• Juul Labs, Inc. v. Grove

    Publication Date: 2020-08-26
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William M. Lafferty, David J. Teklits and Lauren N. Bennett, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bruce A. Ericson and Colin T. Kemp, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Wales and Thomas G. James, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Francis A. Bottini, Jr. , Bottini & Bottini, Inc., La Jolla, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69098

    A stockholder was not entitled to request books and records pursuant to another state's laws, because the internal affairs doctrine provided that Delaware law governed inspection rights for companies incorporated in that state.

  • Menacker v. Overture, L.L.C.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-19
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Abbot, Abbott Law Firm, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael A. Weidinger, Pinckney, Weidinger, Urban & Joyce LLC, Greenville, DEfor defendants.

    Case Number: D69089

    A former member of a limited liability company lacked standing to pursue a derivative claim for breach of fiduciary duty.

  • Iacono v. Estate of Capano

    Publication Date: 2020-07-15
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Sullivan, Sullivan Hazeltine Allinson LLC, Wilmington, DE; Philip S. Rosenzweig, Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC, King of Prussia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: D69050

    The record provided evidence which could support the existence of an enforceable oral contract, so the court denied defendants' motion for summary judgment.

  • In re: Dell Tech. Inc. Class V Stockholders Litig.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-24
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Weinberger, Derrick Farrell, Mark Richardson, Thomas Curry and Dominic Minerva, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE and New York, NY; David M. Cooper, Silpa Maruri, Dominic Pody and James Meehan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer and David Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Chad Johnson and Noam Mandel, Robins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy S. Friedman and David F.E. Tejtel. Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Gregory P. Williams, John D. Hendershot and Susan M. Hannigan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John L Latham, Cara M. Peterman and Gidon M. Caine, Charles W. Cox, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, Palo Alto, CA and Los Angeles, CA for defendants Dell, Durban, Patterson and Kullman. Martin S. Lessner, Elena C. Norman, James M. Yoch, Jr. and Lauren Dunkle Fortunato, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; James G. Kreissman, Stephen P. Blake and David Elbaum, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY for defendant Silver Lake Group LLC. Kevin G. Abrams, Michael A. Barlow and April M. Kirby, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michele D. Johnson, Kristin N. Murphy and Ryan A. Walsh, Latham & Watkins LLP, Costa Mesa, CA for defendants Green and Dorman.

    Case Number: D69027

    Plaintiffs alleged sufficient facts to trigger the entire fairness standard of review, so the court denied defen-dants' motion to dismiss.

  • Buckeye Partners, L.P. v. GT USA Wilmington, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody C. Barillare and Amy M. Dudash, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Blanchard, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Hartford, CT; Julie S. Goldemberg, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jonathan M. Stemerman, Elliott Greenleaf, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Thomas J. Elliott, Frederick P. Santarelli, Jack P. Elliott, and Colin J. O’Boyle, Elliott Greenleaf, P.C., Blue Bell, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69000

    Injunctive relief granted to preserve the status quo ante and prevent defendant from resorting to measures to force plaintiff to capitulate before a court could resolve the parties' dispute.

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  • Bamford v. Penfold, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-18
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Margules, Elizabeth A. Sloan, and Brittany M. Giusini, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Wallace G. Hilke, Mark S. Enslin, Ballard Spahr LLP, Minneapolis, MN; Jeffrey S. Cianciulli, Weir & Partners, Wilmington, DE; Peter N. Kessler, Kutak Rock LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Marc R. Rosen, Joshua K. Bromberg, Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C., New York, NY; William B. Chandler III, Bradley D. Sorrels, Shannon E. German, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D68910

    Derivative fraud and unjust enrichment claims dismissed as duplicative of plaintiffs' direct claims for breach of fiduciary duties and conversion.

  • Voigt v. Metcalf

    Publication Date: 2020-02-26
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer and David M. Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy S. Friedman and David F.E. Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY; D. Seamus Kaskela, Kaskela Law LLC, Newtown Square, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gregory P. Williams and Brock E. Czeschin, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Rachelle Silverberg, Caitlin A. Donovan and Drew C. Harris, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY for defendants Metcalf, Riley, Affeldt, Kremer, Martinez, Ball, Forbes, Holland and nominal defendant NCI Building Systems. David J. Teklits and Thomas P. Will, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Shannon Rose Selden, Susan R. Gittes and Zachary H. Saltzman, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY for defendants Sleeper, VanArsdale, Zrebiec, Berges and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.

    Case Number: D68892

    Plaintiff alleged sufficient facts that one of the defendants was a controlling shareholder. The court dismissed several individual defendants based on an exculpation clause, but it declined to dismiss claims as to other individual defendants.

  • J.P. Morgan Trust Co. of Delaware v. Fisher

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Renck, Oderah C. Nwaeze and Jocelyn M. Borowsky, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
    for defendant: Jeffrey S. Goddess, Rosenthal, Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael H. Friedman, Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP, White Plains, NY for respondent Hadley Fisher. Christopher P. Simon and Kevin S. Mann, Cross & Simon LLC, guardian ad litem for Michael Fisher.

    Case Number: D68810

    A trust beneficiary was entitled to the production of documents relating to a trustee's communications with counsel regarding trust administration.

  • PWP Xerion Holdings III LLC v. Red Leaf Resources, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-11-06
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: S. Michael Sirkin, Benjamin Z. Grossberg and R. Garret Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan D. Schiller, Christopher D. Belelieu, Karen A. Chesley and Gary R. Studen of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael A. Pittenger, Timothy R. Dudderar, Mathew A. Golden and David M. Hahn, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wil-mington, DE; Kenneth B. Black, Lauiren A. Shurman and Wesley F. Harward of Stoel Rives LLP, Salt Lake City, UT for de-fendant.

    Case Number: D68764

    Company breached a preferred stockholder's rights by changing its business plan and entering into a settlement with an inter-ested party without first obtaining the necessary consent from the preferred stockholder.

  • Bandera Master Fund LP v. Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP

    Publication Date: 2019-10-23
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, J. Peter Shindel, Jr., Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Srinivas M. Raju, Blake Rohrbacher, and Matthew D. Perri, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Rolin P. Bissell, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Raniel A. Mason, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence Portnoy, Charles S. Duggan, Gina Cora, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY; Stephen P. Lamb, Andrew G. Gordon, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D68744

    Unitholders plausibly pled general partner's breach of partnership agreement by alleging general partner failed to follow provisions governing resolution of conflict of interest created by general partner's exercise of call right for publicly traded common units.