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Dusa Pharm., Inc. v. Biofrontera Inc.
Publication Date: 2024-09-16
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts
Industry:
Court: U.S. District Court for New Jersey
Judge: Magistrate Judge Day
Attorneys:
For plaintiff:
For defendant:
Case number: 23-20601 (RK)(JBD)

Plaintiffs moved to effect alternative service on several foreign defendants located in Germany by serving a U.S.

Gilbert v. Unisys Corp.
Publication Date: 2024-08-27
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: John M. Seaman, E. Wade Houston, Joseph A. Sparco, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nicholas G. Hill, Rebecca M. Borkovich, McGuireWoods LLP, Atlanta, GA for plaintiffs.
For defendant: David E. Ross, Eric D. Selden, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martin L. Roth, P.C., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL; Haley S. Stern, Amanda Lamothe-Cadet, Maylynn Chen, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
Case number: 2023-0513-PAF

Former vice presidents were entitled to advancement rights from company in company's IP misappropriation action where certificate of incorporation and bylaws granted advancement to officers, defined as including vice presidents, for claims arising from their service to the company or at the company's request.

Exeltis USA, Inc. v. Lupin Ltd.
Publication Date: 2024-03-04
Practice Area: Intellectual Property
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Martina Tyreus Hufnal, Douglas E. McCann, Gregory R. Boofer, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE; Philip K. Chen, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, MA; Brian Coggio, Excylyn Hardin-Smith, Fish & Richardson P.C., New York, NY; Megan A. Chacon, Madelyn McCormick, Bernard Cryan, Fish & Richardson P.C., San Diego, CA, for plaintiffs.
For defendant: John C. Phillips, Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael Nutter, McGuireWoods LLP, Chicago, IL; Corinne S. Hockman, McGuireWoods LLP, Raleigh, NC; Daniel Withers, McGuireWoods LLP, Dallas, TX; Merritt Westcott, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX; Dennis D. Gregory, McGuireWoods LLP, Austin, TX for defendants.
Case number: 22-434-RGA

Court rejected proposed claim construction for testing method where patent language had failed to establish lexicography or disavowal to require specific test conditions.

State ex rel. Jennings v. BP Am. Inc.
Publication Date: 2024-01-22
Practice Area: Environmental Law
Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Johnston
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Christian Douglas Wright, Jameson A.L. Tweedie, Ralph K. Durstein, Sawyer M. Traver, Deputy Attorneys General, Wilmington, DE; Victor M. Sher, Matthew K. Edling, Stephanie D. Biehl, Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
For defendant: David E. Wilks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Thomas G. Hungar, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, Joshua D. Dick, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE; Nathan P. Eimer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, Lisa S. Meyer, Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL; Robert E. Dunn, Eimer Stahl LLP, San Jose, CA; Colleen D. Shields, Patrick M. Brannigan, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tristan L. Duncan, Daniel B. Rogers, William F. Northrip, Shook, Hady & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO; Kevin J. Mangan, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeremiah J. Anderson, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX; Kathryn M. Barber, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Coleen W. Hill, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael F. Healy, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, San Francisco, CA; Michael L. Fox, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, CA; Daniel J. Brown, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Bauer, Margaret A. Tough, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA: Jameson R. Jones, Daniel R. Brody, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO; Michael A. Barlow, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert P. Reznick, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, James Stengel, Marc R. Shapiro, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Catherine Y. Lui, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA; Robert W. Whetzel, Blake Rohrbacher, Alexandra M. Ewing, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Anna Rotman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Houston, TX: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; David C. Frederick, James M. Webster, III, Daniel S. Severson, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC, Washington, DC; Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Nancy G. Milburn, Diana E. Reiter, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan W. Hughes, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA; John D. Lombardo, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jeffrey L. Moyer, Christine D. Haynes, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kevin Orsini, Vanessa A. Lavely, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Antoinette D. Hubbard, Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE; Shannon S. Broome, Ann Marie Mortimer, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, San Francisco, CA; Shawn Patrick Regan, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, NY; Christian J. Singewald, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joy C. Fuhr, Brian D. Schmalzbach, W. Cole Geddy, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy A. Roman, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC; Honor R. Costello, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY; Beth Moskow Schnoll, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmingt
Case number: N20C-09-097 MMJ CCLD

State common law claims arising from fossil fuel companies' operations which harmed the environment were largely preempted by the Clean Air Act, which regulated the use of fossil fuels and emissions standards.

