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  • Conservatorship of the Person of K.Y.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
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    Court: Court of Appeal, 1st District
    Judge: Justice Goldman
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    Case Number: A166825

    Requests for extensions of time on appeal from one-year civil commitment order may compromise appellate court's ability to adjudicate appeal before it becomes moot

  • N.M. v. W.K.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Court of Appeal, 1st District
    Judge: Presiding Justice Tucher
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    Case Number: A168081

    Relevant statutes did not entitle respondent to continuance of DVRO hearing

  • AP-fonden v. Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Hanrahan, Corinne Elise Amato, Kevin H. Davenport, Stacey A. Greenspan, Christine N. Chappelear, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Lee D. Rudy, Eric L. Zagar, J. Daniel Albert, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Edward B. Micheletti, Lauren N. Rosenello, Michelle L. Davis, Peyton V. Carper, Claire K. Atwood, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Elena C. Norman, Daniel M. Kirshenbaum, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen P. Blake, Laura Lin, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Palo Alto, CA; Sareen K. Armani, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
    Case Number: 2022-1001-KSJM

    Although the Delaware General Corporation Law only required a corporate board to approve and recommend an essentially complete version of a merger agreement, the draft version approved by defendants failed to meet this standard by omitting key terms and ancillary documents repeatedly referenced throughout the agreement.

  • Fidelity Auto Group, LLC v. Hargroder

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Golemon
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    Case Number: 09-23-00098-CV

    Appellee sued appellant after she purchased a "new" truck that she later learned was used and that the previous owner had returned as defective.

  • In re Texas Med. Liab. Trust

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Alvarez
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    Case Number: 04-23-00779-CV

    In an underlying dispute, relator Texas Medical Liability Trust declined to defend its insured physician against claims brought by a former patient because it concluded the patient's claims alleged financial exploitation, not deficiencies in the physician's care.

  • Players Place II Condo. Ass'n, Inc. v. K.P.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Rabner
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Byrne (Ansell Grimm & Aaron, attorneys; David J. Byrne and Nicole D. Miller, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Talbot B. Kramer, Jr. (Freidel & Kramer, attorneys; Talbot B. Kramer, Jr. and Donna L. Freidel, on the briefs)
    Case Number: A-60/61-22) (088139)

    Because Resident Was Undisputedly Disabled, Remand Was Necessary to Determine the Need for Accommodation and Reasonableness of Resident's Request

  • Palkon v. Maffei

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew E. Blumberg, Mae Oberste, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kimberly A. Evans, Lindsay K. Faccenda, Irene R. Lax, Robert Erickson, Block & Leviton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Christopher Windover, Lindsay La Marca, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY; Jason Leviton, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA; D. Seamus Kaskela, Adrienne Bell, Kaskela Law LLC, Newtown Square, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, J. Matthew Belger, Jaclyn C. Levy, Christopher D. Renaud, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew W. Close, Jonathan B. Waxman, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Abby F. Rudzin, Asher Rivner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, NY, New York; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Michael Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Evert J. Christensen, Jr., Stefania D. Venezia, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2023-0449-JTL

    Court declined to certify order denying motion to dismiss where the order did not decide novel legal issues or issues of substantial importance and where interlocutory review was unlikely to materially advance the resolution of the litigation.

  • Murphy v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Legal Services | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
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    Case Number: 21-415-CFC

    Plaintiffs' disability discrimination claims failed due to the lack of allegations establishing a causal connection between one plaintiff's' disability and the family's eviction facilitated by state officials.

  • Hagans v. The Bd. of Educ. of Red Clay Consol. Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raeann Warner, Collins Price & Warner, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael P. Stafford, Elise K. Wolpert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 22-1452-RGA

    Evidentiary record could support an inference that race played a role in defendant employer's failure to promote plaintiff sufficient to submit plaintiff's racial discrimination claim to the jury, as the promoted individual lacked the minimum qualifications and the reasons for not promoting plaintiff were plausibly inconsistent with his performance evaluations.

  • In the Interest of C.E.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-0180

    C.E.'s skull was fractured when he was seven weeks old. Each parent blamed the other.