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  • Soleimani v. Hakkak

    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.

  • United States v. Biden

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Weiss, Special Counsel, Leo J. Wise, Principal Senior Assistant Special Counsel, Derek E. Hines, Senior Assistant Special Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Bartholomew J. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Abbe David Lowell, Christopher D. Man, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC for defendant.
    Case Number: 23-61 (MN)

    Court declined to dismiss charges based on immunity purportedly conferred by a diversion agreement since the agreement lacked the approval necessary for it to go into effect and the parties and court disputed the scope of immunity.

  • Applied Energetics, Inc. v. Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum PLLC

    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.

  • Lewis v. Bezos

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Charles Lewis, Salem, NJ, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-785-CFC

    Court dismissed purported complaint for royalties due to insufficient allegations regarding any agreement for royalty payments or sales that would trigger a royalty obligation.

  • Coco v. Dear

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Restrepo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-1787

    Plaintiff raised genuine issues of material fact as to whether officers had probable cause to arrest where there was conflicting evidence regarding whether plaintiff had offensively struck one officer's police horse.

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  • Brisco v. Delaware State Police

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Brisco, Smyrna, DE, pro se plaintiff.
    for defendant: James H. McMacklin, III, Allyson G. Britton, Michelle G. Bounds, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: N23C-12-090 EMD

    News outlet's report that fairly summarized police arrest report was protected under the fair reporting privilege and not actionable in a defamation claim.

  • Chumash Capital Inv., LLC v. Grand Mesa Partners, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Justin T. Hymes, Esquire, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William C. O’Neil, Jeffrey J. Huelskamp, Gretchen Scavo, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL; Marisa E. Witter, Winston & Strawn LLP, Houston, TX for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Travis S. Hunter, Alexander M. Krischik, Elizabeth J. Freud, Griffin A. Schoenbaum, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; James G. Sawtelle, Sherman & Howard L.L.C., Denver, CO; R. Montgomery Donaldson, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP, Wilmington, DE; B. John Casey, Ryan H. Tamm, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, OR for defendants.
    Case Number: N23C-07-209 SKR CCLD

    Court declined to dismiss fraud claims as untimely under contractual limitations period where the parties' contract expressly exempted fraud claims from the scope of the contractual indemnity provisions containing the survival clauses.

  • In re: OPP Liquidating Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Walrath
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 19-10729 (MFW)

    Bankruptcy court dismissed adversary proceeding alleging breaches of fiduciary duties as time barred where trustee failed to present evidence of defendants' affirmative acts of fraudulent concealment of material information from the board to support tolling the statute of limitations.

  • In re: Walmart Inc. Sec. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Retail
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sara Fuks, The Rosen Law Firm, P.A., New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert W. Whetzel, Raymond J. DiCamillo, John M. O'Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Sean M. Berkowitz, Nicholas J. Siciliano, Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.
    Case Number: 21-55-CFC

    Stockholders failed to adequately plead that securities filings were materially false or misleading where statements adequately conveyed that the company was subject to investigations and securities laws did not require corporations to guess as to the likely outcome of such investigations.

  • Deloitte Consulting LLP v. Sagitec Solutions LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Copyrights
    Industry: Consulting | Software | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Bryson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 23-325-WCB

    Court denied renewed motion for stay pending resolution of interlocutory appeal in related criminal matter where no unexpected events had occurred in that matter and the scope of the limited stay would mean the defendants in the criminal matter would remain unavailable to testify due to their Fifth Amendment privilege.