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Publication Date: 2023-01-24
Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
Industry: Energy
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Chancellor LeGrow
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey Grivner, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Wilmington, DE; Gretchen Jankowski, Jordan Webster, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, Pittsburg, PA for plaintiff.
for defendant: John Sensing, Carson Bartlett, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE; M. Shane Harvey, Jackson Kelly PLLC, Charleston, WV for defendant.
Case Number: 2022-0039-AML
Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to resolve procedural arbitrability claims where those claims did not implicate the fundamental fairness of the arbitration as the parties' contract expressly gave one side the ability to appoint both arbitrators after the other party had expressly refused to appoint its own arbitrator.
Publication Date: 2023-01-24
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Stottmann, Thomas P. Will, Morris Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael B. Carlinsky, Rollo C. Baker, Jonathan Feder, Alison Lo, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: David E. Ross, Holly E. Newell, A. Gage Whirley, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jacob W. Budchdahl, Elisha B. Barron, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: 2022-0673-JTL
The court granted plaintiffs' request for summary judgment and a permanent injunction barring defendant from litigating claims he pursued through arbitration.
Publication Date: 2023-01-24
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry:
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, E. Wade Houston, G. Mason Thompson, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Ashley R. Altschuler, Ethan H. Townsend, Harrison S. Carptenter, Kevin M. Regan, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel M. Silver, Benjamin A. Smyth, Travis J. Ferguson, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Henry E. Gallagher Jr., Shaun Michael Kelly, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2018-0340-SG
The court denied defendants' motion to dismiss claims arising out of challenged merger and acquisition.
Publication Date: 2023-01-24
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Christopher M. Foulds, David Hahn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; S. Michael Sirkin, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington DE; Gregory Lomax, Lauletta Birnbaum, Sewell, NJ; Jill Guldin, Fisher Broyles, LLP, Princeton, NJ for plaintiffs.
for defendant: David A. Jenkins, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP; Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kurt M. Heyman, Patricia L. Enerio, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Neal J. Levitsky, E. Chaney Hall, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Emily A. Kaller, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Woodbridge, NJ; William M. Kelleher, Phillip A. Giordano, Madeline Silverman, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2019-0736-JTL
Although alleged tortious interference was not sufficiently factually related to fiduciary duty claims to support ancillary personal jurisdiction, the court could exercise personal jurisdiction under the long-arm statute where the alleged tortious interference with trust involved appointing a Delaware trustee and changing the situs of the trust to Delaware.
Publication Date: 2023-01-24
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry: Consulting | Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brett D. Fallon, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Warren E. Gluck, Richard A. Bixter, Jr., Holland & Knight LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: R. Craig Martin, Amy Evans, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Ellen E. Dew, DLA Piper LLP (US), Baltimore, MD; Aidan M. McCormack, R. Brian Seibert, Steven M. Rosato, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2019-0431-JTL
Litigation against distressed insurer stayed in favor of ongoing rehabilitation proceedings in another state, but basis for stay did not apply to insurer's separate, wholly-owned management consultant company.
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Publication Date: 2023-01-24
Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Contracts
Industry: Financial Services and Banking
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Judge: Judge Goldblatt
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 20-12168 (CTG)
The court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment to dismiss plaintiff's breach of contract claims.
Publication Date: 2023-01-24
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Judge: Judge Shannon
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 20-10766 (BLS)
Court dismissed adversary complaint seeking to revoke plan of reorganization where plaintiff was an unimpaired general unsecured creditor who was not entitled to vote on the plan.
Publication Date: 2023-01-24
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Wharton
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter J. O’Brien, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleon Fires & Newby LLP, New Castle, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Tabatha L. Castro, The Castro Firm, Inc., Newark, DE for appellee.
Case Number: N22A-03-006 FWW
Industrial Accident Board had sufficient evidence to find causal connection between work injury and new physical symptoms where medical expert credibly testified that new symptoms were a consequence of the surgery to treat the work injury.
Publication Date: 2023-01-17
Practice Area: Wrongful Death
Industry: Consumer Products | Manufacturing
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Carpenter
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Leoni, Shelsby & Leoni, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Alan M. Feldman, Daniel J. Mann, Edward S. Goldis, Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner, Weinstock & Dodig, LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Liza Zwally Brown, Corrine R. Moini, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: N21C-02-097 WCC
Although Missouri law did not allow application of the discovery rule to toll or extend the statute of limitations on wrongful death claims, defendants could be equitably estopped from asserting a statute of limitations defense if they engaged in intentional concealment of evidence of the dangerous nature of their product.
Publication Date: 2023-01-17
Practice Area: Real Estate
Industry:
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Hutt, Michelle G. Bounds, Morris James LLP, Georgetown, DE for petitioner.
for defendant: Dean Campbell, Law Office of Dean A. Campbell, PA, Milton, DE for respondents.
Case Number: 2021-0614-SG
Homeowners' association could obtain adverse possession over boat ramps by maintaining the amenity and restricting access to the association's members
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