• Sierra v. Trafigura Trading LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Burke
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael L. Vild, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE; David A. Baron, Melvin White, Laina C. Lopez, Jared R. Butcher, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP, Washington, DC; Richard W. Fields, Martin F. Cunniff, Edward Han, Fields Han Cunniff PLLC, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Michael J. Flynn, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alex J. Brackett, Caroline Schmidt Burton, Andrew P. Thornton-Dibb, Juliet B. Clark, McGuire Woods LLP, Richmond, VA for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-366-JLH-CJB

    Plaintiffs failed to plausibly state a claim of liability against a party for trafficking in plaintiffs' property allegedly wrongfully confiscated by the Cuban government where plaintiffs only asserted threadbare allegations of defendant's participation in the trafficking efforts.

  • Winklevoss Capital Fund, LLC v. Shaw

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Clarkson Collins, Albert J. Carroll, Kirsten A. Zeberkiewicz, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Charles J. Harder, Ryan J. Stonerock, Steven H. Frackman, Jordan A. Gonzales, Harder Stonerock LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Stephen Shaw, Beverly Hills, CA, pro se defendant.

    Case Number: 2018-0398-NAC

    Court declined to award rescissory damages in default judgment where plaintiffs' operative complaint had only sought compensatory damages, since allowing a plaintiff to change their theory of recovery post-default was unfair to a defendant who may have rationally chosen to default.

  • Burkhart v. Genworth Fin., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Damages
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    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Edward F. Haber, Michelle H. Blauner, Ian J. McLoughlin, Patrick J. Vallely, Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP, Boston, MA, attorneys for plaintiff;
    for defendant: Srinivas M. Raju, Elizabeth J. Freud, Daniel A. Dreisbach, Susan Hannigan Cohen, Kevin M. Gallagher, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Reid L. Ashinoff, Kenneth J. Pfaehler, T. Carter White, Dentons US LLP, New York,NY; John C. Hueston, Marshall A. Camp, Padraic Foran, Zachary Murray, Hueston Hennigan LLP, Los Angeles, CA, attorneys for defendant.

    Case Number: 2018-0691-NAC

    Court ordered plaintiffs to produce unredacted versions of their fee agreements with proposed class counsel where plaintiffs admitted they had funding litigation agreements and the fee agreements were necessary for the court to evaluate whether counsel could adequately represent the class or had separate duties to the litigation funders, whose interests could diverge from the class.

  • Deane v. Maginn

    Publication Date: 2024-07-02
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Holloway, Shlansky Law Group, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christine M. Mackintosh, Esquire Grant & Eisenhofer P.A. Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jody C. Barillare, Amy M. Dudash, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2017-0346-LWW

    Court declined to award pre-judgment/pre-trial interest on rescissory damages as judgment creditor was not deprived of its funds and defendant was being ordered to disgorge the benefits he accrued by usurping creditor's corporate opportunities.

  • Brown v. Matterport, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph L. Christensen, Meghan M. Dougherty, Michael D. Bell, Christensen & Dougherty LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward D. Totino, Benjamin W. Turner, Baker McKenzie LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Conal Doyle, Doyle Law APC, Beverly Hills, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert L. Burns, Kyle H. Lachmund, Nicole M. Henry, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jennifer Selendy, Joshua S. Margolin, David A. Coon, Selendy Gay PLLC, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-0595-LWW

    Court rejected use of highest intermediate price method to calculate former employee's losses from improperly applied lockup where there was an adequate record to calculate the average stock price over a reasonable trading period.

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  • Applied Energetics, Inc. v. Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum PLLC

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Energy | Legal Services | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore A. Kittila, James G. McMillan, William E. Green, Jr., Halloran Farkas + Kittila, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Robert K. Beste, Lauren A. Ferguson, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-07-200 EMD CCLD

    Court dismissed malicious prosecution claim against legal counsel where the claim arose from litigation filed in another jurisdiction and counsel lacked sufficient contacts to support general personal jurisdiction.

  • Lewis v. Bezos

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Charles Lewis, Salem, NJ, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-785-CFC

    Court dismissed purported complaint for royalties due to insufficient allegations regarding any agreement for royalty payments or sales that would trigger a royalty obligation.

  • Salt Meadows Homeowners Ass'n, Inc. v. Zonko Builders, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-15
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Construction | Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew J. Rifino, Kate R. Buck, Shannon D. Humiston, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Colin M. Shalk, Kenneth M. Doss, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: 94, 2023

    Trial court properly granted remittitur where jury verdict including inflated repair costs was based on testimony from witnesses unqualified to testify about inflation and increased expenses.

  • Deutsche Bank AG v. Devon Park Bioventures, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Aaron R. Sims, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; David G. Januszewski, Sheila C. Ramesh, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Edwin J. Harron, James M. Yoch, Jr., Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin C. Maclay, Todd E. Phillips, Quincy M. Crawford, Nathaniel R. Miller, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, D.C.; William M. Kelleher, Neil R. Lapinski, Phillip A. Giordano, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ira S. Zaroff, Richard M. Zaroff, Zaroff & Zaroff LLP, Garden City, NY; P. Clarkson Collins, Jr., K. Tyler O’Connell, Albert J. Carroll, R. Eric Hacker, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2017-0822-SG

    Court dismissed in rem action over limited partnership interest where hearing the action would require the court to hale in defendants it lacked personal jurisdiction over and the proceedings were an attempt to circumvent the dismissal of plaintiff's fraudulent transfer claim against defendants for lack of jurisdiction.

  • OI European Group B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Energy
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Matey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aubre Dean, Kevin A. Meehan, Juan O. Perla, Joseph D. Pizzurro, and Allesandra D. Tyler, Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle, New York, NY for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan M. Albano, Christopher L. Carter, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Boston, MA; Jody C. Barillare, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Wilmington, DE; James D. Nelson, David B. Salmons, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC; Laura D. Jones, Peter J. Keane, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, Wilmington, DE; Robert H. Poole, II, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, GA; Rajat Rana, Alexander A. Yanos, Alston & Bird, New York, NY; Joshua S. Bolian, Riley & Jacobson, Nashville, TN; Marie McManus Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; James E. Berger, DLA Piper, New York, NY; R. Craig Martin, DLA Piper, Wilmington, DE; Katherine G. Connolly, Norton Rose Fulbright, Los Angeles, CA; Matthew H. Kirtland, Norton Rose Fulbright, Washington, DC; Kevin J. Mangan, Stephanie S. Riley, Matthew P. Ward, Womble Bond Dickinson, Wilmington, DE; Ginger D. Anders, Kathleen A. Foley, Elaine J. Goldenberg, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Sarah Weiner, Munger Tolles & Olson, Washington, DC for appellees.

    Case Number: 23-1647

    Despite Venezuela's opposition leader being recognized by the U.S. as the legitimate leader of the Venezuelan government, the continued exercise of extensive control by the opposition leader and his rival over Venezuela's national oil company meant the company continued as the alter ego of Venezuela and its assets remained subject to attachment to satisfy Venezuela's judgment debts.