• L-5 Healthcare Partners, LLC v. Alphatec Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Lafferty, D. McKinley Measley, Thomas P. Will, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Antonio Yanez, Jr., Brady Sullivan, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; Alexander L. Cheney, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Krista M. Enns, Edward C. Wipper, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: 2019-0412-NAC

    Court enforced contractual specific remedy provision where breaching party offered no persuasive argument for disregarding the clause and ordered the breaching party to perform at the value the warrant to purchase shares had at the time of its breach.

  • In re: CVS Opioid Ins. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Insurance | Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz, R. Garret Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Shuster, Daniel M. Sullivan, Blair E. Kaminsky, Daniel M. Horowitz, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY; Robert M. Mangino, Susan Koehler Sullivan, Clyde & Co LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. St. Jeanos, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bové, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Karen M. Dixon, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, Chicago, IL; Joseph B. Cicero, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam H. Fleischer, R. Patrick Bedell, Allyson C. Spacht, BatesCarey LLP, Chicago, IL; Louis J. Rizzo, Jr., Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE; Monica T. Sullivan, Matthew J. Fink, Leena Soni, Stephanie M. Flowers, Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP, Chicago, IL; Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Kotula, Rivkin Radler LLP; Loren R. Barron, Kaufman Dolowich LLP, Wilmington, DE; Wade A. Adams, III, Law Offices Of Wade A. Adams, III, Newark, DE; Bryce L. Friedman, Matthew C. Penny, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Thad J. Bracegirdle, Sarah T. Andrade, Emily L. Skaug, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Edward B. Parks, II, Sara Hunkler, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kevin. J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Cheryl P. Vollweiler, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, New York, NY; Philip Trainer, Jr., Marie M. Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Kole, Caroline M. Trusty, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston, MA; Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher R. Carroll, Jillian D. Dennehy, Joshua S. Wirtshafter, Kennedys CMK LLP, Basking Ridge, NJ; Robert K. Beste, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Keith Moskowitz, Dentons US LLP, Chicago, IL; Kathryn Guinn, Dentons US LLP, Denver, CO; Deborah J. Campbell, Dentons US LLP, St. Louis, MO for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Zachary J. Schnapp, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey L. Schulman, Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-02-045 PRW CCLD

    Court ruled that insurers had no duty to indemnify opioid lawsuits where the lawsuits lacked specific allegations of personal injury or property damage underlying the claimed losses in those lawsuits.

  • Pazos v. AdaptHealth LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Accounting | Distribution and Wholesale | Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly E. Farman, Matthew W. Murphy, Edmond S. Kim, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: N23C-02-164 PRW CCLD

    Court upheld expert determination issued under parties' contractual dispute resolution clause where record undermined objector's claim that expert overlooked or improperly relied on evidence.

  • Sunstone Partners Mgmt., LLC v. Snyopsys, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rudolf Koch, Nicholas F. Mastria, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A, Wilmington, DE; Adam Slutsky, Godwin Proctor, LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Tammy L. Mercer, Jillian A. Tyson, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP Wilmington, DE; N. Thomas Connallly, III, Christopher T. Pickens, Patrick T. Michael, and Samuel W. Yergin, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Tysons, VA for defendant.

    Case Number: 2024-0261-PRW

    Court found no breach of an exclusivity provision in a letter of intent where the provision merely prohibited soliciting proposals for a sale of the subject business, rather than communications about a potential transaction, and announcing consideration of strategic alternatives did not rise to the level of a firm solicitation.

  • Carlisle v. Everett

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen DeLacy, Martin D. Page, Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jason C. Powell, Thomas J. Reichert, Laurel A. LaLone, The Powell Firm, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2023-0077-LM

    Court directed parties to address the issue of whether Delaware law expressly or impliedly conferred a parent with standing to challenge the validity of their deceased child's marriage on grounds of fraud.

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  • In re: AmeriFirst Fin. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Horan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-11240 (TMH)

    Court authorized unsecured creditors committee to pursue fraudulent transfer claims against first-priority secured creditor where it allegedly forced debtor to concede financial control that the secured creditor used to obtain potentially avoidable transactions.

  • In re Dell Tech., Inc. Class V Stockholders Litig.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Electronics | Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen B. Brauerman, Sarah T. Andrade, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Ned Weinberger, Mark Richardson, Brendan W. Sullivan, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Domenico Minerva, Joseph Cotilletta, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; David M. Cooper, Silpa Maruri, George T. Phillips, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; William R. Sears, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Jackson E. Warren, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Chad Johnson, Noam Mandel, Desiree Cummings, Robert Gerson, Jonathan Zweig, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy S. Friedman, David F.E. Tejtel, Christopher M. Windover, Lindsay La Marca, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for appellee.

    Case Number: 349, 2023

    Court upheld counsel fee of 26 percent of $1 billion settlement where Delaware disfavored per se rules governing reasonableness of fee awards and chancery court adequately explained the reasonable value of the award.

  • E. Wholesale Fence LLC v. Hudson

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel M. Silver, Benjamin A. Smyth, Maliheh Zare, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Elisabeth S. Bradley, Y. Carson Zhou, Alan C. Cardenas-Moreno, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2023-1176-KSJM

    Court stayed breach of restrictive covenant action pending further proceedings in separate action that likely would have overlapping factual and legal issues.

  • Gilbert v. Unisys Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. Seaman, E. Wade Houston, Joseph A. Sparco, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nicholas G. Hill, Rebecca M. Borkovich, McGuireWoods LLP, Atlanta, GA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, Eric D. Selden, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martin L. Roth, P.C., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL; Haley S. Stern, Amanda Lamothe-Cadet, Maylynn Chen, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: 2023-0513-PAF

    Former vice presidents were entitled to advancement rights from company in company's IP misappropriation action where certificate of incorporation and bylaws granted advancement to officers, defined as including vice presidents, for claims arising from their service to the company or at the company's request.

  • Huntsman Int'l, LLC v. Dow Benelux N.V.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa C. McLaughlin, Phillips, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John N. Scholnick, Ross, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Lori Sambol Brody, Ellis George LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Chad S. C. Stover, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew B. Barr, Zachary Miller, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, IN for defendants.

    Case Number: N17C-11-242 MAA CCLD

    Failure to issue litigation hold following filing of counterclaim constituted reckless behavior warranting adverse inference after material, relevant information was deleted per automatic deletion protocols.