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Publication Date: 2024-01-15
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
Industry:
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole M. Walker, Santino Ceccotti, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Kathryn J. Garrison, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 364, 2022
Defendant was not entitled to lesser-included offense instruction where there was no set of facts that would permit acquittal on the charged offense but could support conviction on a lesser-included offense.
Publication Date: 2024-01-15
Practice Area: Transportation
Industry: Aerospace | Federal Government | Non-Profit | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Smith
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven M. Taber, Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl, Pasadena, CA for petitioners.
for defendant: Justin Heminger, United States Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC; Rebecca Jaffe, United States Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC; Peter J. Kirsch, W. Eric Pilsk, Washington, DC for respondents.
Case Number: 22-1965
Court affirmed Federal Aviation Administration approval of new airport terminal construction where the record supported the FAA's determination that the project would not independently cause an adverse environmental impact and where the project had independent utility due to the complete inadequacy of the existing terminal.
Publication Date: 2024-01-15
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: Health Care
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Primos
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James R. Donovan, Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz & Bhaya, Dover, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Keri L. Morris-Johnston, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: S23A-10-002 NEP
Industrial Accident Board did not err in denying workers' compensation claim for COVID-19 where it weighed the evidence to determine that it was more likely that worker was infected outside of work rather than at work.
Publication Date: 2024-01-08
Practice Area: Patent Litigation
Industry: Consumer Products | Manufacturing
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Bryson
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 20-984-WCB
Court granted defendant summary judgment on literal infringement where making a component of device removable to satisfy the patent claim scope would irreparably damage the device, which meant the device could not reasonably literally infringe upon the patent.
Publication Date: 2024-01-08
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Judge: Judge Goldblatt
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 22-10584 (CTG)
Aiding in the making of false statements against the federal government was a claim belonging to the government under the False Claims Act and thus was not released by debtors' third-party release in their reorganization plan.
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Publication Date: 2024-01-08
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ian M. Ross, Sidley Austin LLP, Miami, FL for plaintiff.
for defendant: Lisa Zwally Brown, Brian T. Reed, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: N23C-03-304 EMD CCLD
Although affirmative defenses of credits for excess payments or set-off were insufficiently pled, they were enough to put plaintiff on notice that defendants were contesting the amounts due, thereby precluding judgment on the pleadings.
Publication Date: 2024-01-08
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Curry, Tayler 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; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrew J. Peach, Jackson E. Warren, Jacob D. Jeifa, Wilmington, DE, Andrews & Springer LLC for plaintiff.
for defendant: Garrett B. Moritz, S. Reiko Rogozen, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Farina, George A. Borden, Brian T. Gilmore, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC; William M. Lafferty, Ryan D. Stottmann, Rachel R. Tunney, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tariq Mundiya, Jeffrey B. Korn, Richard Li, Ciara A. Sisco, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0846-MTZ
Plaintiff failed to plead demand futility for derivative complaint where controller's ability to remove board members by itself could not establish a lack of independence and a majority of the board's financial ties did not prevent them from exercising independent judgment.
Publication Date: 2024-01-08
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Legal Services | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, Christopher M. Foulds, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Julie Goldsmith Reiser, Molly J. Bowen, Brendan Schneiderman, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC; Katherine Lubin Benson, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA; Nicholas Diamond, Gabriel A. Panek, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, New York, NY; Ellen Rosenblum, Attorney General, Brian A. de Haan, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice, Portland, OR; Andrew E. Blumberg, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ned Weinberger, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher H. Lyons, Tayler D. Bolton, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron, David A. Knotts, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Lee Rudy, Eric L. Zagar, Geoffrey C. Jarvis, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant:
Case Number: 2023-0418-JTL
Court granted the application of a plaintiff team to lead a consolidated derivative action where counsel had organized the stronger litigation team and the selected plaintiffs consistent of public agencies/officials with extensive financial experience.
Publication Date: 2024-01-08
Practice Area: Election and Political Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Primos
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terri Michelle Reylek, Dover, DE, petitioner pro se.
for defendant: Nicholas D. Picollelli, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for respondent.
Case Number: K22M-07-010 NEP
Registered voter lacked a private cause of action to seek declaratory judgment to challenge certification of electronic voting machines where statutes were tailored to preserving a free and fair election system to and regulate the acquisition of machines.
Publication Date: 2024-01-08
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald L. Gouge, Jr., Donald L. Gouge, Jr., LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Mathew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: N20C-04-126 EMD CCLD
Life insurance was void ab initio where parties without an insurable interest in the life of the decedent used Delaware statutory trusts to conceal the illegal nature of the policy and facilitate payment of policy premiums.
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