Epsilon Energy USA, Inc. v. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC
Publication Date: 2023-09-18
Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
Industry: Energy
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Judge Matey
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Matthew A. Fitzgerald, McGuireWoods, Richmond, VA; Gregory J. Krock, McGuireWoods, Pittsburgh, PA; Elizabeth M. Thomas, McGuireWoods, Charlotte, NC for appellant.
For defendant: Richard L. Armezzani, Daniel T. Brier, John B. Dempsey, Nicholas F. Kravitz, Myers Brier & Kelly, Scranton, PA for appellee.
Case number: 22-1280

Court remanded for district court to join other parties to a joint operating agreement since adjudicating the case would necessarily implicate those parties' contractual rights and obligations.

Exeltis USA Inc. v. Lupin Ltd.
Publication Date: 2023-03-21
Practice Area: Patent Litigation
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Martina T. Hufnal, Douglas E. McCann, Gregory R. Booker, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE; Brian Coggio, Fish & Richardson P.C., New York, NY; Megan A. Chacon, Bernard Cryan, Fish & Richardson P.C., San Diego, CA for plaintiffs.
For defendant: John C. Phillips, Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips Mclaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael Nutter, McGuireWoods LLP, Chicago, IL; Merritt Westcott, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX; Corinne S. Hockman, McGuireWoods LLP, Raleigh, NC for defendants.
Case number: 22-434-RGA

Patentees created their own definition for the term "about," but defined it in such a way as to make the term indefinite since it effectively created an unbounded value range for the claim.

Coe et al. v. Proskauer Rose, LLP
Publication Date: 2022-10-04
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice | Tax
Industry: Accounting | Legal Services
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice McMillian
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Jeven Robinson Sloan, (Loewinsohn Deary Simon Ray LLP), Dallas, Harry W. MacDougald, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & Deloach, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
For defendant: Harold David Melton, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Mark G. Trigg, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Shari Lynn Klevens, (Dentons US LLP), Washington, David M. Lederkramer, (Proskauer Rose), New York Lisa S. Blatt, (Williams & Connolly LLP), Washington, for appellee; Johannes S. Kingma, Jeffrey Charles Hoffmeyer, (Stites & Harbison PLLC), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
Case number: S21G1250

Material Factual Dispute Existed as to When Clients Learned Law Firm Was Not Independent of Client's Accounting Firm

City of Hoboken v. Chevron Corp.
Publication Date: 2022-08-29
Practice Area: Environmental Law
Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Judge: Justice Bibas
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); Thomas G. Hungar (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); Joel M. Silverstein and Herbert J. Stern (Stern Kilcullen & Rufolo); Joshua D. Dick (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); Andrea E. Neuman (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); William E. Thomson, III (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); William T. Marks and Kannon K. Shanmugam, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison); Daniel J. Toal and Theodore V. Wells, Jr. (Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison); Kevin H. Marino and John D. Tortorella (Marino Tortorella & Boyle); Paul J. Fishman (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Matthew T. Heartney and John D. Lombardo (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Jonathan W. Hughes (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Nancy G. Milburn and Diana E. Reiter (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Steven M. Bauer and Margaret Tough (Latham & Watkins); Daniel R. Brody and Jameson R. Jones (Bartlit Beck); Jeffrey S. Chiesa, Michael K. Plumb, and Dennis M. Toft (Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi); Daniel J. Brown and Alexandra M. Joyce (McCarter & English); Steven M. Bauer (Latham & Watkins); Anthony P. Callaghan (Gibbons); Sylvia-Rebecca Gutierrez and Thomas R. Valen (Gibbons); Daniel J. Brown and Alexandra M. Joyce (McCarter & English); Margaret Tough (Latham & Watkins); Robert W. Whetzel (Richards Layton & Finger); Kathryn M. Barber and Brian D. Schmalzbach (McGuireWoods); Jeffrey M. Beyer and Anthony J. Zarillo, Jr. (Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti); Kevin J. Mangan (Womble Bond Dickinson); Andrew G. McBride (McGuireWoods); David C. Frederick, Grace W. Knofczynski, and Daniel Severson (Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick); Steven L. Caponi (K&L Gates); Joseph J. Bellew (White & Williams); Megan H. Berge (Baker Botts); J. Scott Janoe (Baker Botts); Tristan L. Duncan (Shook Hardy & Bacon); Daniel B. Rogers (Shook Hardy & Bacon); Michael A. Barlow (Abrams & Bayliss); Robert P. Reznick (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe); Shannon S. Broome and Ann M. Mortimore (Hunton Andrews Kurth); Shawn P. Regan (Hunton Andrews Kurth); Antionette D. Hubbard (Maron Marvel Bradley & Anderson); Robert E. Dunn (Eimer Stahl); Nathan P. Eimer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, and Lisa S. Meyer (Eimer Stahl); Jeffrey L. Moyer (Richards Layton & Finger); Vanessa Lavely and Kevin J. Orsini (Cravath Swaine & Moore); Joy C. Fuhr and Brian D. Schmalzbach (McGuireWoods); Christian J. Singewald (White & Williams); Michael A. Barlow (Abrams & Bayliss); Alexandra Ewing and Robert W. Whetzel (Richards Layton & Finger); Robert P. Reznick (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe); J. Benjamin Aguinaga (Jones Day); Noel J. Francisco and David M. Morrell (Jones Day); David C. Kiernan (Jones Day); Tracy A. Roman and Kathleen T. Sooy (Crowell & Moring); Honor R. Costello (Crowell & Moring); Michael F. Healy (Shook Hardy & Bacon); Mackenzie M. Wrobel (Duane Morris); Michael L. Fox (Duane Morris); Blake K. Rohrbacher, Alexandra Ewing, and Robert W. Whetzel (Richards Layton & Finger)
For defendant: Jonathan S. Abady, Matthew D. Brinckerhoff, Ananda V. Burra, andMax R. Selver (Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel); Gerald Krovatin and Helen A. Nau (Krovatin Nau); Stephanie D. Biehl, Matthew K. Edling, Quentin C. Karpilow, and Victor M. Sher (Sher Edling); Ralph K. Durstein, III and Christian D. Wright (Office of Attorney General of Delaware); Jameson A.L. Tweedie (Delaware Department of Justice)
Case number: 21-2728 & 22-1096

