• Kenny v. Univ. of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2019-11-27
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel: David H. Williams, James H. McMackin, III and Allyson Britton DiRocco, Morris James, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James D. Taylor, Jr. and Christina D. Riggs, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP, Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA for defendants.

    Case Number: D68785

    In this employment discrimination case, plaintiffs failed to show that defendants' reasons for terminating their employment were pretextual. Summary judgment granted in favor of defendants.

  • TC Tech. LLC v. Sprint Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-27
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly E. Farnan and Katharine L. Mowery, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Lawrence J. Gotts, Kevin L. Mallen and Gabriel S. Gross, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, New York, NY and Menlo Park CA; Stephanie N. Solomon, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; David S. Benyacar, Daniel L. Reisner, Maxwell C. Preston and Michael J. Block, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: R. Montgomery Donaldson and Christina B. Vavala, Polsinelli PC, Wilmington, DE; B. Trent Webb, Christine A. Guastello, Jordan T. Bergsten, Colman D. McCarthy, David Morehan and Gary M. Miller, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO, Houston, TX and Chicago, IL for defendants.

    Case Number: D68788

    In the claim construction for this patent case involving wireless services, the court relied on the plain meaning of the term and the context of the claim language.

  • Shabazz v. Delaware Dep't of Corr.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-27
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew G. Summers, Brittany M. Giusini and William J. Burton, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Adria B. Martinelli and Allison J. McCowan, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D68787

    The court allowed plaintiff to file a third amended complaint beyond the time allowed under the scheduling order, but only to the extent that plaintiff was able to allege specific facts relating to the involvement of an additional defendant.

  • Jones v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2019-10-23
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Jones, Greenwood, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: N/A

    Case Number: D68748

    A pro se plaintiff failed to state a valid claim under the Federal Tort Claim Act or for violations of his civil rights.

  • Wise v. Biowish Tech., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-25
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Agriculture | Legal Services | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68717

    Plaintiff failed to adequately allege demand futility in connection with his derivative claims, and the statute of limitations barred one fraud claim.

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  • Vectura Ltd. v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-09-25
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly E. Farnan and Christine D. Haynes, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Dominick A. Conde, Christopher P. Borello and Damien N. Dombrowski, Venable LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld and Jeremy A. Tigan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP,Wilmington, DE; Martin J. Black, Kevin M. Flannery, Robert Ashbrook, Sharon K. Gagliardi, Blake B. Greene and Katherine A. Helm, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA and New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D68716

    The court denied defendants' motion for judgment as a matter of law and alternative motion for a new trial, because the jury's verdict in this patent infringement matter was supported by the evidence.

  • Harmon v. Sussex Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra Harmon, Hartsville, SC, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin J. Connors and Artemio C. Aranilla, II, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for defend-ants.

    Case Number: D68713

    The county followed all of its procedures regarding the demolition of an unsafe structure and the foreclosure of a lien against plaintiff's property.

  • SpePharm AG v. Eisai Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-18
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan and Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martin J. Black, Joseph J. Gribbin, Luke M. Reilly and Katherine A. Helm, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA and New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joel Friedlander, Christopher M. Foulds and Christopher P. Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Benjamin J. Razi, Dennis B. Auerbach and Jon-Michael Dougherty, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: D68708

    The unambiguous terms of the parties' licensing agreement did not permit defendant to deprive plaintiff of its right to exercise an option for an extension of the contract.

  • Mfg. Res. Int'l, Inc. v. Civiq Smartscapes, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-09-18
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Advertising | E-Commerce
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Arthur G. Connolly III, Ryan P. Newell and Kyle Evans Gay, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey S. Standley, James Lee Kwak and F. Michael Speed, Jr., Standley Law Group LLP, Dublin, OH for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John W. Shaw, Karen E. Keller, David M. Fry and Nathan R. Hoeschen, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE; Douglas J. Kline, Srikanth K. Reddy, Molly R. Grammel and Naomi L. Birbach, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, MA and New York, NY; Yuval H. Marcus, Cameron S. Reuber, Matthew L. Kaufman and Lori L. Cooper, Leason Ellis LLP, White Plains, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D68707

    An expert witness in this patent litigation matter was entitled to present testimony regarding his reasonable royalty calcula-tions, but another expert's lost profits opinion was not based on sufficient reliable information.

  • Acceleration Bay LLC v. Activision Blizzard Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-18
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D68702

    Expert damages opinion in patent infringement case excluded where expert relied upon conclusion that no non-infringing example existed and therefore rendered calculation of cost to create such an example illogical, and where expert provided an insufficient basis to apportion value to infringing portion of product.