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  • Paragon Tech., Inc. v. Ocean Power Tech., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-01
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Defense | Electronics | Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Evan O. Williford, The Williford Firm LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Tyler J. Leavengood, Christopher N. Kelly, Callen R. Jackson, Christopher D. Renaud, Ryan M. Ellingson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2024-0386-LWW

    Early stage of litigation and lack of improper motive weighed in favor of granting petitioner's motion to dismiss the action without prejudice.

  • Dunne v. Elton Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-01
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Montgomery-Reeves
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margherita A. Capolino, Caroline English, Pascal F. Naples, ArentFox Schiff, Washington, DC; Elizabeth Hopkins, Susan L. Meter, Kantor & Kantor, Northridge, CA; Teresa Renaker, Kristen G. Scott, Renaker Scott, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Curtis J. Crowther, Robinson & Cole, Wilmington, DE; Linda L. Morkan, Robinson & Cole, Hartford, CT; Timothy J. Snyder, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, DE; Melissa D. Hill, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, New York, NY; Brian M. Killian, James D. Nelson, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC; Russell L. Hirschhorn, Proskauer Rose, New York, NY; John E. Roberts, Proskauer Rose, Boston, MA; Jennifer C. Wasson, Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, DE; Anthony F. Shelley, Theresa S. Gee, Miller & Chevalier, Washington, DC; C. Scott Reese, Cooch & Taylor, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 23-1499

    Family trust established to pay pensions to domestic employees was not subject to ERISA coverage where it could not qualify as a multiple-employer plan due to the lack of necessary connection between the family members and the family members' lack of involvement in managing the trust.

  • United States v. Sponaugle

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Accounting | Federal Government | Health Care
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Scirica
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-2851

    Accountants' testimony did not constitute improper lay opinion testimony where their discussion of accounting concepts was merely foundational to their fact testimony, which was based on their personal experiences with the fraudulent scheme in the case.

  • Smartmatic USA Corp. v. Newsmax Media, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Manufacturing | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barrie, Kate Harmon, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Wilmington, DE; J. Erik Connolly, Nicole Wrigley, David D. Pope, William Walsh, Lee B. Muench, Lauran Tortorella, Olivia Sullivan, Meghan Golden, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: C. Barr Flinn, Kevin A. Guerke, Timothy E. Lengkeek, Lauren Dunkle Fortunato, Michael A. Laukaitis II, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Douglas D. Herrmann, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bennet J. Moskowitz, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, New York, NY; Misha Tseytlin, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Chicago, IL; Howard M. Cooper, Joseph M. Cacace, Josh L. Launer, Maria A. Lombardi, Todd & Weld LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.
    Case Number: N21C-11-028 EMD

    Plaintiff was not entitled to summary judgment of actual malice where jury could either find that information provided to news organization was conclusive of the truth or self-serving, creating a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the outlet recklessly disregarded the truth; however, there was insufficient evidence of a primary purpose to harm plaintiff, precluding a showing of express malice.

  • Sierra v. Trafigura Trading LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Burke
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael L. Vild, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE; David A. Baron, Melvin White, Laina C. Lopez, Jared R. Butcher, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP, Washington, DC; Richard W. Fields, Martin F. Cunniff, Edward Han, Fields Han Cunniff PLLC, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Michael J. Flynn, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alex J. Brackett, Caroline Schmidt Burton, Andrew P. Thornton-Dibb, Juliet B. Clark, McGuire Woods LLP, Richmond, VA for defendants.
    Case Number: 22-366-JLH-CJB

    Plaintiffs failed to plausibly state a claim of liability against a party for trafficking in plaintiffs' property allegedly wrongfully confiscated by the Cuban government where plaintiffs only asserted threadbare allegations of defendant's participation in the trafficking efforts.

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  • Kuramo Capital Mgmt., LLC v. Seruma

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce E. Jameson, J. Clayton Athey, John G. Day, Mary S. Thomas, Christine N. Chappelear, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Eric A. Veres, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2021-0323-KSJM

    Although equities could support granting LLC member an in-kind redemption, it failed to explain why court should ignore the plain language of the LLC agreement which stated that members had no interest in specific company property.

  • United Atl. Ventures, LLC v. Odyssey Transfer &Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Williams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 24-838-GBW

    Court granted shareholder declaratory judgment ordering transfer agent to transfer shares upon notice of the expiration of lockup provisions, where shareholder would otherwise be exposed to potential financial harm if it waited to see whether transfer agent would treat other shareholders more preferably.

  • SARN SD3, LLC v. Czechoslovak Group A.S.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting | Defense | Electronics
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Coleen W. Hill, Duane Morris, Wilmington, DE; Ryan E. Borneman, Robert M. Palumbos, Ryan F. Monahan, Duane Morris, Philadelphia, PA for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip Trainer, Jr., Tiffany Geyer Lydon, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Kenneth J. Pfaehler, Anna Isernia, Dentons US LLP, Washington, DC for appellee.
    Case Number: 291, 2023

    Trial court correctly denied relief to revise judgment where documents were not intentionally withheld by defendant and were in plaintiff's possession before the trial court's judgment and thus did not constitute newly discovered evidence.

  • Design With Friends, Inc. v. Target Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Copyrights
    Industry: E-Commerce | Retail | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas Daniel Herrmann, James Harry Stone Levine, Ben L. Wagner, Howard W. Wisnia, Ryan A. Lewis, Sean P. McConnell, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: AnnaMartina Tyreus Hufnal, Douglas Edward McCann, Kelly A. Del Dotto, Adam J. Kessel, Jessica Cohen-Nowak, Juanita R. Brooks, Katherine H. Reardon, Kayleigh E. McGlynn, Kenton W. Freeman, Kristen McCallion, Ryan McKay, Ryan V. Petty, Vivian Cheng, Fish & Richardson, P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 1:21-cv-01376-SB

    Court declined parties' cross-motions for summary judgment where distinctive look of functional website was entitled to copyright protection and the question of substantial similarity was sufficiently close to go to the jury.

  • Bandera Master Fund LP v. Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, J. Peter Shindel, Jr., Daniel G. Paterno, Eric A. Veres, Samuel D. Cordle, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Srinivas M. Raju, Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew D. Perri, John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Rolin P. Bissell, James M. Yoch, Jr., Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel A. Mason, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen P. Lamb, Andrew G. Gordon, Harris Fischman, Robert N. Kravitz, Carter E. Greenbaum, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; William Savitt, Sarah K. Eddy, Adam M. Gogolak, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2018-0372-JTL

    Former limited partners' alternative theories of recovery against general partner in breach of partnership agreement action failed where Delaware Supreme Court had found general partner's reliance on outside counsel's opinion was entitled to conclusive presumption of good faith.