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Delaware Business Court Insider

Parent Company Can Tortiously Interfere With Subsidiary's Contracts

A parent company can be liable for tortiously interfering with the performance of a wholly owned subsidiary, the Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled. As a result, the court ordered a real estate company and its subsidiary to jointly pay $6 million in damages to real estate developers after ruling the parent forced the subsidiary to breach its implied obligations.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Allstate Ins. Co. v. Sidakis

By | November 17, 2014
Insurance Broker's Claims Against Allstate Over Sale of Northeast's Business to Be Tried
2 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Supreme Court Refuses to Stop Transfer of Insurance Rights in Tort Case

A safety products manufacturer can assign its insurance policy rights to plaintiffs in a West Virginia tort case, the Delaware Supreme Court has ruled. The high court held that an insurer who opposed the transaction did not meet the evidentiary burden necessary to require the "extraordinary form of relief" of an injunction.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Company Seeks $495K on Top of $500K Trade Secrets Verdict

An Atlanta plastics distributor that was awarded almost $500,000 by a Fulton County jury in a trade secrets case is seeking more than $485,000 in fees and expenses.
6 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Court Named in Bylaws May Rule on Exclusive Forum Provision

Questions about the validity of an exclusive forum provision must be decided by the court identified in the provision, the Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled.
4 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

In Trade-Secrets Case, HP Ordered To Pay $6.5M to Security Company

A Delaware jury has ordered Hewlett-Packard Co. to pay $6.5 million in damages to a corporate security company for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and defamation. The jury returned the verdict last week after a Delaware Superior Court trial before Judge Mary M. Johnston.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Sleppin v. Thinkscan.com, LLC

By | November 03, 2014
Causes of Action 'Qualitatively Different' From Copyright Claim, Not Preempted by Copyright Act
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Golf star Dustin Johnson files RICO suit against lawyer

A PGA star filed a suit accusing attorney Nathan Hardwick IV and his former firm, Morris Hardwick & Schneider of racketeering.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cronin v. Bergmann, PICS Case No. 14-1686 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 16, 2014) Schiller, J. (8 pages).

By | October 28, 2014
Lanham Act 15 U.S.C. §1125 • Law Firms • Unfair Competition • Trade Disparagement
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Blocks Sports Agent's Suit Against Rival

NBA player Larry Sanders is known for his shot blocking skills, but now it's his former agent getting blocked, as Justice Eileen Bransten dismissed tort and unjust enrichment claims he brought against Sanders' new agent.
4 minute read

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