Smash Franchise Partners, LLC v. Kanda Holdings, Inc.
Publication Date: 2023-07-31Practice Area:Business Torts
Industry:Court: Court of ChanceryJudge: Vice Chancellor LasterAttorneys:For plaintiff: Richard I.G. Jones, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy N. Betz, Neil Peluchette, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Indianapolis, IN for plaintiff.For defendant: Andrew L. Cole, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven K. Fedder, Fedder & Janofsky LLC, Baltimore, MD for defendants.Case number: 2020-0302-JTL
Fraud claims preempted by Delaware Uniform Trade Secrets Act where the claims involved the alleged misappropriation of proprietary business information, but such claims would fail as any fraudulently obtained information would not have caused the claimed damages.
Groove Digital, Inc. v. King.com Ltd.
Publication Date: 2022-11-29Practice Area:Patent Litigation
Industry:Software |
Technology Media and Telecom
Court: U.S. District Court of DelawareJudge: District Judge AndrewsAttorneys:For plaintiff: Karen L. Pascale, Robert M. Vrana, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian S. Seal, Thomas G. Southard, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.For defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Cameron P. Clark, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Sacksteder Fenwick & West LLP, San Francisco, CA; Geoffrey Miller, Fenwick & West LLP, Mountain View, CA; Michael Flynn, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen R. Smith, Samuel Whitt, Cooler LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.Case number: 18-836-RGA
Court relied upon extrinsic evidence to understand how person of ordinary skill in the art would construe patent terms in dispute in claim construction.
Matrix Distrib. Inc. v. Nat'l Ass'n of Bd. of Pharmacy
Publication Date: 2022-05-31Practice Area:Civil Rights
Industry:Distribution and Wholesale |
Pharmaceuticals
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitJudge: Justice AmbroAttorneys:For plaintiff: Brian M. Culnan, Linda J. Clark, and Brad M. Gallagher (Barclay Damon LLP)For defendant: Brian E. Casey (Barnes & Thornburg LLP); Regina S.E. Murphy; Jason R. Asmus (Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP); Francis X. Manning (Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP)Case number: 20-3638
Plaintiffs Could Assert New Jersey Due Process Claims Based on Quasi-Public Entity's Allegedly Arbitrary Cancellation of Membership Applications
Lima USA, Inc. v. Mahfouz
Publication Date: 2021-12-21Practice Area:Contractual Disputes
Industry:Health Care |
Investments and Investment Advisory |
Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Delaware Superior CourtJudge: Judge WallaceAttorneys:For plaintiff: David E. Wilks, Scott B. Czerwonka, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jordan E. Stern, William H. Newman, Becker, Glynn, Muffly, Chassin & Hosinski, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.For defendant: Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; David B. Anthony, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Beth A. Bryan, Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP, Cincinnati, OH for defendants.Case number: D69649
The court held that plaintiff's claims were not ripe or justiciable and its breach of representations claim failed to state a claim where plaintiff did not and could not plead damages.
Lima USA, Inc. v. Mahfouz
Publication Date: 2021-09-15Practice Area:Contractual Disputes
Industry:Health Care |
Manufacturing
Court: Delaware Superior CourtJudge: Judge WallaceAttorneys:For plaintiff: David E. Wilks, Scott B. Czerwonka, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jordan E. Stern, William H. Newman, Becker, Glynn, Muffly, Chassin & Hosinski, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.For defendant: Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; David B. Anthony, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Beth A. Bryan, Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP, Cincinnati, OH for defendants.Case number: D69539
The court rejected plaintiff's motion for a stay and granted defendant's motion to dismiss because plaintiff's lawsuit was based on contingent events and was not yet ripe for litigation.
Compania Embotelladora Del Pacifico S.A. v. Pepsi Cola Co.
Publication Date: 2020-10-05Practice Area:Contractual Disputes
Industry:Food and Beverage
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitJudge: Circuit Judge Robert SackAttorneys:For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant: Margaret C. MacLean, on the brief, Peter D. St. Phillip, Jr., Lowey Dannenberg, P.C., White Plains, NY.For defendant: For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee: Michael S. Lazaroff, on the brief, Louis M. Solomon, Reed Smith LLP, New York, NY.
For Amici Curiae Pepsi-Cola Bottlers' Association: Marcia V. Andrew, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.
For Amici Curiae Independent Bottlers Association: Webster C. Cash III, on the brief, Hugh Q. Gottschalk, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP.Case number: 11-5458
Bottling Contract Terminable at Will; Pepsi Not Obliged to Prevent Third Party's Sales
Smash Franchise Partners v. Kanda Holdings, Inc.
Publication Date: 2020-08-26Practice Area:Trade Secrets
Industry:Court: Court of ChanceryJudge: Vice Chancellor LasterAttorneys:For plaintiff: Lauren Neal Bennet, Sarah P. Kaboly and D. McKinley Measley, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy N. Betz and Neil Peluchette, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Indianapolis, IN for plaintiffs.For defendant: Michael F. Bonkowski and Andrew L. Cole, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven K. Fedder, Fedder & Janofsky LLC, Baltimore, MD for defendants.Case number: D69100
Although plaintiffs were not entitled to an injunction shutting down defendants' business, the court granted a limited temporary injunction regarding certain statements made by defendants on their website.
Thales Alenia Space France v. Thermo Funding, 13 Civ. 712
Publication Date: 2013-11-21Practice Area:Civil Practice
Industry:Court: U.S. District Court, Southern DistrictJudge: District Judge Shira ScheindlinAttorneys:For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Elliot E. Polebaum, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Washington, DC. Eugene N. Hansen, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Washington, DC.For defendant: For Defendant: Gerald S. Greenberg, Esq., Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Cincinnati, OH.Case number: 13 Civ. 712
Cite as: Thales Alenia Space France v. Thermo Funding, 13 Civ. 712, NYLJ 1202628870714, at *1 (SDNY, Decided November 12, 2013) 13 Civ. 712 Distri
Thales Alenia Space France v. Thermo Funding, 13 Civ. 712
Publication Date: 2013-07-02Practice Area:Contracts
Industry:Court: U.S. District Court, Southern DistrictJudge: District Judge Shira ScheindlinAttorneys:For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Elliot E. Polebaum, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Washington, DC.For defendant: For Defendant: Gerald S. Greenberg, Esq., Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Cincinnati, OH.Case number: 13 Civ. 712
Cite as: Thales Alenia Space France v. Thermo Funding, 13 Civ. 712, NYLJ 1202608933023, at *1 (SDNY, Decided June 25, 2013) 13 Civ. 712 District J
Madison Capital Co. LLC v. Alasia LLC, 09-CV-558
Publication Date: 2009-05-19Practice Area:Contracts
Industry:Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern DistrictJudge: Colleen McMahonAttorneys:For plaintiff: For defendant: Case number: 09-CV-558
District Judge Colleen McMahon
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Plaintiff's attorneys - Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz and Brownstein Hyatt