• TAKRAF USA, Inc. v. FMC Tech., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-10
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thad J. Bracegirdle, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Chad I. Michaelson, Antoinette C. Oliver, Kate E. McCarthy, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP, Pittsburgh, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Samuel T. Hirzel, II, Elena M. Sassaman, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N24C-01-090 VLM CCLD

    Buyer plausibly alleged breach of asset purchase agreement where underlying litigation claimed that seller breached its contractual obligations to design and deliver a product, which in turn breached seller's representation that it was in compliance with its contractual obligations.

  • In re: AIG Fin. Prods. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-10
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-11309-MFW

    No error in declining dismissal of bankruptcy petition where debtor was balance sheet insolvent and reasonably anticipated filing for bankruptcy absent reorganization.

  • Hub Group, Inc. v. Knoll

    Publication Date: 2024-09-10
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. Sensing, Tyler E. Cragg, Hannah L. Paxton, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven J. Fineman, Travis S. Hunter, Alexandra M. Ewing, Morgan R. Harrison, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2024-0471-SG

    Court declined to grant leave for an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a preliminary injunction where the court's order only resolved one outstanding issue in the case and thus an interlocutory appeal would not materially advance the litigation.

  • TS Falcon I, LLC v. Golden Mountain Fin. Holdings Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-10
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael A. Pittenger, Jacqueline A. Roger, Adriane M. Kappauf, Rebecca Bolinger, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew J. Levander, Mauricio A. España, Dechert LLP, New York, NY; Christopher J. Merken, Julia M. Curley, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Travis S. Hunter, Matthew W. Murphy, John M. O’Toole, Mari Boyle, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2023-1247-LWW

    Corporation's purposeful violation of the express prohibition of setting a retroactive record date for an annual stockholders' meeting warranted invalidating the board election results and reinstating the prior board to hold a new election.

  • Seva Holdings Inc. v. Octo Platform Equity Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-09-10
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Consulting | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan D. Albert, O’Hagan Meyer PLLC, Wilmington, DE; Charles M. Sims, Rachael L. Loughlin, C. Quinn Adams, O’Hagan Meyer PLLC, Richmond, VA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian C. Ralston, Daniel M. Rusk, IV, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul A. Werner, Imad Matini, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: 2022-0437-PRW

    Absolute litigation privilege did not bar company from triggering its contractual membership interest repurchase option where public policy interests did not override the parties' contractual agreements.

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  • DDS Striker Holdings, LLC v. Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-10
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Moyer, Travis S. Hunter, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael A. Barlow, Hayden J. Driscoll, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N24C-02-130 VLM CCLD

    Sellers plausibly alleged fraud claim by asserting that buyers intentionally misrepresented the synergistic possibility of the parties' products to convince sellers that buyers could reach the proposed earnout targets.

  • MKE Holdings, Ltd. v. Schwartz

    Publication Date: 2024-09-10
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., William J. Burton, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew W. Murphy, Sandy Xu, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2018-0729-SG

    Court declined summary judgment dismissal of fraud claims where allegations of withholding of material information could support equitable tolling and plaintiffs plausibly alleged defendants' motive to fraudulently induce plaintiffs' investment.

  • In re: Wack Jills, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-10
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Legal Services | Retail
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Hiller, Hiller Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE for assignee.
    for defendant: Daniel K. Astin, Ryan M. Ernst, Ciardi Ciardi & Astin, Wilmington, DE; Albert A. Ciardi III, Walter W. Gouldsbury III, Ciardi Ciardi & Astin, Philadelphia, PA; Frederick B. Rosner, The Rosner Law Group LLC, Wilmington, DE; Marc J. Kurzman, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP, Stamford, CT for creditors.

    Case Number: 2019-0650-PAF

    Court denied assignee's motion for final distribution and removed assignee upon finding that it had failed to comply with the requirements of the ABC statute and had engaged in apparent self-dealing, including structuring compensation from expenses and then hiring its affiliates to provide seemingly unnecessary services to the trust, such that the assignee failed to act in creditors' best interests.

  • Medal v. Beckett Collectibles, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Medinilla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Ladig, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Aaron Z. Tobin, Abigail R. Campbell, Condon Tobin Sladek Thornton Nerenberg PLLC, Dallas, TX for defendant.

    Case Number: 2023-0984-VLM

    Court denied defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of standing where there was no basis to overturn former company's stakeholders' decision to appoint a representative, where the representative was not a necessary party in his personal capacity due to the termination of his employment with defendant.

  • Rivera v. Angkor Capital Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thad J. Bracegirdle, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Neil R. Lapinski, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-0671-MTZ

    Although a corporation that was void before filing suit meant it lacked authority to pursue litigation and thus rendered the final judgment in the suit likely void, the court lacked the authority to sua sponte set aside the judgment absent fraud upon the court.