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  • Zurich Am. Ins. Co. v. Sygenta Crop Prot., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-03-11
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Agriculture | Chemicals and Materials | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John D. Balaguer, Lindsey E. Imbrogno, Balaguer Milewski & Imbrogno, Wilmington, DE; Michael M. Marick, Timothy H. Wright, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: Stephen E. Jenkins, Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Dorthea W. Regal, Joshua L. Blosveren, Miriam J. Manber, Hoguet Newman Regal & Kenney, LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for appellee.
    Case Number: 135, 2023

    Communications threating litigation at some indefinite time in the future without identifying claimants or requesting monetary relief were insufficient to constitute a "claim for damages" that would trigger or bar liability insurance coverage.

  • Bowers v. Delaware Real Estate Comm'n

    Publication Date: 2024-03-11
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Winston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William J. Rhodunda, Jr., Nicholas G. Kondraschow, Rhodunda, Williams & Kondraschow for appellant.
    for defendant: A. Zachary Naylor, Delaware Department of Justice for appellee.
    Case Number: N23A-04-002 PAW

    Court remanded revocation of real estate license where commission concededly deprived licensee of due process by denying him the opportunity to speak and prohibiting his counsel from reading his prepared statement, after allowing the state to provide statements and comments.

  • Clem v. Skinner

    Publication Date: 2024-03-04
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals | Retail | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake A. Bennett, Dean R. Roland, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Brian J. Robbins, Stephen J. Oddo, Eric M. Carrino, Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA; Leo Kandinov, Aaron T. Morris, Andrew W. Robertson, Morris Kandinov LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Samuel D. Cordle, Caleb Volz, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert G. Jones, Jessica M. Bergin, Sara A. Bellin, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA; Martin J. Crisp, Ropes & Gray LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2021-0240-LWW

    Caremark claims failed where board of directors promptly responded to whistleblower action regarding the company's billing practices by overseeing the response to the DOJ's civil investigation demands and fixing the billing software to eliminate the improper practices.

  • In re: Stimwave Tech. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-04
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Horan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-10541 (TMH)

    Court required pro se litigants to submit filings for court screening as a sanction for litigants' abusive litigation conduct in the form of repeated meritless pleadings and filings.

  • Exeltis USA, Inc. v. Lupin Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-04
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martina Tyreus Hufnal, Douglas E. McCann, Gregory R. Boofer, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE; Philip K. Chen, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, MA; Brian Coggio, Excylyn Hardin-Smith, Fish & Richardson P.C., New York, NY; Megan A. Chacon, Madelyn McCormick, Bernard Cryan, Fish & Richardson P.C., San Diego, CA, for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John C. Phillips, Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael Nutter, McGuireWoods LLP, Chicago, IL; Corinne S. Hockman, McGuireWoods LLP, Raleigh, NC; Daniel Withers, McGuireWoods LLP, Dallas, TX; Merritt Westcott, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX; Dennis D. Gregory, McGuireWoods LLP, Austin, TX for defendants.
    Case Number: 22-434-RGA

    Court rejected proposed claim construction for testing method where patent language had failed to establish lexicography or disavowal to require specific test conditions.

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  • Payne v. Samsung Elec. Am., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-04
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Electronics | Manufacturing | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wharton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Malatesta, Jr., Shelsby & Leoni, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Donald M. Ransom, Daniel P. Daly, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christopher T. Logullo, Cobb & Logullo, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N23C-03-193 FWW

    Court dismissed case where plaintiff was on inquiry notice that retaining or using product constituted agreement to binding arbitration with manufacturer, with the arbitration agreement delegating questions of arbitrability to the arbitrator.

  • United States v. Long

    Publication Date: 2024-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Hardiman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Troy Rivetti, Donovan J. Cocas, Laura S. Irwin, Matthew S. McHale, Office of United States Attorney, Pittsburgh, PA for appellant.
    for defendant: Kelvin L. Morris, Law Office of Kelvin L. Morris, Pittsburgh, PA for appellee.
    Case Number: 22-3033

    District court procedurally erred in excluding evidence in child pornography prosecution by not viewing proffered materials before concluding that the risk of unfair prejudice outweighed the materials' probative value.

  • Trott v. Bayhealth Med. Ctr., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-04
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Lugg
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Mongeluzzi, Joseph DeAngelo, Barrett DeAngelo, LLC, West Chester, PA; Linda Malkin, Kimmel Carter Roman Peltz & O’Neil, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joseph Drnec, Phillip Casale, Wharton Levin Ehrmantraut & Klein, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bradley Goewert, Thomas Marcoz, Marshall Dennehey, P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N20C-09-182 SPL

    Although expert testimony established nurses' deviation from the applicable standards of care, they were entitled to summary judgment when plaintiff's experts could not opine with reasonable medical certainty that their deviation proximately caused plaintiff's injury.

  • Lucia v. Bridge Senior Living

    Publication Date: 2024-03-04
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Brennan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua J. Inkell, Daniel P. Hagelberg, Hudson, Castle & Inkell, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Louis J. Rizzo, Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE; Francis J. Deasey, Matthew J. Junk, Deasey Mahoney & Valentini, Ltd., Philadelphia, PA for defendants.
    Case Number: N22C-08-118 DJB

    Healthcare power of attorney granting attorney-in-fact authority to contract for healthcare services on behalf of the principal was sufficient to confer authority for attorney-in-fact to sign arbitration agreement as part of principal's admission paperwork for skilled nursing facility.

  • W. Palm Beach Firefighters' Pension Fund v. Moelis & Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-26
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Curry, Taylor D. Bolton, Saxena White P.A, Wilmington, DE; David Wales, Saxena White P.A., White Plains, NY; Adam Warden, Saxena White P.A; Boca Raton, FL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; William Savitt, Anitha Reddy, Getzel Berger, Emma S. Stein, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: 2023-0309-JTL

    Court denied summary judgment dismissal of complaint challenging legality of stockholders' agreement provisions on grounds of laches and ripeness, where equitable defenses could not validate a void contractual provision and where stockholder could launch a facial attack against challenged provisions without having to wait for company controllers to breach fiduciary duties.