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Publication Date: 2023-07-03
Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Cook
Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Barr Flinn, James M. Yoch, Jr., M. Paige Valeski, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Brock E. Czeschin, Angela Lam, John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Patricia L. Enerio, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; John M. Lundin, Niall D. Ó Murchadha, Cynthia L. Botello, Lundin PLLC, New York, NY; John A. Sensing, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 12077-NAC
Adverse judgment in related action between the parties did not compel dismissal of plaintiff's aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment claims where those claims went beyond the scope of the intercreditor agreement that another state's court concluded precluded plaintiff from recovering for default on its note.
Publication Date: 2023-07-03
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: Manufacturing
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Green-Streett
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Billy Hunsucker, pro se appellant.
for defendant: John W. Morgan, Heckler & Frabizzio, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: K22A-11-001 RLG
IAB did not abuse discretion in ordering reduction of claimant's opioid dosage where it credited the testimony of employer's medical expert that claimant's dosage was unsafe due to his treating physician's lack of documentation, and where his treating physician also conceded the dangers of high dosage.
Publication Date: 2023-07-03
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Clark
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Reed, Daniel P. Klusman, Peter H. Kyle, DLA Piper, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Hynes, Emma Kramer Jones, DLA Piper, New York, NY; Benjamin D. Schuman, Ellen E. Dew, DLA Piper, LLP, Baltimore, MD for plaintiff.
for defendant: Steven T. Margolin, Lisa Z. Brown, Samuel L. Moultrie, Bryan T. Reed, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Wilmington, DE; Hal S. Shaftel, Daniel Friedman, Greenberg Traurig LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: N15C-08-109 JJC CCLD
Court declined to award prevailing plaintiff reimbursement of special discovery master and mediation fees where such fees fell within the category of pre-trial costs that each party was expected to bear on its own, as there was no evidence that defendant acted in bad faith or engaged in litigation misconduct.
Publication Date: 2023-07-03
Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Energy
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Stark
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody Barillare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan M. Albano, Christopher L. Carter, P. Sabin Willett, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA; Edward H. Davis, Jr., Fernando J. Menendez, Cristina Vicens Beard, Sequor Law, P.A., Miami, FL; Laura Davis Jones, Peter James Keane, Pachulski, Stang, Ziehl & Jones, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alexander A. Yanos, Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky, Rajat Rana, Robert H. Poole, II, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY; Marie McManus Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Joshua S. Bolian, Keane A. Barger, Riley Warnock & Jacobson, PLC, Nashville, TN; R. Craig Martin, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; James E. Berger, Charlene C. Sun, Joshua S. Wan, Katherine A. Ibarra, Tamara Hilmi, Charlotte M. Westbrook, DLA Piper LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Stephen C. Childs, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sergio J. Galvis , Joseph E. Neuhaus, James L. Bromley, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; Angela N. Ellis, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC; Samuel Taylor Hirzel, II, Jamie Lynne Brown, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph D. Pizzurro, Kevin A. Meehan, Juan 0. Perla, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 19-290-LPS
Foreign petroleum company was the alter ego of competing factions of the foreign government where each faction controlled the company's operations in various countries around the world and directly benefitted from the profits of those operations and where each faction expressly described the company and its subsidiaries as assets of the state.
Publication Date: 2023-07-03
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Insurance | Non-Profit
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Richard J. Doren, Blaine H. Evanson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Dierdre M. Richards, Fineman Krekstein & Harris P.C., Wilmington, DE; Susan Gummow, Foran Glennon Palandech Ponzi & Rudloff P.C.; Michael A. Rosenthal, Mitchell A. Karlan, James Hallowell, Keith R. Martorana, Seth M. Rokofsky, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Kathleen M. Miller, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Matthew A. Hamermesh, Handley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA; Paul Logan, Post & Schell, P.C., Wilmington, DE; John C. Sullivan, Kathleen K. Kerns, Post & Schell, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; George R. Calhoun, Ifrah PLLC, Washington, DC; Michael J. Joyce, Joyce LLC, Wilmington, DE; Kevin Coughlin, Lorraine Armenti, Michael Hrinewski, Coughlin Midlige & Garland, LLP, Morristown, NJ; Britton C. Lewis, John M. Flynn, Carruthers & Roth, P.A., Greensboro, NC; Maria Aprile Sawczuk, Goldstein & McClintock LLP, Wilmington, DE; Laura McNally, Emily Stone, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Chicago, IL; David Christian, David Christian Attorneys LLC, Chicago, IL; Brian A. Sullivan, Werb & Sullivan, Wilmington, DE: John E.W. Baay II, Gieger Loborde & Laperouose, LLC, New Orleans, LA; William H. White, Jr. Kiernan Trebach LLP, Washington, DC; Mary E. Borja, Gary P. Seligman, Ashley L. Criss, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC; Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bove, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Bruce D. Celebrezze, Clyde & Co US LLP, San Francisco, CA; Konrad R. Krebs, Clyde & Co US LLP, Morristown, NJ; Lloyd A. Gura, Pamela J. Minetto, Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP, New York, NY; R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Douglas R. Gooding, Jonathan D. Marshall, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston, MA; Kim V. Marrkand, Laura Bange Stephens, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC, Boston, MA; Thaddeus J. Weaver, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Wilmington, DE; William E. McGrath, Jr., Dilworth Paxon LLP, Princeton, NJ; Stephen M. Miller, Carl N. Kunz, III, Sarah M. Ennis, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Margaret M. Anderson, Ryan T. Schultz, Adam A. Hachikian, Kenneth M. Thomas, Fox Swibel Levin & Carroll LLP, Chicago, IL; Marla S. Benedick, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; Louis J. Rizzo, Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE; David M. Fournier, Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith, Troutman Sanders Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; Harris B. Winsberg, Matthew G. Roberts, Parker Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP, Atlanta, GA; Margaret H. Warner, Ryan S. Smethurst, Alex M. Spisak, McDermott Will & Emery, Washington, DC; Gilion Dumas, Dumas & Vaughn, Portland, OR; Charles J. Brown, III, Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown LLC, Wilmington, DE; Delia Lujan Wolff, Lujan & Wolff LLP, Hagatna, GU; Christopher D. Loizides, Loizides, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellants.
