• CareDx, Inc. v. Natera, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-22
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Biotechnology | Health Care
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Shwartz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-2427

    Court remanded case where district court did not review the evidence as to all advertisements at issue in a Lanham Act false advertising case.

  • Smartmatic USA Corp. v. Newsmax Media, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-08
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Electronics | Manufacturing | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barrie, Kate Harmon, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Wilmington, DE; J. Erik Connolly, Nicole Wrigley, David D. Pope, William Walsh, Lee B. Muench, Lauran Tortorella, Olivia Sullivan, Meghan Golden, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: C. Barr Flinn, Kevin A. Guerke, Timothy E. Lengkeek, Lauren Dunkle Fortunato, Michael A. Laukaitis II, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Douglas D. Herrmann, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bennet J. Moskowitz, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, New York, NY; Misha Tseytlin, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Chicago, IL; Howard M. Cooper, Joseph M. Cacace, Josh L. Launer, Maria A. Lombardi, Todd & Weld LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.

    Case Number: N21C-11-028 EMD

    Court granted reargument to clarify that Florida punitive damages law sufficiently defined "express malice" and required both actual and express malice for a jury to award punitive damages.

  • Smartmatic USA Corp. v. Newsmax Media, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Manufacturing | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barrie, Kate Harmon, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Wilmington, DE; J. Erik Connolly, Nicole Wrigley, David D. Pope, William Walsh, Lee B. Muench, Lauran Tortorella, Olivia Sullivan, Meghan Golden, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: C. Barr Flinn, Kevin A. Guerke, Timothy E. Lengkeek, Lauren Dunkle Fortunato, Michael A. Laukaitis II, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Douglas D. Herrmann, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bennet J. Moskowitz, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, New York, NY; Misha Tseytlin, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Chicago, IL; Howard M. Cooper, Joseph M. Cacace, Josh L. Launer, Maria A. Lombardi, Todd & Weld LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.

    Case Number: N21C-11-028 EMD

    Plaintiff was not entitled to summary judgment of actual malice where jury could either find that information provided to news organization was conclusive of the truth or self-serving, creating a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the outlet recklessly disregarded the truth; however, there was insufficient evidence of a primary purpose to harm plaintiff, precluding a showing of express malice.

  • FTE Networks, Inc. v. Szkaradek

    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:
    for defendant:

    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.

  • Active Day OH, Inc. v. Wehr

    Publication Date: 2024-07-09
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret M. DiBianca, Clark Hill PLC, Wilmington, DE; John F. Marsh, Jolene S. Griffith, Bailey Cavalieri LLC, Columbus, OH; Tyler J. Dunphy, Active Day OH, Inc., Trevose, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael D. DeBaecke, Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N22C-08-064 SKR CCLD

    Court denied defendants' summary judgment motion on breach of non-compete agreement where plaintiffs plausibly pled breach by alleging defendants assisted plaintiffs' former employee with establishing a competing business.

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  • Maric Healthcare, LLC v. Guerrero

    Publication Date: 2024-07-02
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael T. Manuel, John M. Seaman, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Margaret F. England, Michael Van Gorder, Gellert Seitz Busenkell & Brown LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2023-1062-NAC

    Court declined to dismiss fiduciary claims where defendant availed himself of Delaware law by becoming a manager of a Delaware LLC pursuant to an LLC agreement that expressly imposed fiduciary duties on defendant.

  • Rhoades v. Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-25
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey G. Grivner, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Wilmington, DE; Andrew J. Shapren, Scott C. Oberlander, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Courtney L. Kurz, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; David G. Hille, Gregory M. Stamer, Erika Murdoch, White & Case LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: 23-1262-CFC

    Court affirmed FINRA arbitration award, rejecting plaintiffs' arguments in support of their motion to vacate where the award was based on applicable statutory law and a reasonable interpretation of FINRA rules, and where the court lacked authority to reweigh the evidence.

  • Yangaroo Inc. v. Digital Media Serv., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Anne Mercado Clark, Jeffrey D. Coren, Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Catherine A. Gaul, Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; George A. Gasper, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN; Ethan H. Townsend, Daniel T. Menken, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-06-090 EMD CCLD

    Aiding and abetting clause plausibly alleged as to sellers' advisors where they were involved in due diligence and thus plausibly could have assisted sellers in withholding material information, which breached representations and warranties.

  • Ryanair DAC v. Booking Holdings Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-25
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Aerospace | E-Commerce | Transportation
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bryson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-1191-WCB

    Court denied motion for leave to amend counterclaims due to defendant's lack of diligence in seeking leave upon immediately learning of the facts supporting the amendment, which occurred before the close of discovery.

  • Global Discovery Biosciences Corp. v. Harrington

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, David A. Seal, Callan R. Jackson, Charles R. Hallinan, Potter Anderson, Wilmington, DE; Eric Landau, Travis Biffar, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, Irvine, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Andrew L. Cole, Jack M. Dougherty, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Alan D. Albert, O’Hagan Meyer, PLLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-1132-SG

    Fraud claims brought by corporation against its former controller failed since the controller's knowledge of the alleged fraud would be imputed to the corporation and thus the claim effectively alleged that the controller defrauded himself.