• Malkani v. Cunningham

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip Trainer, Jr., Marie M. Degnan, Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Marcos D. Jimenez, Marcos D. Jimenez, P.A., Miami, FL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Ryan P. Newell, Lakshmi A. Muthu, Tara C. Pakrouh, Michael A. Carbonara, Jr., Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael C. Heyden, Jr., Joseph E. Brenner, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2020-1004-SG

    Parties' written investment contract was valid and enforceable where investor did not expressly reject the contract and the parties' subsequent actions demonstrated their intent to be bound to the contract and their belief that the contract contained all material terms of their deal.

  • In re Orbit/FR, Inc. Stockholders Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-07
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, E. Wade Houston, G. Mason Thomson, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Ashley R. Altschuler, Ethan H. Townsend, Harrison S. Carpenter, Kevin M. Regan, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel M. Silver, Benjamin A. Smyth, Travis J. Ferguson, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Henry E. Gallagher Jr., Shaun Michael Kelly, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2018-0340-SG

    Allegations of a personal relationship between special committee director and potentially interested director were insufficient to impute a conflict of interest to the special committee director, whose independence was not challenged by any personal interest in the merger transaction or bad faith actions.

  • In Re Orbit/FR, Inc. v. Stockholders Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-24
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, E. Wade Houston, G. Mason Thompson, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Ashley R. Altschuler, Ethan H. Townsend, Harrison S. Carptenter, Kevin M. Regan, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel M. Silver, Benjamin A. Smyth, Travis J. Ferguson, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Henry E. Gallagher Jr., Shaun Michael Kelly, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2018-0340-SG

    The court denied defendants' motion to dismiss claims arising out of challenged merger and acquisition.

  • Swann Keys Civic Ass'n v. Dippolito

    Publication Date: 2023-01-17
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Hutt, Michelle G. Bounds, Morris James LLP, Georgetown, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Dean Campbell, Law Office of Dean A. Campbell, PA, Milton, DE for respondents.

    Case Number: 2021-0614-SG

    Homeowners' association could obtain adverse possession over boat ramps by maintaining the amenity and restricting access to the association's members

  • Kablaoui v. Gerar Place Condo. Ass'n

    Publication Date: 2023-01-03
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2021-0700-PWG

    Master correctly stayed plaintiffs' motion to supplement complaint filed during the pendency of exceptions to the master's report, where new allegations were previously in plaintiffs' possession and were directly targeted to address the weaknesses identified by the master's report.

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  • Trust Robin, Inc. v. Tissue Analytics, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-20
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: E-Commerce | Health Care | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gary W. Lipkin, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-0806-SG

    Fraud claims were not barred by economic loss doctrine where plaintiff had alleged fraudulent representations and concealment committed by defendants outside the scope of the parties' contractual obligations, such that the fraud allegations were distinct from allegations of non-performance.

  • Ligos v. Tsuff

    Publication Date: 2022-12-13
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Corinne Elise Amato, Kevin H. Davenport, Samuel L. Closic, Jason W. Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Eric L. Zagar, J. Daniel Albert, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William B. Chandler III, Brad D. Sorrels, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Nora M. Crawford, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven Guggenheim, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Palo Alto, CA; S. Mark Hurd, Miranda Gilbert, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnel, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Danny David, Amy Pharr Hefley, Baker Botts L.L.P., Houston, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: 2020-0435-SG

    Special committee directors were dismissed from case challenging merger transaction, where plaintiff could not show that directors lacked independence from corporate controller or had engaged in willful dereliction of duty to the level of bad faith.

  • McClurg v. Praesidium Partners, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-22
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce E. Jameson, Eric J. Juray, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Thomas H. Vidal, Jessica Stone, Pryor Cashman LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip Trainer, Jr., Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Esra Acikalin Hudson, Lauren, Chee, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-0896-SG

    Court issued a constructive trust following a trial sounding in breach of contract and breach of duty claims amongst co-investors in a cryptocurrency investment company.

  • Atl. NWI, LLC v. The Carlyle Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-15
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Eric D. Selden, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin B. Huff, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Thomas P. Will, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Van Kirk, Sarah F. Kirkpatrick, James M. Rice, Nicholas A. Maricic, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-0944-SG

    Plaintiff could pursue tortious interference with contract claim against third party by alleging that it knew of exclusivity provisions in plaintiff's contract based on industry practice and past practice between plaintiff's affiliates and the third party, and by alleging that third party's decision to usurp business opportunities would result in breach of the contract.

  • Trust Robin, Inc. v. Tissue Analytics, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: E-Commerce | Health Care | Software
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Norman, Jaclyn Levy, Charles Hallinan, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gary Lipkin, Alexandra D. Rogin, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-0806-SG

    Court of Chancery held that they had proper subject matter jurisdiction over a case where plaintiffs pled breach of contract, torts, and equitable fraud. The court noted that because plaintiffs pled equitable fraud, which could not be properly adjudged by law, jurisdiction was proper.