• In re: HRB Winddown Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-01
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Consumer Products | Distribution and Wholesale | Retail
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Shannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-12689 (BLS)

    Genuine issues of material fact precluded summary judgment in avoidance/recovery adversary action where debtors had obtained court approval to pay critical vendors but debtors paid substantially more than initially identified and evidence suggested defendant may have pressured debtors to make timely payments during preference period.

  • In re: CVS Opioid Ins. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Insurance | Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz, R. Garret Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Shuster, Daniel M. Sullivan, Blair E. Kaminsky, Daniel M. Horowitz, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY; Robert M. Mangino, Susan Koehler Sullivan, Clyde & Co LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. St. Jeanos, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bové, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Karen M. Dixon, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, Chicago, IL; Joseph B. Cicero, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam H. Fleischer, R. Patrick Bedell, Allyson C. Spacht, BatesCarey LLP, Chicago, IL; Louis J. Rizzo, Jr., Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE; Monica T. Sullivan, Matthew J. Fink, Leena Soni, Stephanie M. Flowers, Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP, Chicago, IL; Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Kotula, Rivkin Radler LLP; Loren R. Barron, Kaufman Dolowich LLP, Wilmington, DE; Wade A. Adams, III, Law Offices Of Wade A. Adams, III, Newark, DE; Bryce L. Friedman, Matthew C. Penny, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Thad J. Bracegirdle, Sarah T. Andrade, Emily L. Skaug, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Edward B. Parks, II, Sara Hunkler, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kevin. J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Cheryl P. Vollweiler, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, New York, NY; Philip Trainer, Jr., Marie M. Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Kole, Caroline M. Trusty, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston, MA; Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher R. Carroll, Jillian D. Dennehy, Joshua S. Wirtshafter, Kennedys CMK LLP, Basking Ridge, NJ; Robert K. Beste, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Keith Moskowitz, Dentons US LLP, Chicago, IL; Kathryn Guinn, Dentons US LLP, Denver, CO; Deborah J. Campbell, Dentons US LLP, St. Louis, MO for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Zachary J. Schnapp, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey L. Schulman, Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-02-045 PRW CCLD

    Court ruled that insurers had no duty to indemnify opioid lawsuits where the lawsuits lacked specific allegations of personal injury or property damage underlying the claimed losses in those lawsuits.

  • Pazos v. AdaptHealth LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Accounting | Distribution and Wholesale | Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly E. Farman, Matthew W. Murphy, Edmond S. Kim, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: N23C-02-164 PRW CCLD

    Court upheld expert determination issued under parties' contractual dispute resolution clause where record undermined objector's claim that expert overlooked or improperly relied on evidence.

  • E. Wholesale Fence LLC v. Hudson

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel M. Silver, Benjamin A. Smyth, Maliheh Zare, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Elisabeth S. Bradley, Y. Carson Zhou, Alan C. Cardenas-Moreno, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2023-1176-KSJM

    Court stayed breach of restrictive covenant action pending further proceedings in separate action that likely would have overlapping factual and legal issues.

  • LGM Holdings, LLC v. Schurder

    Publication Date: 2024-07-23
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric Sussman, Denise Lazar, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John M. Seaman, Florentina D. Field, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Travis S. Hunter, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Payne, Frankel, Rubin, Klein, Payne & Pudlowski, P.C., St. Louis, MO for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-09-011 EMD CCLD

    Buyers waived their fraud claims against sellers by averring in a subsequent letter agreement that buyers' losses arose from sellers' breaches of representations and warranties, and buyers failed to file an indemnity lawsuit within the applicable survival period.

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  • Firefighters Pension Sys. of the City of Kansas City, Missouri Trust v. Found. Bldg. Materials, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-18
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Construction | Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Hanrahan, Samuel L. Closic, Jason W. Rigby, Seth T. Ford, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, Wilmington, DE; Lee D. Rudy, J. Daniel Albert, Kevin M. Kennedy, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel A. Mason, Elizabeth Wang, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew G. Gordon, Alexia D. Korberg, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Raymond J. DiCamillo, Matthew D. Perri, Kevin M. Kidwell, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Michael Sirkin, Elizabeth M. Taylor, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Evert J. Christensen, Jr., Matthew S. Connors, Tania C. Matsuoka, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY; A. Thompson Bayliss, Daniel G. Paterno, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Barry G. Sher, Kevin P. Broughel, Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY; William B. Chandler III, Brad D. Sorrels, Leah E. León, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Elena C. Norman, James M. Yoch, Jr., Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian M. Lutz, George B. Adams III, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Colin B. Davis, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Irvine, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-0466-JTL

    Court declined to dismiss non-exculpated fiduciary claims where defendants had a clear conflict of interest between continuing to operate the company or sell it and receive a valuable termination payment.

  • Biocomposites GmbH v. Artoss, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-03
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Biotechnology | Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ethan H. Townsend, Daniel T. Menken, Ryan D. Konstanzer, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kelly A. Green, Jason Z. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2023-1189-NAC

    Court denied reargument on cross-motions for injunctive relief where movant advanced implausible interpretation of the parties' contract and where the court reasonably declined to impose the implied covenant of good faith in exercising contractual discretion between sophisticated parties.

  • United States v. Walmart Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-26
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Federal Government | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dylan J. Steinberg, United States Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Adam E. Lyons, Amanda N. Liskamm, Joshua Fowkes, Kathleen B. Gilchrist, Katherine M. Ho, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan, Robert W. Whetzel, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Laura Jane Durfee, Jones Day, Columbus, OH; Yaakob M. Roth, Kristen A. Lejnieks, William G. Laxton, Jr., Jones Day, Washington, DC; Andrew J. Junker, Jason S. Varnado, Jones Day, Houston, TX; Karen P. Hewitt, Jones Day, San Diego, CA; David W. Ogden, Charles C. Speth, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: 20-1744-CFC

    Pharmacy operator did not commit unlawful violations of the Controlled Substances Act where reporting of suspicious drug orders was not yet required by the act and where the allegedly violated regulations promulgated under the CSA were inconsistent with the act's express prohibitions.

  • Cargill, Inc. v. Rossi

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard P. Rollo, Travis S. Hunter, Jordan L. Cramer, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John A. Sensing, Hannah L. Paxton, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-03-047 SKR CCLD

    Court lacked personal jurisdiction over former employee in non-compete breach action where forum selection clause was expressly limited to jurisdiction in the chancery court, rather than any state or federal court sitting in and for Delaware.

  • Ontario Provincial Council of Carpenters' Pension Trust Fund v. Walton

    Publication Date: 2023-05-09
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Mae Oberste, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Edward G. Timlin, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Leslie R. Stern, Nathaniel L. Orenstein, Steven L. Groopman, Berman Tabacco, Boston, MA; Ned Weinberger, Mark Richardson, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; David MacIsaac, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Sean M. Berkowitz, Nicholas J. Siciliano, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Andrew W. Stern, Charlotte K. Newell, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; William M. Regan, Allison M. Wuertz, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY; Frank R. Volpe, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-0827-JTL

    Litigation demand was futile where allegations supported inference that directors and officers knew that the company was violating its legal obligations as a dispenser of prescription opioids in a conscious effort to maximize customer sales and profits.