• ITG Brands, LLC v. Reynolds Am., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Consumer Products | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Matthew F. Davis, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Elizabeth B. McCallum, Gilbert S. Keteltas, Carey S. Busen, Evan M. Mannering, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jim W. Phillips, Jr., Kimberly M. Marston, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, Greensboro, NC; Charles E. Coble, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, Raleigh, NC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gregory P. Williams, Rudolf Koch, Robert L. Burns, Matthew D. Perri, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Noel J. Francisco, C. Kevin Marshall, William D. Coglianese; Jones Day, Washington, D.C.; Stephanie E. Parker, Katrina L.S. Caseldine, Jones Day, Atlanta, GA; David B. Alden, Kevin P. Riddles; Jones Day, Cleveland, OH; Elli Leibenstein, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago, IL; Stephen L. Saxl, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY; Andrea Shwayri Ferraro, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL for defendants.

    Case Number: 2017-0129-LWW

    Although seller was entitled to recover compensation for settlement payments it made based on post-closing sales of various acquired brands, trial was necessary to determine acquirers' entitlement to offsets and the availability of specific performance for future settlement payments.

  • Gemedy Inc. v. The Carlyle Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Comrie Barr Flinn, Alberto E. Chavez, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark L. D. Wawro, Max L. Tribble, Susman Godfrey, LLP, Houston, TX; Tamar Lusztig, Susman Godfrey, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Alexandra M. Cumings, Ryan D. Stottmann, William M. Lafferty, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael B. Carlinsky, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Kevin P.B. Johnson, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; Patrick D. Curran, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.

    Case Number: 23-157-CFC

    Defendants could remove case under federal officer removal statute by alleging that it had acquired the right to use plaintiff's intellectual property via federal government contracts after the government allegedly obtained "unlimited right" to the intellectual property.

  • Barbey v. Cerego, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: E-Commerce | Non-Profit
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neil R. Lapinski, Phillip A. Giordano, Madeline R. Silverman, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kenneth H. Young, intervenor, pro se.

    Case Number: 2022-0107-PAF

    Finding that plaintiffs had not demonstrated that board action was required to authorize defendant's wholly owned subsidiary's tender offer that resulted in its becoming defendant's majority stockholder, the court concluded that plaintiffs had not satisfied their burden to invalidate individual plaintiff's removal as a director of defendant's board.

  • Adviser Investments, LLC v. Powell

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Adam D. Gold, A. Gage Whirley, Ross Aronstam & Moritz, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark W. Premo-Hopkins, Katie Lencioni, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Henry E. Gallagher, Jr., Lauren DeLuca, Jarrett W. Horowitz, Connolly Gallagher, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Lazar P. Raynal, Melanie Burke, Tatum Ellis, King & Spalding, LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: 2022-1149-MAA

    Determining that the purchase agreement did not bar claims based on extra-contractual statements, the court declined to dismiss plaintiff's fraud claims concerning the purchase of defendant's company. The court also found that the detailed factual allegations contained in the complaint stated a claim for fraud and that fraud claims were not barred by the anti-bootstrapping rule.

  • In re Straight Path Commc'ns Inc. Consol. Stockholder Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Weinberger, Mark Richardson, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Edward G. Timlin, Eric J. Riedel, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Kevin M. Gallagher, Daniel E. Kaprow, John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Thomas Uebler, McCollom D’Emilio Smith Uebler LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jason Cyrulnik, Paul Fattaruso, Matthew Henken, Cyrulnik Fattaruso LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 2017-0486-SG

    Although controlling stockholder breached fiduciary duties by using his position to cause company to release an indemnification claim, the minority stockholders were only entitled to nominal damages due to significant obstacles to enforcing the claim which resulted in the release consideration being worth more than the company likely would have recovered attempting to enforce the claim.

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  • Emerson Radio Corp. v. Emerson Quiet Kool Co. LTD

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Trademarks
    Industry: Electronics | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stacey A. Scrivani, Stevens & Lee, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Mark H. Anania, Stevens & Lee, P.C., Lawrenceville, NJ; Bobby Ghajar, Cooley LLP, Santa Monica, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Timothy Devlin, Clifford Chad Henson, Devlin Law Firm LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 20-1652-GBW

    Finding that defendants had intentionally misled buyers and had made false representations about defendants' association with plaintiff, and that defendants had engaged in a pattern of delay and lack of representation, the court concluded that the case was exceptional both on the merits and because of the unreasonable manner in which defendants had litigated the case.

  • United States v. Esham

    Publication Date: 2023-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Scirica
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-3203

    Evidence was sufficient to convict doctor for distribution and conspiracy where the jury was free to credit the government's expert's opinion that the doctor's prescriptions fell outside the bounds of legitimate medical purposes and recorded conversations could permit an inference that the doctor was aware of his role in the distribution scheme.

  • Validity, Inc. v. Project Bordeaux, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Fallon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-365-SRF

    Court dismissed patent infringement claim after finding patent was directed to ineligible subject matter where patent merely involved abstract processes capable of being performed by a human or with the assistance of generic technological components.

  • Thomson Reuters Enter. Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: E-Commerce | Legal Services | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Michael J. Flynn, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dale M. Cendali, Eric A. Loverro, Joshua L. Simmons, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David E. Moore, Bindu A. Palapura, Andrew L. Brown Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gabriel M. Ramsey, Warrington Parker, Joachim B. Steinberg, Jacob Canter, Christopher J. Banks, Shira Liu, Margaux Poueymirou, Anna Z. Saber, Crowell & Moring LLP, San Francisco, CA; Mark A. Klapow, Crinesha B. Berry, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, D.C. for defendant.

    Case Number: 20-cv-613-SB

    Court excluded economic expert's testimony as unsupported by data and methodology where expert claimed there was little likelihood of a market for plaintiffs' product, since there were insufficient facts about the attributes of the product or whether there were current substitutes for the product already on market.

  • The Loan Servs. Inc. v. NEWITY LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph B. Cicero, Gregory E. Stuhlman, Thomas A. Youngman, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Casey B. Howard, Jeffery S. Kramer, Locke Lord LLP., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Patricia L. Enerio, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael R. Tein, Gaye L. Huxoll, Tein Malone PLLC, Coconut Grove, FL for defendants.

    Case Number: 22-cv-01255-GBW

    Dismissal of breach of contract claim denied where plaintiffs alleged sufficient facts to support inference that defendant was the mere continuance or assignee of plaintiffs' contractual counterparty.