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Publication Date: 2024-09-24
Practice Area: Copyrights
Industry: E-Commerce | Retail | Software
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Bibas
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas Daniel Herrmann, James Harry Stone Levine, Ben L. Wagner, Howard W. Wisnia, Ryan A. Lewis, Sean P. McConnell, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: AnnaMartina Tyreus Hufnal, Douglas Edward McCann, Kelly A. Del Dotto, Adam J. Kessel, Jessica Cohen-Nowak, Juanita R. Brooks, Katherine H. Reardon, Kayleigh E. McGlynn, Kenton W. Freeman, Kristen McCallion, Ryan McKay, Ryan V. Petty, Vivian Cheng, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 1:21-cv-01376-SB
Court declined parties' cross-motions for summary judgment where distinctive look of functional website was entitled to copyright protection and the question of substantial similarity was sufficiently close to go to the jury.
Publication Date: 2024-09-24
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, J. Peter Shindel, Jr., Daniel G. Paterno, Eric A. Veres, Samuel D. Cordle, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Srinivas M. Raju, Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew D. Perri, John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Rolin P. Bissell, James M. Yoch, Jr., Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel A. Mason, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen P. Lamb, Andrew G. Gordon, Harris Fischman, Robert N. Kravitz, Carter E. Greenbaum, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; William Savitt, Sarah K. Eddy, Adam M. Gogolak, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2018-0372-JTL
Former limited partners' alternative theories of recovery against general partner in breach of partnership agreement action failed where Delaware Supreme Court had found general partner's reliance on outside counsel's opinion was entitled to conclusive presumption of good faith.
Publication Date: 2024-09-17
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Manufacturing | Mining and Resources
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Judge: Judge Goldblatt
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 16-11626 (CTG)
Court found that defendant possessed monopoly power where it held over 70 percent of the relevant product/geographic market, which had high barriers to entry, and that defendant exercised that power through demanding long-term contracts and barring third parties from working with competitors.
Publication Date: 2024-09-17
Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Williams, Brian C. Crawford, The Williams Law Firm, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Zi Jun Zhou and Marvin Daniels, pro se defendants.
Case Number: 2019-0831-MTZ
Court denied plaintiffs' claim for specific performance to enforce real estate sales contracts where court found that plaintiffs' claims were based on knowingly false allegations.
Publication Date: 2024-09-17
Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
Industry:
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason C. Powell, The Powell Firm, LLC, Wilmington, DE; John S. Malik, John S. Malik Law Office, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: John A. Sergovic, Jr., Sergovic Carmean Weidman McCartney & Owens, P.A., Georgetown, DE; Thomas A. Uebler, McCollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2020-0804-MTZ
Court could exercise personal jurisdiction over out-of-state defendant where petition sufficiently alleged that defendant engaged in tortious actions within Delaware.
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Publication Date: 2024-09-17
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Weinberger, Michael C. Wagner, Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas Curry, Saxena White P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph L. Christensen, Meghan D. Dougherty, Christensen & Dougherty LLP, Wilmington, DE; A. Thompson Bayliss, Christopher F. Cannataro, Florentina D. Field, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Edward B. Micheletti, Arthur R. Bookout, Matthew P. Majarian, Peyton V. Carper, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brock E. Czeschin, Matthew D. Perri, Kevin M. Kidwell, Mari Boyle, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David E. Ross, Roger S. Stronach, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-0921-SG
Court calculated legal fee award based on the portion of the transaction price increase that was generated by plaintiff's litigation and the stage of the litigation when the increase was obtained.
Publication Date: 2024-09-17
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Barlow, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew M. Berdon, Angus Chen, Alexandria Deep Conroy, Courtney C. Whang, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Joseph M. Paunovich, David M. Elihu, James Bieber, Andrew Brayton, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: David E. Wilks, Scott B. Czerwonka, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Deborah E. Fishman, Carson D. Anderson, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Daniel L. Reisner, Jeffrey A. Fuisz, Angela R. Vicari, Matthew M. Wilk, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Howard Sklamberg, Jeremy Cobb, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.
Case Number: 2020-1069-MTZ
Deprioritizing and terminating drug development project fell short of commercially reasonable efforts when other companies progressed with developing competing therapies and caused the failure to meet milestones, in breach of the merger agreement.
Publication Date: 2024-09-17
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Margules, Elizabeth A. Sloan, Steven L. Becton, II, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Mary F. Dugan, Emily V. Burton, Tanner C. Jameson, Alan C. Cardenas-Moreno, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2024-0121-LWW
Court upheld transaction involving merger of operating subsidiary and amendment of its LLC agreement to remove manager, where the relevant LLC agreements and the LLC Act authorized the actions taken to facilitate the transaction.
Publication Date: 2024-09-17
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Real Estate
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Bryson
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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Case Number: 22-785-WCB
Court denied motion for appointment of receiver where corporation's difficulties mostly harmed its customers, whose interests were more appropriately protected through consumer protection actions.
Publication Date: 2024-09-17
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley R. Aronstam, Roger S. Stronach, Dylan T. Mockensturm, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Philippe Z. Selendy, Jennifer M. Selendy, Sean P. Baldwin, Oscar Shine, Selendy Gay PLLC, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: William M. Lafferty, Susan W. Waesco, Elizabeth A. Mullin Stoffer, Kirk C. Andersen, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joshua A. Goldberg, Muhammad U. Faridi, Diana M. Conner, Lauren S. Potter, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2020-0881-LWW
Evidence demonstrated that acquirer intentionally sabotaged development of seller's new technology to avoid making earnout payments, in violation of the merger agreement's requirement to use commercially reasonable efforts and designate the technology as a company priority.
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