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Publication Date: 2023-01-17
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake A. Bennett, Cooch & Taylor P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph Delich, Alex Potter, Kevin Goode, Freedman Nordmand Friedland LLP, New York, NY; Kyle Roche, Kyle Roche, P.A., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: C. Barr Flinn, Paul J. Loughman, Alberto E. Chávez, Skyler A. Speed, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David A. Paul, Cantor Fitzgerald, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: 9436-VCZ
The court granted in part and denied in part parties' cross-motions for summary judgment regarding the appropriateness of penalties arising out of a partnership's restrictive covenants.
Publication Date: 2023-01-17
Practice Area: Business Torts
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Wallace
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel C. Mulveny, Oliver Cleary, Deputy Attorneys General, State of Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE; Bruce E. Jameson, Samuel L. Closic, Mary S. Thomas, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David Brackett, Benjamin E. Fox, John E. Floyd, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Atlanta, GA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Catherine A. Gaul, Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Joshua A. Goldberg, Jane Metcalf, Clinton W. Morrison, Christina Sedca-Acosta, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP; Jody C. Barillare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric W. Sitarchuk, Ezra D. Church, Ryan P. McCarthy, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendants.
Case Number: N18C-29-240 PRW CCLD
Qui tam relator's counsel's failure to set up ethical screens or disclose his knowledge of defendant's attorney-client materials requires disqualification and shifting of costs onto counsel.
Publication Date: 2023-01-17
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Automotive | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barry, Grant & Eisenhoffer, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael Klausner, Stanford, CA, for plaintiff.
for defendant: John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Melanie E. Walker, Gaspard Rappoport, DLA Piper LLP (US), Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
Case Number: 2021-0679-LWW
Public stockholder in pre-merger special purpose acquisition company sufficiently stated breach of fiduciary claims under entire fairness review by alleging that sponsor and the SPAC board were conflicted as they stood to see a return on their investment even though the post-merger company would not succeed, and regardless of whether the public stockholders would be better served by liquidation.
Publication Date: 2023-01-17
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry:
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Clark
Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Fletcher, Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE for plaintiff;
for defendant: Miranda D. Clifton, Heckler & Frabizzio, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: K19C-09-035 JJC
The court granted plaintiff's motion for a new trial in a personal injury matter on the grounds that the jury had found that plaintiff had at least suffered some harm but nevertheless awarded a zero-dollar verdict.
Publication Date: 2023-01-17
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Seitz
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick J. Collins, Collins & Price, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: John R. Williams, Delaware Dep’t of Justice, Dover, DE for appellee.
Case Number: 83, 2022
The court affirmed the Superior Court's judgment of conviction on the basis that the trial court properly denied defendant's request to issue a jury instruction informing the jury that the police officer's failure to properly annotate the location of evidence in a backpack constituted "missing evidence" under the Lolly/Deberry line of cases.
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Publication Date: 2023-01-17
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Butler
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey M. Weiner, Law Offices of Jeffrey M. Weiner, Esq. P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Michael C. Heyden, Jr., Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: N21C-07-011 CEB
Technician negligence that led to fuel oil spill in home did not rise to the level of wanton disregard or malice to support an award of punitive damages.
Publication Date: 2023-01-10
Practice Area: Patent Litigation
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Williams
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 21-1427-GBW
Court declined to grant patent infringement defendant judgment on the pleadings based on prosecution history estoppel where the evidentiary record was not developed enough to determine whether plaintiff's amendments to its patents were related to patentability.
Publication Date: 2023-01-10
Practice Area: Patent Litigation
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Connolly
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Jacobs, Derek J. Fahnestock, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nicholas Groombridge, Eric Alan Stone, Josephine Young, Daniel J. Klein, Jennifer Rea Deneault, Michael F. Milea, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Karen E. Keller, Nathan R. Hoeschen, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE; J.C. Rozendaal, Deirdre M. Wells, William H. Milliken, Sasha Rao, Michael Bruns, Byron L. Pickard, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC, Washington, DC; Thomas J. Francella, Jr., Kaan Ekiner, Gregory F. Fischer, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; Barry P. Golob, W. Blake Coblentz, Aaron S. Lukas, Kerry B. McTigue, Cozen O’Connor, Washington, DC; Keri L. Schaubert, Cozen O’Connor, New York, NY; Derek Gretkowski, Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia, PA for defendants.
Case Number: 18-651-CFC
Defendants' ANDA did not result in liability for infringement of patent claims that the court found invalid as obvious based on the combined teachings of the prior art.
Publication Date: 2023-01-10
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fiorvanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Curry, Tayler D. Bolton, Saxena White P.A., Wilmington, DE; David Wales, Saxena White P.A, White Plains, NY; Gregory V. Varallo, Berstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE: Mark Lebovitch, Berstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Cliff C. Gardner, Andrew D. Kinsey, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: 2021-1030-PAF
The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss finding that plaintiffs failed to plead sufficient facts to demonstrate that the business judgment rule should not apply to a complaint challenging a merger transaction between defendant majority stockholder and another company.
Publication Date: 2023-01-10
Practice Area: Bankruptcy
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services | Real Estate
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Ambro
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 21-3013
The court affirmed the District Court's ruling affirming the Bankruptcy Court's decision to disqualify counsel and order fees disgorged.
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