State Law Tort Claims Arising from Climate Change Caused by Use of Fossil Fuel Products Did Not Create Federal Question Permitting Removal to Federal Court

Weinberg v. Waystar, Inc.
Publication Date: 2022-07-19
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
Industry: Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Steven P. Wood, Andrew S. Dupre, Travis J. Ferguson, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Julie B. Porter, Salvatore Prescott Porter & Porter, Evanston, IL for plaintiff.
For defendant: Kevin M. Gallagher, Caroline M. McDonough, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Sarah A. Zielinski, Amy Starinieri Gilbert, McGuireWoods LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.
Case number: D69886

Option grant was interpreted to grant employer the right to call exercised options following the employee's termination or following the employee's breach of their restrictive covenants; both events were not required to have occurred for the right to be available.

Esso Expl. & Prod. Nigeria Ltd. v. Nigerian Nat'l Petroleum Corp.
Publication Date: 2022-07-14
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Dispute Resolution
Industry: Mining and Resources
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Susan Carney
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: For Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Elliot Friedman, David Y. Livshiz, Shannon M. Leitner, Paige von Mehren, Christian Vandergeest, on the brief, Aaron R. Marcu, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, NY; Elizabeth Anne Snodgrass, Luke Sobota, Three Crowns (US) LLP, Washington, DC.
For defendant: For Appellee-Cross-Appellant: Peter R. Chaffetz, Andreas A. Frischknecht, Joshua D. Anders, David M. Berman, on the brief, Cecilia F. Moss, Chaffetz Lindsey, LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Trade Council, and National Association of Manufacturers: Peter B. Rutledge, Law Office of Peter B. Rutledge, Athens, GA; Steven P. Lehotsky, Jonathan Urick, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC; Peter Toldsorf, Erica Klenicki, Manufacturers' Center for Legal Action, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae American Petroleum Institute: Richard D. Deutsch, Andrew G. McBride, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX, Washington, DC; Ben Norris, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae Chief Mike A.A. Ozekhome, Professor Ikponmwonsa O. Omoruyi, Professor Offornze D. Amucheazi: Alexander A. Yanos, Carlos Ramos-Mrosovksy, Raja Rana, Hanna Robbins, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Professor George A. Bermann: Lauren A. Mandell, Apoorva J. Patel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Justice: Peter A. Sullivan, Christina G. Hioureas, Foley Hoag LLP, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Federal Inland Revenue Service, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning of the Federal Republic of Nigeria: Mallory B. Silberman, R. Stanton Jones, Sally L. Pei, Janine M. Lopez, Arnold & Porter Kaye LLP, Washington, DC.
Case number: 19-3159

Portions of Award Viable After Nigerian Judgments Were Also Owed Comity by District Court

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