for defendant: Jessica Lauria, Glenn M. Kurtz, White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Michael C. Andolina, Matthew E. Linder, Laura E. Baccash, Blair M. Warner, White & Case LLP, Chicago, IL; Ronald K. Gorsich, White & Case LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael Stoner, Hayes & Boone, Dallas, TX; Derek C. Abbott, Andrew R. Remming, Paige N. Topper, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; R. Craig Martin, DLA Piper, LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Richard G. Mason, Douglas K. Mayer, Joseph C. Celentina, Mitchell S. Levy, Watchell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Kami E. Quinn, Rachel H. Jennings, Kyle Y. Dechant, December L. Huddleston, Gilbert LLP, Washington, DC; Robert S. Brady, Edwin J. Harron, Kenneth J. Enos, Ashley E. Jacobs, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Philip D. Anker, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP, New York, NY; James P. Ruggeri, Joshua D. Weinberg, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, DC; Joel Millar, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP, Washington, DC; Erin R. Fay, Gregory J. Flasser, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE: Robert D. Cecil, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE; Mark D. Plevin, Kevin D. Cacabelos, Crowell & Morning LLP, San Francisco, CA; Tacie H. Yoon, Rachel A. Jankowksi, Crowell & Morning LLP, Washington, DC; Matthew G. Summers, Chantelle D. McClamb, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE: Harry Lee, John O’Connor, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington, DC; Stephen Warren; Stamatios Stamoulis, Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tancred Schiavoni, O’Melveny & Meyers LLP, New York, NY; Stephen Warren, O’Melveny & Meyers LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jonathan D. Hacker, O’Melveny & Meyers LLP, Washington, DC for appellees.
Case Number: 20-10343-LSS
Plan of reorganization establishing sexual abuse settlement trust affirmed where non-consensual releases of claims against non-debtors, who were affiliates of debtors, fell within "related to" jurisdiction since the non-debtors' viability as going concerns was necessary to the success of debtors' reorganization.
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Publication Date: 2023-07-03
Practice Area: Consumer Protection
Industry: Federal Government | Health Care
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Bradford deLeeuw, deLeeuw Law LLC, Wilmington, DE; Nicholas A. Migliaccio, Jason Rathod, Tyler J. Bean, Migliaccio & Rathod, LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
for defendant: Aimee M. Czachorowski, Cheneise Wright, Francis G.X. Pileggi, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Danielle E. Stierna, Jon P. Kardassakis, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant.
Case Number: 22-317-RGA
Data breach victim had Article III standing by alleging incidents of misuse of her personal identifiable information and alleging that her PII accessed in the data breach was available to cybercriminals.
Publication Date: 2023-07-03
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick J. Collins, Collins & Price, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Brian Arban, Delaware Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 218, 2022
Errors in microscopic hair comparison forensic testimony did not compel postconviction relief where the errors did not exculpate defendant and the state presented other substantial evidence of defendant's guilt.
Publication Date: 2023-07-03
Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
Industry:
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Butler
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Malatesta, Jr., Shelsby & Leoni, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Steven F. Mones, Casarino Christman Shalk Ransom & Doss, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: N22C-04-205 CEB
Res judicata barred motor vehicle accident claim when plaintiff chose to prosecute her property damage claim in the Justice of the Peace court, although her adult son's claims could proceed where he was not a named plaintiff in the JP court case and there was no evidence that he had consented to his mother's representation or was incapable of presenting his claims on his own or with counsel.
Publication Date: 2023-06-27
Practice Area: Patent Litigation
Industry: Agriculture | Food and Beverage | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glenn A. Brown, Real World Law, P.C., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Chad S.C. Stover, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 20-1170-RGA
Court denied reargument after granting partial summary judgment on defendant's counterclaim, where plaintiffs had waived some of their arguments by failing to raise them during summary judgment proceedings and defendant's supplemental discovery responses could serve as a basis for reargument where parties had an obligation to correct erroneous or incomplete discovery responses.
Publication Date: 2023-06-27
Practice Area: Patent Litigation
Industry: E-Commerce | Manufacturing | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Williams
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Jennifer Ying, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott D. Sherwin, Jason C. White, James J. Kritsas, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Chicago, IL; Natalie A. Bennett, Calvin M. Brien, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan, Nicole K. Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam Gershenson, Julianna Landsvik, Cooley LLP, Boston, MA; Heidi Keefe, Lowell Mead, Mark Weinstein, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Angeline X. Chen, Cooley LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 21-1769-GBW
Disputed patent term was not a coined term where the term included part of another term stipulated as having a plain and ordinary meaning and there was nothing in the claim language to indicate that the remaining words of the term had anything other than their dictionary definition.
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