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Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Barr Flinn, M. Paige Valeski, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Michael A. Pittenger, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Eric A. Veres, Michael T. Manuel, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-1045-PAF
Court struck pleadings based on confidential corporate information where information was supplied by director nominated by stockholder although the stockholder did not have a contractual right to designate the director and the director did not serve as the stockholder's fiduciary on the board.
Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Judge: Judge Dorsey
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 20-12522 (JTD)
Court rejected invocation of securities safe harbor provision to dismiss fraudulent transfer claims where defendant did not qualify as a financial participant in the transaction as defined by the provision.
Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Electronics | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark D. Collins, Marcos A. Ramos, Cory Kandestin, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Mitchell A. Karlan, Paul J. Kremer, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP for appellants.
for defendant: Curtis Miller, Daniel B. Butz, Jonathan M. Weyland, Morris Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; James A. Bombulie, Dustin B. Hillsley, Akerman, LLP, Miami, FL; Brian P. Miller, King & Spalding LLP, Miami, FL for appellees.
Case Number: 22-179-RGA
Statute of limitations barred adversary complaints filed on behalf of debtors by their creditor where creditor's prior lawsuit against debtors based on the same factual predicate put debtors on notice of the claims raised in the adversary proceeding.
Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Edward G. Timlin, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
for defendant: William B. Chandler III, Brad D. Sorrels, Amy L. Simmerman, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Nora M. Crawford, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Mark R. Yohalem, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Los Angeles, CA; William M. Lafferty, Susan W. Waesco, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
Case Number: 2022-1007
Ability to sue corporate officers for fiduciary violations was not a "power, preference, or special right" of a class of stock and thus a proposed amendment to add an officer exculpation clause did not require a separate class vote under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: Construction | Energy | Recruitment and Staffing
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Noreika
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel F. McAllister, McAllister Firm, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Thaddeus J. Weaver, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Wilmington, DE; Cecily L. Kaffer, The Kullman Firm, Mobile, AL; Setara C. Ozan, The Kullman Firm, Birmingham, AL for defendants.
Case Number: 22-1224 (MN)
Age discrimination/failure-to-hire claim failed under a theory of cat's paw liability where employer relied on more information than the feedback of a potentially biased supervisor to determine that plaintiff lacked the necessary skills and recent work experience.
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Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
Industry:
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice LeGrow
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elliot M. Margules, Office of the Public Defender, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Andrew J. Vella, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 435, 2022
Cell phone data warrant was an unlawful general warrant where it lacked any temporal limitation and permitted searches of applications unconnected to the facts supporting probable cause.
Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Robinson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross C. Karsnitz, Matthew R. Fogg, Keith Donovan, Morris James, LLP, Georgetown, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Susan List Hauke, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE; Paul S. Sunshine, Reger Rizzo & Darnall, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: S23C-04-007
Property owner owed no duty or liability to motor vehicle accident victim struck by an intoxicated motorist off-premises after owner found the motorist sleeping in his parked vehicle on the property in an apparent state of intoxication and woke him.
Publication Date: 2024-01-22
Practice Area: Real Estate
Industry: Federal Government | Real Estate
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor Mitchell
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula H. Smith, Newark, DE, petitioner pro se.
for defendant: Melanie J. Thompson, CoraAnn M. Foley, Orlans PC, Wilmington, DE for respondent.
Case Number: 2023-0653-LM
Adverse possession claim failed where petitioner had not occupied the property for at least 20 years.
Publication Date: 2024-01-22
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher B. Chuff, Joanna J. Cline, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; A. Christopher Young, Erica H. Dressler, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew D. Perri, Morgan R. Harrison, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph M. McLaughlin, Anthony C. Piccirillo, Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: 2018-0907-JTL
Company erred in submitting legal issues to its appraiser that fell outside the scope of the appraiser's limited authority to resolve legal issues concerning the company's operating agreement, as the appraiser was an expert rather than an arbitrator with plenary authority.
Publication Date: 2024-01-22
Practice Area: Patent Litigation
Industry: Biotechnology | Pharmaceuticals
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan E. Morrison, Casey M. Kraning, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE; Brian D. Coggio, Jeremy T. Saks, Fish & Richardson P.C., New York, NY; Kurt L. Glitzenstein, J. Peter Fasse, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, MA, John R. Lane, Fish & Richardson P.C., Houston, TX; Amy M. Dudash, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Julie S. Goldemberg, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Janice H. Logan, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Derek J. Fahnestock, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; William B. Raich, Michael J. Flibbert, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC; Andrew M. Berdon, Robert B. Wilson, James E. Baker, Anastasia M. Fernands, Laura Fairneny, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, NY; Molly Moore, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Washington, DC; Charles E. Lipsey, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Reston, VA; Steven G. Madison, James Bieber, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
Case Number: 20-1226-RGA
Merely combining natural gene sequences was insufficient to create a patentable invention.
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