship in litigating in Delaware.