• Katz v. The Rittenhouse Org., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-05
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernard Katz, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: David B. Anthony, Berger, Harris, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68866

    The court referred this matter to arbitration, because a valid arbitration clause existed and the parties' dispute fell within the scope of that provision.

  • Ophrys, LLC v. OneMain Fin., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-05
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal J. Levitsky, Seth A. Niederman and E. Chaney Hall, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Spencer Hall, Spencer Hall PLLC, Seattle, WA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Stacey A. Scrivani and Joseph Wolfson, Stevens & Lee, P.C., Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA for defendants.

    Case Number: D68868

    A party waived the right to seek relief for a contractual breach because it did not strictly comply with the notice requirements set forth in the parties' agreement.

  • Tibco Software Inc. v. Mediamath, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Scott
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josiah R. Wolcott, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Newark, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Matthew P. Ward and Nicholas T. Verna, Womble Bond Dickinson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Usher Winslett, Winslett Studnicky McCormick & Bomser LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D68852

    The court had previously ruled that a genuine issue of material fact existed with regard to a liability limitation provision, so plaintiff was not entitled to summary judgment.

  • Marubeni Spar One, LLC v. Williams Field Serv. Gulf Coast Co., L.P.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan and Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas J. Heiden, Mary Rose Alexan-der and Thomas A. Benhamou, Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Adam V. Orlacchio, Barry Abrams, Joshua A. Huber and Stephanie Holden, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE and Houston, TX for defendant.

    Case Number: D68849

    The parties' contract was ambiguous and discovery was needed to determine the parties' intent.

  • Ocimum Biosolutions (India) Ltd. v. AstraZeneca UK Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-25
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin S. Mann, Michael L. Vild and Christopher P. Simon, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE; C. Ed-ward Polk, Jr., Polk Law PLLC, Ashburn, VA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael P. Kelly, Daniel M. Silver, Benjamin A. Smyth and Steven P. Wood, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dane H. Butswinkas of Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, D.C. for defendant.

    Case Number: D68819

    Certain red flags signaled the existence of information that would have led a prudent person to discover po-tential causes of action for breach of contract or trade secret violations.

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  • TIBCO Software, Inc. v. nThrive Revenue Sys., LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-12-04
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josiah R. Wolcott, Connolly Gallagher, LLP, Newark, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Chad S.C. Stover, Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68796

    A factual dispute existed regarding whether a party was an agent or otherwise had authority to terminate an agreement. Motion for summary judgment denied.

  • MarkDutchCo 1 B.V. v. Zeta Interactive Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Lafferty, John P. DiTomo and Zi-Xiang Shen, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen M. Juris and Alexandra Verdi, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Patricia A. Winston, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; John Du Wors and Nathan Durrance, Newman Du Wors Durrance LLP, Seattle, WA for defendant.

    Case Number: D68786

    Plaintiff's breach of contract claim was ripe for judicial adjudication, and the court exercised its discretion to deny defendant's request for a stay pending the outcome of a foreign arbitration. Motion to dismiss denied.

  • PPL Corp. v. Riverstone Holdings LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-11-06
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul J. Lockwood, Robert A. Weber, Nicole A. DiSalvo, Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, DE; George A. Zimmerman, Jonathan Frank, Tansy Woan, Andrew N. Goldman and Charles C. Platt, Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, NY for PPL plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley LLC, Wilmington, DE; Joshua L. Siefert of Joshua L. Siefert PLLC, New York, NY for plaintiff Farr. Rolin P. Bissell and James M. Yoch, Jr., Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael C. Holmes, Melissa L. James and Devin L. Kerns, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas, TX for Riverstone, Raven Power, C/R Energy and Sapphire Power defendants. David E. Ross and R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Karl Stern and Kate K. Shih, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Andrew J. Rossman, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York NY; Adam B. Wolfson of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA for Talen defendants.

    Case Number: D68763

    The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss or stay this action, because the agreement at issue contained a Delaware fo-rum selection clause.

  • Harris v. Innovate Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-30
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Consulting | Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Cooch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David W. deBruin, Gawthrop Greenwood, PC, Wilmington, DE; Jarod Bona and Steven Levitsky, Bona Law PC , New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68754

    In this dispute involving a stock option agreement, defendant complied with all of its obligations, so the court granted de-fendant's motion to dismiss all of plaintiffs' claims.

  • SpePharm AG v. Eisai Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-18
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan and Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martin J. Black, Joseph J. Gribbin, Luke M. Reilly and Katherine A. Helm, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA and New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joel Friedlander, Christopher M. Foulds and Christopher P. Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Benjamin J. Razi, Dennis B. Auerbach and Jon-Michael Dougherty, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: D68708

    The unambiguous terms of the parties' licensing agreement did not permit defendant to deprive plaintiff of its right to exercise an option for an extension of the contract.