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October 15, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

Runners-up this week include teams from Reid Collins & Tsai, Kasowitz Benson Torres, and Hogan Lovells partner and #appellatetwitter regular Sean Marotta.

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October 8, 2021 | Litigation Daily

An Absolutely Stacked Week of Litigator of the Week Runners-up and Shout Outs

Topping the list of runners-up is the trial team that scored a defense win for Monsanto in a Roundup trial in Los Angeles.

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September 17, 2021 | Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

Runners-up this week include litigation teams from Cooley; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Kirkland & Ellis and Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum.

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July 23, 2021 | The Recorder

'Glaringly Egregious': Judge Awards Gilead Shareholders $1.7M in Attorney Fees, Faulting Litigation Strategy

McCormick's six-page opinion repeatedly blasted Gilead Sciences and its counsel as crossing over the line of aggressive litigation, and starts off with a reference to the court's right to shift fees to deter abusive tactics.

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July 23, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider

'Glaringly Egregious': McCormick Awards Plaintiffs $1.7M in Attorney Fees, Faulting Gilead's Strategy

McCormick's six-page opinion repeatedly blasted Gilead Sciences and its counsel as crossing over the line of aggressive litigation, and starts off with a reference to the court's right to shift fees to deter abusive tactics.

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June 22, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—June 22, 2021—Sweet Stevens, Lamb McErlane

Two new lawyers joined Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams, and Lamb McErlane partner James Sargent was a course planner for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute program "Complex Commercial Cases Pose Unique Challenges When Presented on Appeal."

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Maverick Therapeutics, Inc. v. Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc.

Publication Date: 2021-05-12
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody C. Barillare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Rollin B. Chippey II, Benjamin P. Smith, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, CA; John P. DiTomo, Elizabeth A. Mullin, Aubrey J. Morin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; John Ruskusky, Lisa C. Sullivan, Nixon Peabody, LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Gregory P. Williams, Steven J. Fineman, Nicole K. Pedi, Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Martin S. Schenker, Lilia Lopez, Cooley LLP, San Francisco, CA; Jeffrey Karr, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA for defendant.
Case Number: D69392

Purchaser of spin-off entitled to damages for fraudulent misrepresentation by seller who subsequently engaged in competition with spin-off, equal to both the half the value due to the splitting of the market and a further discount to reflect the seller's position as the pioneer of the technology that gave it a competitive advantage.

Endowment Research Group, LLC v. Wildcat Venture Partners, LLC

Publication Date: 2021-03-24
Practice Area: Contracts
Industry: Consulting | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: ohn M. Seaman, E. Wade Houston, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; William C. Price, Michael T. Zeller, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
for defendant: Gregory P. Williams, Robert L. Burns, Megan E. O’Connor, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A, Wilmington, DE; Kathleen H. Goodhart, Cooley LLP, San Francisco, CA for defendant.
Case Number: D69336

Chancery court could exercise subject matter jurisdiction over alleged breach of contract claim where equitable relief might be required for breach of a NDA to prevent future misappropriation and because calculation of legal damages due to prior misappropriation could prove difficult.

Alexandria Venture Invs., LLC v. Verseau Therapeutics, Inc.

Publication Date: 2021-01-06
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Megan E. O’Connor, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Luke Cadigan, Cooley LLP, Boston, MA; Patrick Gunn, Cooley LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiffs
for defendant: David J. Teklits, Thomas P. Will, Morris, Nichols, Arsht, & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
Case Number: D69246

Stockholder whose financing proposal was rejected by the board was entitled to limited inspection of books and records after raising reasonable inferences that directors' decision to reject the proposal may have been motivated by conflicts and self-interest.

In re Mindbody, Inc. Stockholders Litig.

Publication Date: 2020-10-21
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Software
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, Christopher M. Foulds, Christopher Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mark Lebovitch, Jeroen van Kwawegen, Christopher J. Orrico, Andrew E. Blumberg, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Lisa A. Schmidt, Robert L. Burns, Matthew D. Perri, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Yosef J. Riemer, John Del Monaco, Ian C. Spain, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY; Ryan D. Stottmann, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Patrick Gibbs, Sarah Lightdale, Cooley LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
Case Number: D69162

The court granted a motion to dismiss as to a corporate director, but it declined to dismiss claims against two corporate of-ficers.