• Ontario Provincial Council of Carpenters' Pension Trust Fund v. Walton

    Publication Date: 2023-05-09
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Mae Oberste, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Edward G. Timlin, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Leslie R. Stern, Nathaniel L. Orenstein, Steven L. Groopman, Berman Tabacco, Boston, MA; Ned Weinberger, Mark Richardson, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; David MacIsaac, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Sean M. Berkowitz, Nicholas J. Siciliano, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Andrew W. Stern, Charlotte K. Newell, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; William M. Regan, Allison M. Wuertz, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY; Frank R. Volpe, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-0827-JTL

    Litigation demand was futile where allegations supported inference that directors and officers knew that the company was violating its legal obligations as a dispenser of prescription opioids in a conscious effort to maximize customer sales and profits.

  • Teuza A Fairchild Tech. Venture Ltd. v. Lindon

    Publication Date: 2023-05-09
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Jenkins, Samuel M. Gross, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Donald J. Enright, Elizabeth K. Tripodi, Jordan A. Cafritz, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Kyle H. Lachmund, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam H. Offenhartz, M. Jonathan Seibald, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Kevin M. Coen, Stephanie Rudolph, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Czerwonka, Andrea S. Brooks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Kurt M. Heyman, Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; John F. Baughman, Daniel A. Schwartz, JFB Legal, PLLC, Norfolk, VA for defendants.

    Case Number: 2022-0130-SG

    Former stockholder plausibly alleged fiduciary claims against controller as it received non-ratable benefit from sale of the company and attempted to induce minority stockholders to waive any fiduciary claims to receive their merger consideration.

  • DRIT LP v. Glaxo Group Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-09
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Carpenter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory P. Williams, Chad M. Shandler, Nicole K. Pedi, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE; Keith R. Hummel, Karin A. DeMasi, Adam I. Rich, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew M. Wolf, John E. Nilsson, Soumitra Deka, Bridgette Boyd, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: N16C-07-218 WCC CCLD

    Statutory disclaimer was effective once patent holder submitted disclaimer form authorizing payment of the filing fee to the patent holder's deposit account with the PTO.

  • Rust v. Rust

    Publication Date: 2023-05-09
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kenneth J. Nachbar, Lauren K. Neal, Michael J. Slobom, Jr., Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: 2020-0762-SG

    Court enforced memorandum of settlement as parties' settlement agreement where it contained all material terms to resolve the parties' dispute and any remaining terms for a final settlement agreement were ancillary or non-material.

  • Local 97, Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers, AFL-CIO v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-09
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellee: Brian J. Laclair, Syracuse, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Hannah K. Redmond, on the brief, Robert A. Laberge, Syracuse, NY.

    Case Number: 21-2443-cv

    CBA Requires Utility's Arbitration of Provision of Health Insurance Benefits to Retirees

  • May 8, 2023 | Global Leaders in Law

    'Thinking Forward': Australian Chief Legal Officer Discusses Outside Counsel, Flexibility, Diversity and Accepting Imperfection

    David Brewster says the work undertaken by his corporate legal teams has gotten more sophisticated, and he tries to keep "much of the juicy stuff" in-house because "it's what people want to work on, what they get out of bed for."

    5 minute read

  • May 8, 2023 | Corporate Counsel

    'Thinking Forward': Australian Chief Legal Officer Discusses Outside Counsel, Flexibility, Diversity and Accepting Imperfection

    David Brewster says the work undertaken by his corporate legal teams has gotten more sophisticated, and he tries to keep "much of the juicy stuff" in-house because "it's what people want to work on, what they get out of bed for."

    5 minute read

  • May 8, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Central Pa. Jury Awards Loan Agency $750K in Legal Malpractice Suit

    Premier filed suit against the attorneys and firm for "failure to diligently protect plaintiff's rights as a second creditor in two separate matters, which resulted in the loss of plaintiff's secured collateral, deficiency judgments and actions against guarantors, resulting in cumulative damages in excess of $1,700,000."

    4 minute read

  • May 8, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Weber Gallagher Sues Pa. Attorney, Seeking $174K In Fees For Handling Marital Dispute

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

    1 minute read

  • May 8, 2023 | New York Law Journal

    The SEC Awakens to Cybersecurity With the Zeal of a Convert

    The proliferation of large-scale hacks and data breaches throughout this time—Heartland Payment Systems, Sony, the Office of Personnel Management, Target, Neiman Marcus, Yahoo!, Equifax, Home Depot, even the SEC—simultaneously demonstrated the difficulty of data protection given the ever-evolving nature of cybercrime. Despite these developments, the SEC has failed to update Regulation S-P, or promulgate additional binding cybersecurity rules, until now.

    8 minute read