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Publication Date: 2024-10-22
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Manufacturing
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah E. Delia, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Taylor A. Christensen, John P. DiTomo, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: N23C-10-199 EMD CCLD
Court dismissed action on summary judgment where plaintiffs' claims fell within the scope of the dispute resolution clause in the parties' asset purchase agreement.
Publication Date: 2024-10-22
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: E-Commerce
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine A. Gaul, Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff
for defendant: Aaron Greenspan, PlainSite, San Francisco, CA.
Case Number: 2022-0613-KSJM
Court granted continued confidential treatment of docket entries in part where they concerned confidential corporate policies and procedures, but declined to grant such treatment to non-confidential or public information.
Publication Date: 2024-10-22
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Insurance | Legal Services | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick C. Gallagher, Courtney R. Prinski, Jacobs & Crumplar, P.A., New Castle, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: David E. Ross, Eric D. Selden, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: N24C-01-095 EMD CCLD
Former law firm client failed to establish causal connection to damages where insurance policy secured by counsel expired due to client's failure to pay premiums before a "claim" under the policy arose.
Publication Date: 2024-10-22
Practice Area: Intellectual Property
Industry: Biotechnology
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Burke
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodger D. Smith II, Anthony D. Raucci, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ching-Lee Fukuda, Tai-Heng Cheng, Vania Wang, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; Thomas A. Broughan III, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Brooke S. Böll, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Erik B. Fountain, McKool Smith, P.C., Dallas, TX for plaintiff.
for defendant: Philip A. Rovner, Nicole K. Pedi, Tyler E. Cragg, Andrew M. Moshos, P. Andrew Smith, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Amy H. Candido, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., San Francisco, CA for defendant.
Case Number: 22-276-CJB
Court reserved decision on defendants' summary judgment motion after plaintiff's expert failed to quantify a value for allegedly misappropriated trade secrets.
Publication Date: 2024-10-22
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Freeman
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary K. Healy, Office of Federal Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Kevin Pierce, Jesse S. Wenger, Office of United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 23-2869
District court erred by not relying on commentary to Guidelines sentencing enhancement that contained ambiguous language to determine applicability of enhancement to defendant's actions.
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Publication Date: 2024-10-22
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Lugg
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth M. Locke, David Sillers, Jonathan R. Kaiman, Clare Locke LLP; Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Joseph Slaughter, Elizabeth S. Fenton, Lynn Oberlander, Lauren P. Russell, Ballard Spahr LLP for defendant.
Case Number: N24C-02-051 SPL
News article asserting that individual had worn black face and a Native American headdress at a sports event to disparage Black people and Native Americans constituted a disprovable expression of fact potentially subjecting the publisher to liability for defamation.
Publication Date: 2024-10-22
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Biotechnology | Health Care
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Shwartz
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 23-2427
Court remanded case where district court did not review the evidence as to all advertisements at issue in a Lanham Act false advertising case.
Publication Date: 2024-10-22
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Insurance | Legal Services
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Griffiths
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. Ippoliti, Christopher Isaac, Ippoliti Law Group, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Sally J. Daugherty, Salmon, Ricchezza, Singer & Turchi, LLP, Wilmington, DE; George M. Vinci, Jr., David B. Picker, Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci P.C., Philadelphia, PA for appellee.
Case Number: 213, 2023
Trial court erred in granting summary judgment to defendant in legal malpractice action where there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether counsel negligently handled discovery and failed to pursue a summary judgment motion to end the litigation against plaintiff.
Publication Date: 2024-10-15
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
Industry: Accounting | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Adams
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. LaRosa, LaRosa & Associates LLC, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence P. Schaefer, Bert Black, Mack H. Reed, Timothy S. Christensen, Anne C. Bolgert, Schaefer Halleen, LLC, Minneapolis, MN for plaintiff.
for defendant: Peter H. Kyle, John L. Reed, Daniel P. Klusman, DLA Piper, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: N20C-08-249 MAA CCLD
Employer's reasons for terminating employee with cause were manufactured as employee's actions did not rise to the level of gross negligence or a breach of misconduct as the actions ultimately resolved the company's accounting issues, and thus employer did not have right to reclaim employee's equity interest for $0.
Publication Date: 2024-10-15
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Construction | Energy
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Connolly
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Joyce, Joyce, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Alicia M. Bendana, Jennifer E. Berriere, Coleman L. Torrans, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, LA for appellant.
for defendant: Eric M. Sutty, Armstrong Tisdale, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Miles C. Thomas, Miles Thomas Law, LLC, New Orleans, LA for appellee.
Case Number: 21-11226 (CTG)
Bankruptcy court erred in ruling that liquidating trustee could not bring claims against debtor's former parent where liquidating plan allowed trust to pursue claims against "executives," and parent qualified as such as debtor's sole member and manager.
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