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  • Ashland LLC v. The Samuel J. Heyman 1981 Continuing Trust

    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Viceconte, Gibbons P.C., Wilmington, DE; William S. Hatfield, Camille V. Otero, Esquire, Jennifer A. Hradil, Joshua Elias, Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: William M. Lafferty, John P. DiTomo, Thomas P. Will, Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew J. Rossman, Jonathan B. Oblak, Tyler G. Whitmer, Nicholas Hoy, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69198

    Where the parties' contract contained no language clearly demonstrating that the parties intended to allow for fee-shifting in first-party claims, plaintiff's claim for indemnification of legal fees and costs against contractual counterparty failed.

  • Donald M. Durkin Contracting., Inc. v. City of Newark

    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Streett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul A. Logan for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Max B. Walton for defendant.
    Case Number: D69199

    Motion for sanctions and contractual indemnification denied where there was no evidence of vexatious or harassing litigation conduct and moving party failed to follow contractual obligation to submit a demand for indemnification.

  • Searchlight CST, L.P. v. MediaMath Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-14
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Advertising | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric D. Schwartz, Thomas W. Briggs, Jr., Thomas P. Will, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric D. Winston, Kristen Bird, Bennett Murphy, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Richard I.G. Jones, Jr., Michael W. McDermott, David B. Anthony, Peter C. McGivney, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; David H. Wollmuth, R. Scott Thompson, Brad J. Axelrod, Joshua M. Slocum, John R. Hein, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: D69156

    Under the unambiguous terms of the parties' agreement, defendant did not need plaintiff's consent to enter into a new loan transaction.

  • iBio, Inc. v. Fraunhofer USA, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-14
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Eric D. Selden, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Reed S. Oslan, Mark W. Premo-Hopkins, Britt Cramer, Lee M. Mason, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Todd C. Schiltz, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul H. Saint-Antoine, D. Alicia Hickok, Richard E. Coe, Mark D. Taticchi, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.
    Case Number: D69151

    Fraud, unjust enrichment and conversion claims arising from alleged breach of technology development and transfer agreement dismissed on summary judgment where such claims were merely bootstrapped or were otherwise preempted by existing contractual and statutory trade secret claims.

  • DiaMedica Therapeutics, Inc. v. PRA Health Sciences, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-07
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Biotechnology | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal C. Belgam, Kathleen M. Miller, Smith Katzenstein Jenkins, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Arthur G. Connolly, III, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen B. Brauerman, Elizabeth A. Powers, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; James P. Flynn, Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., Newark, NJ for defendants.
    Case Number: D69142

    Motion to transfer venue denied where there was a real question as to whether the receiving forum could exercise personal jurisdiction over one defendant as the alleged contacts that might be sufficient to support personal jurisdiction were only conducted by that defendant's parent company.

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  • Broome v. Am. Family Life Assurance Co of Columbus

    Publication Date: 2020-08-26
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary W. Aber, Law Office of Gary W. Aber, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: F. Troupe Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; R. Steven Ensor, Brooks A. Suttle, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69095

    Court dismissed complaint arising from arbitration award where plaintiffs failed to comply with service requirements set forth by the Federal Arbitration Act.

  • Infomedia Group, Inc. v. Orange Health Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-19
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Call Centers | Health Care | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge LeGrow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel J. Brown and Hayley J. Reese, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel B. Rath, Rebecca L. Butcher, and Nicolas E. Jenner, Landis Rath& Cobb, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alan S. Wachs, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Jacksonville, FL; Donald H. Chase, Morrison Cohen LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69087

    Fraudulent misrepresentation claims failed due to anti-reliance provision in asset purchase agreement where sophisticated parties expressly limited representations and reliance to written notice of customer terminations.

  • W.R. Berkley Corp. v. Dunai

    Publication Date: 2020-08-05
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott A. Holt and Curtis J. Crowther, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Herr, Law Office of Daniel C. Herr LLC, Wilmington, DE; Kristen Prinz and Amit Bindra, The Prinz Law Firm, P.C., Chicago, IL for defendant.
    Case Number: D69061

    The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss, because the record did not contain sufficient information to conduct a choice of law analysis.

  • Halosil Int'l Inc. v. Eco-Evolutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen B. Brauerman, Bayard P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kent E. Baldauf, Jr. and Barry J. Coyne , The Webb Law Firm, Pittsburgh, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael F. Duggan and Marc Sposato, Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Stephen H. Luther and Ryan T. Santurri, Allen, Dyer, Doppelt& Gilchrist, PA, Orlando, FL for defendants.
    Case Number: D69064

    Breach of contract claims were untimely where the claims accrued after plaintiff was put on notice defendant may have developed and patented a product based off plaintiff's product in breach of the parties' agreement.

  • W.R. Berkley Corp. v. Dunai

    Publication Date: 2020-07-22
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott A. Holt and Curtis J. Crowther, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Herr, Law Office of Daniel C. Herr LLC, Wilmington, DE; Kristen Prinz and Amit Bindra, The Prinz Law Firm, P.C., Chicago, IL for defendant.
    Case Number: D69061

    The court denied defendant's motion to dismiss, because the record did not contain sufficient information to conduct a choice of law analysis.