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July 31, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Potter Anderson Files Patent Suit for Generative AI Company Alleging Rival Stole 'Dynamic' Batching Tech

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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July 31, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

The SEC Increases Disclosure Requirements for Issuer Share Repurchases

This article focuses on the rule changes as they relate to reporting companies that are domestic issuers, even though certain of the amendments apply more broadly, such as to foreign private issuers.

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July 31, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Dockworkers Union Wins State Appeal in South Carolina Dispute Over New Terminal Jobs

Unionized dockworkers have the right to staff every job at a new container terminal in South Carolina under a federal court decision — but there…

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July 31, 2023 | National Law Journal

Robins Kaplan's K. Craig Wildfang on the Trap of Bad Case Law Turning Into Landmines

'Don't be afraid to take chances. If you really love what you're doing, you'll figure out a way to make it work for you,' says K. Craig Wildfang reflecting on his career path in antitrust law, and recently recognized with the NLJ Elite Trial Lawyers Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA v. FedEx Corp.

Publication Date: 2023-07-31
Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Insurance
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Davis
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Cahall, McCormick & Priore, P.C., Newark, DE; Daniel McNeel Lane, Jr., Kelly A. Potter, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, San Antonio, TX; Mina Matin, Lisa Schapria, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Carolyn M. Branthoover, Jessica L.G. Moran, K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, PA; Richard M. Beck, Sally E. Veghte, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; James P. Ruggeri, Edward B. Parks, II, Sean T. Kelly, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, DC; Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: N22C-08-488 EMD CCLD

Court stayed action under comity where another jurisdiction determined to proceed with parallel action despite that case being second-filed since that action had connections to the jurisdiction, and staying the present action would avoid duplicative litigation or inconsistent results.

A.M.K. v. R.S.L.

Publication Date: 2023-07-31
Practice Area: Family Law
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Court: Appellate Division
Judge: Per Curiam
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Case Number: A-2867-21

Defendant appealed from the entry of a FRO.

Smash Franchise Partners, LLC v. Kanda Holdings, Inc.

Publication Date: 2023-07-31
Practice Area: Business Torts
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Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: 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.

Atallah v. Malone

Publication Date: 2023-07-31
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Troupe Mickler IV, Stephen E. Jenkins, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; William J. Fields, Christopher J. Kupka, Samir Shukurov, Fields Kupka & Shukurov LLP, New York, NY; Gustavo F. Bruckner, Samuel J. Adams, Daryoush Behbood, Pomerantz LLP, New York, NY; Brian Schall, The Schall Law Firm, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Tyler J. Leavengood, Jaclyn C. Levy, Michael C. Gorski, Jr., Lucille E. Wiesner, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Richard B. Harper, Vern Cassin, Thomas E. O’Brien, Alyssa M. Pronley, Kristina Wenner, Baker Botts LLP, New York, NY; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Reiko Rogozen, Roger S. Stronach, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph O. Larkin, Matthew P. Majarian, Rupal K. Joshi, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; James R. Carroll, Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.
Case Number: 2021-1116-SG

The court denied defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' derivative complaint which alleged that one defendant had made a sham offer to purchase another defendant's high vote stock to trigger a call right, which in turn resulted in significant monetary benefits to both defendants and harm to nominal defendant.

U.S. v. Rechnitz

Publication Date: 2023-07-31
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Judges
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Per Curiam
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Lara Pomerantz, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief, David Abramowicz, Assistant United States Attorney, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Michael Tremonte and Maya Brodziak, on the brief, Noam Biale, Sher Tremonte LLP, New York, NY.
Case Number: 20-1011-cr

Action's Reassignment to Different District Court Judge, for Resentencing, Is Explained

Fisher v. Moore

Publication Date: 2023-07-31
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Education Law
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Willett
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Case Number: 21-20553

A disabled public-school student was sexually assaulted by another student with known violent tendencies.