• In the Matter of: The Niki & Darren Irrevocable Trust

    Publication Date: 2021-02-24
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon E. Abramczyk, Todd A. Flubacher, Matthew R. Clark, Aubrey J. Morin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: W. Donald Sparks, II, Chad M. Shandler, Christine D. Haynes, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: D69303

    Unclean hands precluded trustee from seeking to void decanting of trust assets into another trust due to trustee's failure to comply with legal requirements, where voiding the action would benefit the trustee as a beneficiary of the original trust, to the detriment of another beneficiary.

  • Golden Rule Fin. Corp. v. Shareholder Representative Serv. LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-02-17
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Maimone, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Randall E. Kahnke, Peter C. Mag-nuson, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Minneapolis, MN for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, Elizabeth M. Taylor, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Erin C. Johnston, P.C.; McClain Thompson, Mariel A. Brookins, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: D69297

    In this post-merger dispute, the court granted the seller's motion for dismissal of plaintiff's complaint be-cause the merger agreement specifically identified the accounting principles applicable to the post-closing price adjustment.

  • McDonald's Corp. v. Easterbrook

    Publication Date: 2021-02-17
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz, S. Reiko Rogozen, Holly E. Newell, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Wil-liam Savitt, Anitha Reddy, Sarah K. Eddy, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Ronald L. Olson, John W. Spiegel, Luis Li, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jonathan I Kravis, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Herr, Law Office of Daniel C. Herr, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Kristen E. Hudson, The Benson Firm PLLC, Austin, TX for defendant.

    Case Number: D69299

    The court denied defendant's motions to dismiss because the parties did not incorporate a forum selection clause into their separation agreement, and plaintiff alleged sufficient facts to support its claim for fraud in the inducement.

  • Mehra v. Teller

    Publication Date: 2021-02-17
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Reed, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Patrick J. Smith, Brian T. Burns, Nicholas J. Karasimas, Smith Villazor LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jon E. Abramczyk, D. McKinley Measley, Alexandra M. Cumings, Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69300

    Although one member of a limited liability company contrived circumstances leading to a deadlock, the facts established that the parties had an irreconcilable disagreement which warranted dissolution of the com-pany.

  • Wood v. U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2021-02-17
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael W. Teichman, Elio Battista, Jr., Judy M. Jones, Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Eric P. Haas, Gardner Haas PLLC, Dallas, TX for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; William B. Kerr, Kerr, LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69301

    The court granted plaintiffs' motion to compel production, and it denied defendants' motion for a retroac-tive extension of time in which to respond to plaintiffs' discovery requests.

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  • 250ok, Inc. v. Message Sys., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-10
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James P. Hughes, Jr., Lauren Dunkle Fortunato, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew T. McLaughlin, Kacey Houston Walker, Nixon Peabody LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Ryan D. Stottmann, Sarah P. Kaboly, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Clement S. Roberts, Nathan Shaffer, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69286

    Claim of unjust enrichment arising from facts alleging misappropriation of trade secrets was preempted by the Delaware Uniform Trade Secret Act, which displaced all claims providing a remedy of restitution.

  • City of Wilmington v. Wilmington Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 1, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-10
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron C. Baker, Robert M. Goff, Jr., Edward J. Kosmowski, City of Wilmington Law Department, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jeffrey M. Weiner, Jeffrey M. Weiner, Esquire, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69288

    Alterations to residency form were subject to mandatory collective bargaining where residency was not expressly defined under Delaware law nor expressly excluded from the scope of collective bargaining by public employers.

  • P.C. Connection, Inc. v. Synygy Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-03
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Retail | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel A. Griffith, Whiteford Taylor Preston LLC, Wilmington, DE; Christopher H.M. Carter, Daniel M. Deschenes, Laurel M. Gilbert, Hinkley Allen & Snyder LLP, Manchester, NH for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Andrew S. Dupre, Brian Lemon, Stephanie H. Dallaire, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for de-fendants.

    Case Number: D69284

    The court granted plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction, but only for long enough to provide a transition period in which plaintiff could obtain replacement services.

  • Durham v. Grapetree, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-01-27
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew C. Durham, plaintiff pro se.
    for defendant: John G. Harris, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69270

    LLC member's breach of fiduciary duties arising from alleged violation of member's perquisite could not be brought directly against company where contractual agreement to provide the perquisite was issued by the managing members and not from the company.

  • Riskin v. Burns

    Publication Date: 2021-01-27
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard P. Rollo, Travis S. Hunter, Sarah A. Clark, Robert B. Greco, Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Fin-ger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brad D. Sorrels, Andrew D. Cordo, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; A. Thomspon Baylis, Adam K. Schulman, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bruce A. Ericson, Sta-cie O. Kinser, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, CA; David J. Teklits, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69274

    The court granted motions to dismiss with respect to one group of defendants because some of plaintiff's claims were time-barred, and plaintiff failed to allege sufficient facts to support the remaining claims against those particular defendants.