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  • Carroll v. Bennett

    Publication Date: 2024-06-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Daulton, Marin & Gregory, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Paul D. Sunshine, Martin D. Page, Reger, Rizzo & Darnall, LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: N22C-08-459 CEB

    Golf course operator did not owe duty to person injured by stolen golf cart where a stolen cart did not constitute "exceptional circumstances" and the operator did not have notice of the risk of theft where it had only suffered one prior theft attempt under completely different circumstances than the theft of the stolen cart at issue.

  • Green v. McClive

    Publication Date: 2024-06-18
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Agriculture | Consulting | Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: D. McKinley Measley, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David L. Finger, Finger & Slanina, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2023-0139-MTZ

    Plaintiff sufficiently pled breach of fiduciary duty claims where the parties' operating agreement did not expressly permit fiduciaries to compete against the company or engage in self-interested transactions, but merely allowed managers to engage in other business opportunities.

  • Vivint Solar, Inc. v. Lundberg

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael C. Heyden, Jr., Gordon Rees Scully Manskuhani, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peggy A. Tomsic, Bryant L. Watson, Magleby, Cataxinos & Greenwood, Salt Lake City, UT for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Timothy R. Dudderar, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alan C. Bradshaw, Chad R. Derum, Mitch M. Longson, Manning Curtis Bradshaw & Bednar PLLC, Salt Lake City, UT for defendant.
    Case Number: 2020-0988-PAF

    Company breached equity incentive agreement by cancelling employee's award when they transferred to another company under common control with the employer and thus continued in service to the "company group."

  • Brown v. Matterport, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph L. Christensen, Meghan M. Dougherty, Michael D. Bell, Christensen & Dougherty LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward D. Totino, Benjamin W. Turner, Baker McKenzie LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Conal Doyle, Doyle Law APC, Beverly Hills, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert L. Burns, Kyle H. Lachmund, Nicole M. Henry, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jennifer Selendy, Joshua S. Margolin, David A. Coon, Selendy Gay PLLC, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2021-0595-LWW

    Court rejected use of highest intermediate price method to calculate former employee's losses from improperly applied lockup where there was an adequate record to calculate the average stock price over a reasonable trading period.

  • Wagner v. BRP Group, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrew J. Peach, Jackson E. Warren, Jacob D. Jeifa, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Steven J. Purcell, Robert H. Lefkowitz, Purcell & Lefkowitz LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: S. Mark Hurd, Lauren K. Neal, Alec F. Hoeschel, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 2023-0150-JTL

    Although founder pre-approval requirements violated provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, founders' post-lawsuit agreement to defer to unanimous approval of independent director committee was a sufficient mechanism to defeat facial challenges to the requirements.

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  • Yangaroo Inc. v. Digital Media Serv., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Anne Mercado Clark, Jeffrey D. Coren, Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Catherine A. Gaul, Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; George A. Gasper, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN; Ethan H. Townsend, Daniel T. Menken, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N23C-06-090 EMD CCLD

    Aiding and abetting clause plausibly alleged as to sellers' advisors where they were involved in due diligence and thus plausibly could have assisted sellers in withholding material information, which breached representations and warranties.

  • Tornetta v. Musk

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Glenn R. McGillivray, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrew J. Peach, Jackson E. Warren, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, Caleb G. Johnson, Daniel P. Klusman, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, Garrett B. Moritz, Thomas C. Mandracchia, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; William M. Lafferty, Susan W. Waesco, Ryan D. Stottmann, Miranda N. Gilbert, Jacob M. Perrone, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Rudolf Koch, John D. Hendershot, Kevin M. Gallagher, Andrew L. Milam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2018-0408-KSJM

    Court denied plaintiff's motions to expedite resolution of post-trial issues based on defendants' assertion that an upcoming shareholder proxy vote would not affect the litigation.

  • BV Advisory Partners, LLC v. Quantum Computing Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Education | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thaddeus J. Weaver, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas S. Biemer, Patrick M. Northen, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert L. Burns, Kyle H. Lachmund, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Thomas A. Uebler, McCollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Hecht, Rolnick Kramer Sadighi LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2022-0719-SG

    Investor's contractual claims arising from company's acquisition failed where investor failed to adequately plead a frustration of its contractual rights by defendants or the existence of such rights under the parties' agreements.

  • BV Advisory Partners, LLC v. Quantum Computing Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Electronics | Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thaddeus J. Weaver, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert L. Burns, Kyle H. Lachmund, Craig K. Ferrere, Naseeba Saeed, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 2023-0768-SG

    Court declined to grant petition for appointment of receiver where petitioners potentially lacked standing and failed to demonstrate circumstances warranting a receivership.

  • NGL Energy Partners LP v. LCT Capital, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting | Energy
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven T. Margolin, Lisa M. Zwally, Samuel L. Moultrie, Bryan T. Reed, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Hal S. Shaftel, Daniel Friedman, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: John L. Reed, Peter H. Kyle, Daniel P. Klusman, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Benjamin D. Schuman, DLA Piper LLP, Baltimore, MD for appellee.
    Case Number: N15C-08-109

    Trial court erred in categorically excluding prejudgment interest from the post-judgment interest calculation where prejudgment interest was a component of the judgment.