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Publication Date: 2024-05-06
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, Christopher M. Foulds, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christopher H. Lyons, Tayler D. Bolton, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron, Benny C. Goodman III, Andrew W. Hutton, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA; Gladriel Shobe, Jarrod Shobe, Shobe & Shobe, LLP, Provo, UT for plaintiff.
for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Matthew D. Perri, Nicole M. Henry, Morgan R. Harrison, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Van Kirk, John Williams, Tyler Infinger, Bryan Czako, William Donnelly, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0664-MTZ
Plaintiff adequately pled breach of contractual duty of good faith when general partner concealed information indicating that equityholders lacked legal leverage to force a settlement payment for the loss of tax receivable agreement rights in exchange for their approval of the corporate conversion.
Publication Date: 2024-05-06
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Barr Flinn, Elisabeth S. Bradley, Kevin P. Rickert, Zeliang Liu, Hana Brajuskovic, Elena C. Norman, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Michael A. Barlow, Hayden Driscoll, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: 2022-0672-SG
Plaintiff was not entitled to books and records where record supported finding that parties had failed to reach agreement on essential terms to induct plaintiff as a partner and continued to regard him as an employee.
Publication Date: 2024-05-06
Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Miller
Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Jeffrey M. Weiner, Law Offices of Jeffrey M. Weiner, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: N20C-04-005 KMM
Court partially granted lender's motion to quash judgment creditor's writs of garnishment to collect on lender's collateral, where the court adopted the legal principle that a lender did not have to take affirmative steps to preserve its priority status over a lien creditor.
Publication Date: 2024-05-06
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Insurance | Legal Services
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Griffiths
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael R. Ippoliti, Ippoliti Law Group, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Sally J. Daugherty, Salmon, Ricchezza, Singer & Turchi, LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
Case Number: D75841
Trial court erred in dismissing legal malpractice complaint on a superseding cause defense where it failed to address plaintiff's contention that defendant's negligent representation resulted in the parties failing to prevail on all claims in the underlying action, which would have negated the superseding event.
Publication Date: 2024-05-06
Practice Area: Labor Law
Industry: E-Commerce
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Miller
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher T. Starr, Marshall Dennehy, P.C., Wilmington, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Sean P. Gambogi, Kimmel, Carter, Roman, Peltz & O’Neill, Newark, DE for appellee.
Case Number: N23A-04-003 KMM
Treatment falling outside Health Care Practice Guidelines could still be reasonable and necessary and thus compensable under workers' compensation, such that the Industrial Accident Board was not obligated to take judicial notice of the Guidelines where some of a claimant's treatment fell outside them.
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Publication Date: 2024-05-06
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Mining and Resources
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew St. Laurent, Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: John M. Seaman, E. Wade Houston, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Chelsea Corey, King & Spalding LLP, Charlotte, NC; Carl D. Neff, Pierson Ferdinand LLP, Wilmington, DE; Aurora Cassirer, Christina H. Bost Seaton, FisherBroyles, LLP, New York, NY; Karen E. Keller, Andrew E. Russell, Nathan R. Hoeschen, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE; Justin L. Ormand, Allen & Overy, New York, NY; Patrick W. Pearsall, Allen & Overy, Washington, DC for defendants.
Case Number: 2022-0665-SG
Court declined to dismiss contract and good faith/fair duty claims where plaintiffs plausibly alleged that defendants breached their promise to convert plaintiffs' equity holdings to an identical equity percentage in the new entity.
Publication Date: 2024-04-29
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Manufacturing
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Adams
Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Grant E. Michl, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin M. Downey, R. Kennon Poteat III, Anna K. Tsiotsias, Ilana B. Frier, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
for defendant: David E. Ross, S. Reiko Rogozen, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew W. Vail, Benjamin J. Bradford, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL; Michael L. Vild, Christopher P. Simon, Cross & Simon, LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: N23C-05-034 MAA CCLD
Court denied judgment on the pleadings for defendants in action to obtain contractual indemnification in business purchase agreement where plaintiffs' interpretation of the scope of the agreement's indemnification provision, including the amount of indemnification, was facially reasonable.
Publication Date: 2024-04-29
Practice Area: Antitrust
Industry: E-Commerce | Manufacturing
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
Judge: District Judge Andrews
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew D. Stachel, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wilmington, DE; William A. Isaacson, Amy J. Mauser, David E. Cole, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff.
for defendant: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Berger Harris, Wilmington, DE; Joseph A. Ostoyich, Danielle Morello, Clifford Chance LLP, Washington, D.C.; Paul C. Cuomo, Heather Souder Choi, Adam Dec, Baker Botts LLP, Washington, D.C. for defendants.
Case Number: 15-108-RGA
Sherman Act violation claim failed under the rule of reason where plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence to define the relevant geographic or product market, but removal of plaintiff's products from a website, which hampered its ability to compete, was sufficient evidence of refusal to deal.
Publication Date: 2024-04-29
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian C. Ralston, T. Brad Davey, Charles P. Wood, Abraham C. Schneider, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Douglas P. Baumstein, Ellen Shapiro, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Blake Rohrbacher, Mari Boyle, Morgan R. Harrison, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Anthony M. Candido, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-0948-LWW MEMORANDUM OPINION Date Submitted:
Plaintiff's removal as an employee and manager of LLCs was ineffective where the operating agreements established payment of the fair market value of plaintiff's revenue share as a condition precedent to removal.
Publication Date: 2024-04-29
Practice Area: Damages
Industry: Energy | Legal Services | Manufacturing
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore A. Kittila, James G. McMillan, William E. Green, Jr., Halloran Farkas + Kittila, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Robert K. Beste, Lauren A. Ferguson, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: N23C-07-200 EMD CCLD
Court dismissed malicious prosecution claim against legal counsel where the claim arose from litigation filed in another jurisdiction and counsel lacked sufficient contacts to support general personal jurisdiction.
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