• Guidry v. Wilmington Trust, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-25
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Felice, Gregory Y. Porter, Patrick Muench and Ryan T. Jenny, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Wilming-ton, DE and Washington, D.C.; Daniel Feinberg and Todd Jackson, Feinberg, Jackson, Worthman & Wasow LLP, Berkeley, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Albert H. Manwaring, IV, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Prame, Edward J. Meehan and Ross P. McSweeney, Groom Law Group, Washington, D.C. for defendant.

    Case Number: D68818

    Plaintiff met the ascertainability, numerosity and adequacy of representation requirements for a class action.

  • Dhade v. Huntington Learning Ctrs., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-23
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Education
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert J. Cahall, McCormick & Priore, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Cary Ichter and William Daniel Davis, Ichter Davis LLC, Atlanta, GA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott McIntosh, Quarles & Brady LLP, Washing-ton, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D68747

    A prospective applicant for credit lacked standing to assert a claim under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, so the court dis-missed the complaint with prejudice.

  • Morris v. Spectra Energy Partners (DE) GP, LP

    Publication Date: 2019-10-16
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barry and Michael T. Manuel, Grant & Eisenhofer P.A., Wilmington, DE; Peter B. Andrews and Craig J. Springer, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy Friedman, Spender Oster and David Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert S. Saunders, Ronald N. Brown, III, Ryan M. Lindsay, Noelle M. Reed, Daniel S. Mayerfeld and Alston L. Walker, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE and Houston, TX for defendant.

    Case Number: D68737

    The value of a derivative claim was not material in the context of a merger, so plaintiff lacked standing in this class action.

  • Wayne County Employees' Ret. Sys. v. Mavenir, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-21
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Securities Litigation
    Industry: Legal Services | State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Fallon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D67672

    The court granted an order appointing the lead plaintiff in this class action suit and approving the plaintiff's choice of counsel, despite defendants' objections due to a conflict of interest involving the law firm that filed the complaint.

  • Harris v. Lord & Taylor LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-05-08
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Cybersecurity
    Industry: Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph N. Sianni, Andersen Sleater Sianni, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Janine Pollack, The Sultzer Law Group P.C., New York, NY; Daniel Tepper, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, New York, NY; Ben Barnow and Erich P. Schork, Barnow and Assoc., P.C., Chicago, IL; Howard L. Longman and Melissa R. Emert, Stull, Stull & Brody, New York, NY; Charles E. Schaffer, Levin Sedran & Berman LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Jeffrey S. Goldenberg, Goldenberg Schneider, LPA, Cincinnati, OH; Gary Ma-son, Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP, Washington, DC; Laurence D. King and David A. Straite, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer, LLP, New York, NY; John A. Yanchunis and Ryan McGee, Morgan & Morgan, Tampa, FL; Jean Sutton Martin, The Law Office of Jeane Sutton Martin PLLC, Wilmington, NC; Lynda J. Grant, The Grant Law Firm PLLC, New York, NY for plaintiff and pro-posed class.
    for defendant: Jody C. Barillare, Gregory T. Parks, Ezra D. Church and Kristin M. Hadgis, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: D68553

    Both public and private interests favored the transfer of this class action proceeding to a federal district court in another state, where a similar action was already pending.

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  • Wigginton v. Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-14
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Securities Litigation
    Industry: Automotive | Legal Services | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan and Michael J. Farnan of Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Phillip Kim of The Rosen Law Firm, P.A., New York, NY; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer and David M. Sborz of Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Ira M. Press, David A. Bishop and Thomas E. Elrod of Kirby Mcinerney LLP, New York, NY; Jeffrey M. Gorris and Christopher P. Quinn of Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Danielle S. Myers of Robbins, Geller, Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; P. Bradford deLeeuw of Rosenthal, Monhait & Goddess, P.A.; Naumon A. Amjed, Darren J. Check and Ryan T. Degnan of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Samuel A. Nolen and Katharine L. Mowrey of Richards Layton & Finger, P.A.; Douglas P. Baumstein and Susan L. Grace of White & Case LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D68351

    Institutional investor with largest financial interest in putative securities fraud class action was entitled to presumption as lead plaintiff despite falling afoul of the 5-in-3 Rule due to the statutory preference for institutional investors serving as lead plaintiffs in securities class actions.

  • In re Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. Unitholder Litig.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-30
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Mergers and Acquisitions | Securities Litigation
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Hanrahan, Paul A. Fioravanti, Jr., Kevin H. Davenport, Samuel L. Closic, and Eric J. Juray, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Marc A. Topaz, Lee D. Rudy, Eric L. Zagar, Michael C. Wagner, and Grant D. Goodhart, III, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Rolin P. Bissel, James M. Yoch, Jr., and Benjamin M. Potts, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael C. Holmes, John C. Wander, Craig E. Zieminski, and Andrew E. Jackson, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas, TX; David E. Ross and Benjamin Z. Grossberg, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; M. Scott Barnard, Michelle Reed, and Lauren E. York, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Dallas, TX, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D68160

    Unitholders' complaint challenging private issuance of securities to insiders established unfairness of transaction, but did not warrant equitable relief cancelling the transaction where partnership was not injured by transaction.

  • Green v. GEICO Gen. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-09
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard H. Cross, Jr., Christopher P. Simon, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Paul A. Bradley, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy, LLC, Wilmington, DE; George M. Church, Miles & Stockbridge, PC, Baltimore, MD; Meloney Perry, Perry Law, PC, Dallas, TX, attorneys for defendant.

    Case Number: D68135

    Motion to dismiss putative class action denied where court could not definitively determine that plaintiffs could not establish damage calculation method that would predominate over proposed class.

  • Girardot v. The Chemours Co.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-11
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert K. Beste and Jonathan Landesman for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Stephanie E. O'Byrne and Kathleen Furey McDonough for defendant.

    Case Number: D68105

    Plaintiffs in this class action matter were entitled to pursue recovery of severance pay under state wage law, and their claims were filed within the statute of limitations.

  • Ward v. CareFusion Solutions, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-03-28
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel C. Herr and Jack D. McInnes for plaintiffs and the putative class
    for defendant: Elizabeth S. Fenton, Danielle N. Petaja, Matthew J. Hank and Helga P. Spencer for defendant.

    Case Number: D68093

    The choice-of-law provision in the parties employment contracts did not extend the reach of another states labor statutes where that states statutes and case law expressed an intent to narrowly limit their application.