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Publication Date: 2024-05-13
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Consumer Products | Health Care
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Adams
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher P. Simon, Kevin S. Mann, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE for petitioner.
for defendant: Ronald N. Brown, III, Daniel P. Klusman, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas R. DeCesar, K&L Gates LLP, Harrisburg, PA for respondents.
Case Number: N23C-09-178 MAA CCLD
Plaintiff became solely responsible for escrow agent's legal fees and costs when she refused agent's request to interplead escrow funds and terminate its involvement in the dispute, where the parties' escrow agreement expressly contemplated the agent's non-involvement in disputes over escrow funds.
Publication Date: 2024-05-13
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jesse L. Noa, P. Andrew Smith, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott W. Atherton, Terence M. Mullen, Atherton Galardi Mullen & Reeder PLLC, West Palm Beach, FL for plaintiff.
for defendant: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Julia Chapman, Stefanie A. Tubbs, Forrest E. Lovett, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.
Case Number: N22C-06-078-EMD CCLD
Court denied claim for contract reformation based on mistake where claimant merely sought to revise an unfavorable deal, although reformation was only meant to fix written contracts that failed to comport with the parties' mutual understanding of their agreement.
Publication Date: 2024-05-13
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Rennie
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Thomas A. Clare, Jered T. Ede, Clare Locke LLP, Alexandria, VA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Sara M. Metzler, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John C. Hueston, Alison L. Plessman, Samantha Fidler, Adam Minchew, Nicholas Kellum, Hueston Hennigan LLP, Los Angeles, CA, & New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: N23C-10-005 SKR
Court dismissed defamation action arising out of employment relationship pursuant to forum selection clause in the employment agreement.
Publication Date: 2024-05-13
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Renck, Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; John Soroko, Wayne A. Mack, Michael J. Rinaldi, Jessica Priselac, Duane Morris, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: J. Matthew Belger, Kevin R. Shannon, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jay P. Lefkowitz, P.C., Devora Allon, P.C., John P. Del Monaco, Alexandra I. Russell, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2018-0075-SG
Court granted judgment for defendants on plaintiffs' breach of merger agreement claim where record indicated defendants undertook commercially reasonable efforts to develop pharmaceutical treatment and reasonably abandoned development when testing indicated that commercialization would not result in a reasonable profit.
Publication Date: 2024-05-13
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: E-Commerce | Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Weinberger, Brendan W. Sullivan, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; John Vielandi, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY; Lee D. Rudy, Eric L. Zagar, J. Daniel Albert, Geoffrey C. Jarvis, Grant D. Goodhart, III, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA for appellants.
for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Craig K. Ferrere, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; William M. Lafferty, Ryan D. Stottmann, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Blair Connelly, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Kristin N. Murphy, Ryan A. Walsh, Latham & Watkins LLP, Costa Mesa, CA for appellees.
Case Number: 2022-0698
Court reversed dismissal of action challenging corporate acquisition where proxy statement failed to disclose advisors' conflicts of interest and erroneously described the advisors' roles in the transaction.
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Publication Date: 2024-05-13
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Chagares
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 23-2549
Settlement agreement arising from bankruptcy mediation did not evidence the parties' intent to waive confidentiality protections under local bankruptcy rules.
Publication Date: 2024-05-13
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Bryson
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 22-625-WCB
Court imposed financial sanctions on plaintiff's former counsel due to counsel's failure to provide discovery despite repeated assurances of production.
Publication Date: 2024-05-13
Practice Area: Environmental Law
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Construction | State and Local Government
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Rennie
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth T. Kristl, Widener University Delaware Law School, Wilmington, DE for appellants.
for defendant: Devera B. Scott, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Department of Justice, New Castle, DE for appellee.
Case Number: N22A-11-006 SKR
Environmental Appeals Board erred in dismissing nearby homeowners' challenge to port construction project for lack of standing where homeowners sufficiently alleged negative impacts from air and water contamination sufficient to establish standing.
Publication Date: 2024-05-06
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, Christopher M. Foulds, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christopher H. Lyons, Tayler D. Bolton, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron, Benny C. Goodman III, Andrew W. Hutton, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Gladriel Shobe, Jarrod Shobe, Shobe & Shobe, LLP, Provo, UT for plaintiff.
for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew D. Perri, Nicole M. Henry, Morgan R. Harrison, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Van Kirk, John Williams, Tyler Infinger, Bryan Czako, William Donnelly, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0664-MTZ
Plaintiff adequately pled breach of contractual duty of good faith when general partner concealed information indicating that equityholders lacked legal leverage to force a settlement payment for the loss of tax receivable agreement rights in exchange for their approval of the corporate conversion.
Publication Date: 2024-05-06
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Barr Flinn, Elisabeth S. Bradley, Kevin P. Rickert, Zeliang Liu, Hana Brajuskovic, Elena C. Norman, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Michael A. Barlow, Hayden Driscoll, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2022-0672-SG
Plaintiff was not entitled to books and records where record supported finding that parties had failed to reach agreement on essential terms to induct plaintiff as a partner and continued to regard him as an employee.
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