• United States v. Pritchett

    Publication Date: 2024-05-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Roth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin L. Wallace, Jesse S. Wenger, Office of United States Attorney, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: David Pugh, Mary K. Healy, Office of Federal Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for appellee.

    Case Number: 23-2005

    District court correctly suppressed evidence where defendant's actions were not sufficiently furtive or suspicious to justify a Terry stop.

  • Overington v. Fisher

    Publication Date: 2024-05-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwayne J. Bensing, ACLU of Delaware, Wilmington, DE; Theresa E. Loscalzo, Dilworth Paxson, LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: George T. Lees III, Delaware Department of Transportation, Dover, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 21-1133-GBW

    DMV regulations permitting the recall of vanity plates with a perceived profanity violated the First Amendment because vanity plates were private, not government, speech and the regulations constituted viewpoint discrimination.

  • bioMrieux, Inc. v. Rhodes

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Yoch, Jr., Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian Massengill, Matthew C. Sostrin, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Travis S. Hunter, Puja A. Upadhyay, Jessica E. Blau, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-10-067

    Plaintiffs could not exercise attorney-client privilege over sell-side emails where the merger agreement expressly contemplated that privilege would remain with the sellers, including defendants.

  • Kormos v. Playtika Holding UK II Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Andrew J. Peach, Christopher P. Quinn, Jackson E. Warren, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Ned Weinberger, Casimir O. Szustak, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy S. Friedman, David F.E. Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY; John Vielandi, Joshua M. Glasser, Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; D. Seamus Kaskela, Adrienne Bell, Kaskela Law LLC, Newtown Square, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Brian C. Ralston, Charles R. Hallinan, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew R. Gray, Ryan A. Walsh, Natasha Pardawala, Latham and Watkins LLP, Costa Mesa, CA; R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Susan W. Waesco, Kirk C. Andersen, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dean Kristy, Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, CA; Felix S. Lee, Fenwick & West LLP, Mountain View, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: 2023-0396-SG

    Breach of fiduciary duty claims failed where plaintiffs failed to allege facts demonstrating that defendants took actions that were to the company's detriment or that interfered with the board's special committee's negotiations for a self-tender.

  • White v. Unemployment Ins. Appeal Bd.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Winston,
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jalisa White, pro se appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew B. Frawley, Delaware Department of Justice for appellee.

    Case Number: N23A-08-004 PAW

    Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board did not abuse discretion in declining to hear untimely appeal of benefits determination where claimant was not precluded from filing a timely appeal.

  • Origis USA LLC v. Great Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Energy | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. Rostocki, Anne M. Steadman, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Carolyn H. Rosenberg, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL; Stephen T. Raptis, Reed Smith LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Margulies, Charles W. Strotter, Carlton Fields, P.A., New York, NY; Jennifer C. Jauffret, Puja A. Upadhyay, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Courtney E. Scott, Tressler LLP, New York, NY; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP; Kevin M. Mattessich, Kevin Windels, Kaufman Dolowich Voluck, New York, NY; Bruce E. Jameson, John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE, James T. Sandnes, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, New York, NY; Krista M. Reale, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington DE; Michael F. Perlis, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, Woodland Hills, CA; Patrick Stoltz, Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, Valhalla, NY; Shaun Michael Kelly, Jarrett W. Horowitz, Sara A. Barry, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; James K. Thurston, Wilson Elser, Chicago, IL; Daniel E. Tranen, Wilson Elser, St. Louis, MO; Erik J. Tomberg, Wilson Elsner, Raleigh, NC; Thaddeus J. Weaver, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Smith, Bryan W. Petrilla, Stewart Smith, West Conshohocken, PA; Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-07-102

    No action clause in D&O insurance policy was enforceable and precluded insured from filing legal action against the insurer until the insured's financial obligations were fixed in an underlying litigation.

  • United States v. Gibbs

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristen Clarke, David Weiss, Briana Knox, Julie Pfluger, Caylee Campbell, U.S. Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, Madison, WI, and Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Clifton Gibbs, Philadelphia, PA, pro se defendant; Margaret M. Grasso, Law Office of Margaret M. Grasso, Philadelphia, PA, standby attorney for defendant.

    Case Number: 23-00035 (MN)

    Defendant failed to overcome the presumption of pretrial detention given the violent nature of his alleged offenses, his extensive criminal history, and his prior violations of the court's orders.

  • Stayathome v. Delaware Dep't of Corr

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Webster Lloyd Stayathome, Plummer Community Corrections Center, Wilmington, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-1058 (MN)

    Plaintiff's civil rights claims against corrections officers dismissed for failure to allege sufficient facts to establish Eighth Amendment violations.

  • Letke v. Sprenkle

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S23C-02-019 CAK

    Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control police officer was entitled to absolute and qualified immunity for false arrest claims where he and his agency were not insured by the state for such claims and where there was no allegation that officer acted in bad faith.

  • Nasir v. Liberto

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Malik Nasir, Dover, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-1111-CFC

    Plaintiff could not bring Fourth Amendment claim against private business owner or recover damages arising from discovery of incriminating evidence and subsequent criminal prosecution.