• Verition Partners Master Fund, Ltd. v. Cornell

    Publication Date: 2020-06-17
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Consulting | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Jenkins, Smith Katzenstein Jenkins, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Ryan P. Newell and Shaun Michael Kelly, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gary W. Lipkin and Alexandra D. Rogin, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, Wilmington, DE; Peter M. Spingola, Robert J. Shapiro and John M. Own, Chapman Spingola, LLP, Chicago, IL; Norman T. Finkel, Richard M. Goldwasser, William R. Klein and Matthew P. Tyrrell, Schoenberg, Finkel, Newman & Rosenberg, LLC , Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: D69021

    The economic loss rule barred plaintiffs' negligence claim, and the court dismissed plaintiffs' claim for pro-fessional negligence against their valuation expert.

  • Wright v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2020-06-10
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard E. Berl, Jr., Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, LLP, Lewes, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Stephen A. Spence, Baird Manadlas Brockstedt, LLC, Lewes, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: D69013

    A co-owner of a business failed to prove that the other owner breached her fiduciary duties or engaged in any breach of contract.

  • Fansler v. N. Am. Title Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68993

    Factual issues remained regarding the statute of limitations, so the court denied that aspect of defendant's motion for summary judgment.

  • Preston Hollow Capital LLC v. Nuveen LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Barnaby Grzaslewicz and Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnel, Wilmington, DE; David H. Wollmuth, R. Scott Thompson, Michael C. Ledley, Sean P. McGonigle, William A. Maher, Nicole C. Rende and Jay S. Han-dlin, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Jennifer C. Wasson, David A. Seal and Robert J. Kumor, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eva W. Cole, John E. Schreiber, Molly M. Donovan, Joseph A. Litman and Mikaela E. Evans-Aziz, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D68954

    Defendants intentionally interfered with plaintiff's business relationships, but plaintiff did not seek damages and was not enti-tled to equitable relief.

  • O'Gara v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2020-03-04
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Christopher N. Kelly and Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; James Clough, William L. Prickett and Andrew T. Stark, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Los Angeles, CA and Boston, MA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan, Susan M. Hannigan and Anthony M. Calvano, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bradley Chapin, Rutan & Tucker LLP, Costa Mesa, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: D68899

    The court granted defendants' motion to dismiss, because plaintiff failed to adequately allege their claims for breach of fiduciary duty, conspiracy, tortious interference with contract and business relations, and libel.

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  • Roe v. Wyndham Worldwide, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-26
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph J. Rhoades, Rhoades & Morrow, Wilmington, DE; D. Michelle Douglas, Kalbian Hagerty LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin J. Connors and Marshall Dennehey, Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for Wyndham defendants. Stephen B. Brauerman and Emily A. Letcher, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant Özdilek.

    Case Number: D68890

    The court granted motions to dismiss two parties based on lack of personal jurisdiction. Although some factors supported dis-missal based on forum non conveniens, those factors did not outweigh the deference to plaintiff's choice of forum.

  • Burkhart v. Genworth Fin., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-19
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, and David M. Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Edward F. Haber, Thomas V. Urmy, Jr., Patrick J. Vallely, and Michelle H. Blauner, Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Daniel A. Dreisbach, Srinivas M. Raju, Susan M. Hannigan, Sarah A. Clark, and Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Reid L. Ashinoff and Gary Meyerhoff, Dentons US LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D68878

    Plaintiffs entitled to insurance benefits or sales commissions had standing to bring a Delaware Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act claim where they could seek to reverse transfers that allegedly posed "material risk of harm" to their payments before the transfers resulted in dissipation of the assets.

  • KnighTek, LLC v. Jive Commc'ns, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-12
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan P. Newell and Lauren P. DeLuca, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Robert L. Burns and Nicole K. Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE; William Trach, Latham & Watkins LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.

    Case Number: D68873

    Plaintiff alleged its fraud claims with sufficient particularity, and the allegations suggested that defendant's representations were made with knowledge of their falsity, rather than being mere opinion or puffery.

  • BITG, LLC v. Palantir Techs., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-22
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68847

    Limitations period tolled under discovery rule where broker did not connect its alleged injury to defendants' purported tortious conduct until defendants had to publicly disclose documents that allegedly showed defendants' efforts to block plaintiff broker out of the proposed transaction.

  • Preston Hollow Capital LLC v. Nuveen LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-08-28
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Barnaby Grzaslewicz and Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnel, Wilmington, DE; David H. Wollmuth, R. Scott Thompson, Michael C. Ledley, Sean P. McGonigle, William A. Maher, Nicole C. Rende and Jay S. Han-dlin, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Jennifer C. Wasson, David A. Seal and Robert J. Kumor, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eva W. Cole, John E. Schreiber, Molly M. Donovan, Joseph A. Litman and Mikaela E. Evans-Aziz, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D68682

    The chancery court, as a court of equity, could not enjoin future defamatory statements.