• Irfan v. Unemployment Ins. Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-08
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Muhammad Irfan, Middleton, DE, pro se appellant
    for defendant: Matthew B. Frawley, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Victoria W. Counihan, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellees.

    Case Number: N23A-05-009 MMJ

    Claimant was ineligible for unemployment benefits where he was the sole owner of a business and his main priority was to secure new clients for the company.

  • Trincia v. Dick's Sporting Goods

    Publication Date: 2024-03-26
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily Laursen Raisis, Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O’Neill, P.A., Christiana, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Maria Paris Newill, Heckler & Frabizzio, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: N23A-03-006 MMJ

    Industrial Accident Board did not err in denying claimant's motion to strike portions of employer's expert's testimony based on newly obtained medical records where claimant knew about her prior medical records and thus employer was not at fault for the fact that claimant's expert did not possess those records to offer testimony.

  • State ex rel. Jennings v. BP Am. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian Douglas Wright, Jameson A.L. Tweedie, Ralph K. Durstein, Sawyer M. Traver, Deputy Attorneys General, Wilmington, DE; Victor M. Sher, Matthew K. Edling, Stephanie D. Biehl, Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Wilks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Thomas G. Hungar, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, Joshua D. Dick, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE; Nathan P. Eimer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, Lisa S. Meyer, Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL; Robert E. Dunn, Eimer Stahl LLP, San Jose, CA; Colleen D. Shields, Patrick M. Brannigan, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tristan L. Duncan, Daniel B. Rogers, William F. Northrip, Shook, Hady & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO; Kevin J. Mangan, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeremiah J. Anderson, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX; Kathryn M. Barber, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Coleen W. Hill, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael F. Healy, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, San Francisco, CA; Michael L. Fox, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, CA; Daniel J. Brown, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Bauer, Margaret A. Tough, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA: Jameson R. Jones, Daniel R. Brody, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO; Michael A. Barlow, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert P. Reznick, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, James Stengel, Marc R. Shapiro, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Catherine Y. Lui, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA; Robert W. Whetzel, Blake Rohrbacher, Alexandra M. Ewing, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Anna Rotman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Houston, TX: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; David C. Frederick, James M. Webster, III, Daniel S. Severson, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC, Washington, DC; Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Nancy G. Milburn, Diana E. Reiter, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan W. Hughes, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA; John D. Lombardo, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jeffrey L. Moyer, Christine D. Haynes, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kevin Orsini, Vanessa A. Lavely, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Antoinette D. Hubbard, Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE; Shannon S. Broome, Ann Marie Mortimer, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, San Francisco, CA; Shawn Patrick Regan, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, NY; Christian J. Singewald, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joy C. Fuhr, Brian D. Schmalzbach, W. Cole Geddy, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy A. Roman, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC; Honor R. Costello, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY; Beth Moskow Schnoll, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmingt

    Case Number: N20C-09-097 MMJ CCLD

    State common law claims arising from fossil fuel companies' operations which harmed the environment were largely preempted by the Clean Air Act, which regulated the use of fossil fuels and emissions standards.

  • CoVenture Burt Credit Opportunities GP, LLC v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa Zwally Brown, Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gabriel Aizenberg, Scott Mendeloff, Aaron S. Klein, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Richard I.G. Jones, Jr., Michael W. McDermott, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven R. Campbell, Scott M. O’Brien, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-07-197 MMJ CCLD

    Court dismissed fraud claims against corporate controller where alleged fraudulent behavior merely constituted a breach of the controller's contractual obligations.

  • AuditBOT, Inc. v. Mariyappan

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony N. Delcollo, Thomas H. Kramer, Offit Kurman, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel F. McAllister, McAllister Firm LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: N19C-08-199 MMJ CCLD

    Court dismissed breach of settlement lawsuit where there was no evidence that defendant breached his representations and warranties in the settlement, which was the sole exclusion to the broad release of claims that included future claims or claims based on heretofore unknown facts.

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  • Pascal Metrics, Inc v. Health Catalyst, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-02
    Practice Area: Trade Secrets
    Industry: Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Max L. Tribble, Jr., Rocco F. Magni, Sylvanus Polky, Scarlett Collings, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Houston, TX; Kalpana Sriivasan, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA; Komal Patel, Dinis Cheian, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: F. Troupe Mickler IV, Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory M. Saylin, Tyson C. Horrocks, Cory A. Talbot, Eric G. Maxfield, Doyle Byers, Holland & Hart LLP, Salt Lake City, UT for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-01-175 MMJ CCLD

    Similarities between competitor's webinars and white papers and plaintiff's internal design documents, even after plaintiff's employees left to work for the competitor, were insufficient to create a significant red flag to put plaintiff on inquiry notice as to its misappropriation of trade secrets claim.

  • State v. Mason

    Publication Date: 2023-04-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dominic A. Carrera, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Thomas A. Foley, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: 2207004139

    Court granted suppression motion where search warrant was based solely on the uncorroborated implicating statements of an accomplice.

  • 300 W 22 Realty, LLC v. Strathmore Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-14
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin P. Chapple, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nicholas M. Insua, Princeton, NJ for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Curtis J. Crowther, Robinson & Cole LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory P. Varga, Jonathan E. Small, Robinson & Cole LLP, Hartford, CT for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-03-147 MMJ CCLD

    Court lacked personal jurisdiction over New York insurer which had issued policy through a New York broker to insure property located in New York City.

  • AmeriMark Interactive, LLC v. AmeriMark Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-11-15
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew L. Cole, Jack M. Dougherty, Cole Schotz, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Klepper, Brendan P. Barry, Cole Schotz, P.C., Hackensack, NJ for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Patricia R. Urban, Megan I. Brison, Pinckney, Weidinger, Urgan & Joyce LLC, Wilmington, DE; Eric B. Fisher, Sarah Dowd, Binder & Schwartz LLP, New York, NY; Anna E. Currier, James G. Gorman III, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason A. Snyderman, Charles A. Fitzpatrick, Blank Rome LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Shawna J. Henry, Blank Rome, Pittsburgh, PA for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-12-175 MMJ CCLD

    Anti-reliance/non-recourse provisions of purchase agreement did not bar fraud claims against non-signatories where plaintiff sufficiently alleged that those parties were complicit in the contracting party's misrepresentations.

  • G-New, Inc. v. Endurance Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Vivek Chopra, Jonathan G. Hardin, Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael L. Zigelman, Kristina I. Duffy, Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck, LLP, New York, NY; Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, Arthur Luk, Matthew Bemis, Elliot Rosenwald, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-10-100 MMJ CCLD

    The court granted a motion to dismiss in part and denied a motion to dismiss in part.