• GMF ELCM Fund L.P. v. ELCM HCRE GP LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-06-03
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross and Bradley R. Aronstam, Ross Aronstam & Moritz, Wilmington, DE; Joshua S. Amsel and Matthew R. Friedenberg, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Joseph H. Huston, Jr., Stevens & Lee, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Robert K. Keach, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, Portland, ME for receiver. Ryan P. Newell, Kyle Evans Gay and Shaun Michael Kelly, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE for nominal defendants.

    Case Number: D69002

    The court rejected a judgment debtor's argument that a charging order would cause a default under a lease.

  • Shabbouei v. Potdevin

    Publication Date: 2020-04-15
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Slights
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blake A. Bennett, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Brian J. Robbins, Stephen J. Oddo and Steven R. Wedeking, Rob-bins Arroyo LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Bradley R. Aronstam and Roger S. Stronach, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph S. Allerhand, Stephen A. Radin and Thomas G. James, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for individual defendants and nominal corporate defendant.

    Case Number: D68947

    In this derivative action, plaintiff failed to demonstrate demand futility, so the court granted defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint in its entirety.

  • Gulf LNG Energy, LLC v. Eni USA Gas Mktg. LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-01-15
    Practice Area: Contracts | Damages
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Michael Sirkin, and R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph S. Allerhand, Seth Goodchild, and Tania C. Matsuoka, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY; Mark W. Friedman, William H. Taft V, Carl Micarelli, and Lisa Wang Lachowicz, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Joseph B. Cicero and Gregory E. Stuhlman, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph J. LoBue and Helene Gogadze, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: D68838

    Second arbitration enjoined to the extent it constituted collateral attack on damages award from prior arbitration between the parties, but plaintiff's claim pled but not decided in first arbitration could proceed to a determination on arbitrability.

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  • AlixPartners, LLP v. Mori

    Publication Date: 2019-12-11
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley R. Aronstam and Eric D. Selden, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nicholas J. Pappas, Robert S. Berezin, and Justin Michael DiGennaro, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John A. Sensing, Clarissa R. Chenoweth, and Jesse L. Noa, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68800

    Court was not divested of subject matter jurisdiction under foreign law and regulation where plaintiffs' rights and remedies did not arise out of and were not inseparably related to foreign statutory law as to warrant their exclusive enforcement in a foreign tribunal.

  • In re LendingClub Corp. Derivative Litig.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-13
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth D. Rigrodsky, Brian D. Long and Gina M. Serra, Rigrodsky &7 Long, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Robert I. Harwood and Matthew M. Houston, Harwood Feffer LLP, New York, NY; Brett D. Stecker and James M. Ficaro, The Weiser Law Firm, P.C., Berwyn, PA for lead plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Raymond J. Dicamillo and Eliezer Y. Feinstein, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam S. Paris, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants Morris, Ciporin, Crowe, Meeker, Sanborn, Summers and Williams. Raymond J. DiCamillo, Eliezer Y. Feinstein, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jonathan D. Polkes, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for defendant Mack. Myron T. Steele, T. Brad Davey and Callan R. Jackson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert J. Liubicic, Scott A. Edelman, Adam Fee and Andrew Lichtenberg, Milbank LLP, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY for defendant Laplanche. Jody C. Barillare, Charlene S. Shimada, Susan D. Resley, Lucy Wang and Marc J. Sonnenfeld, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE, San Francisco, CA and Philadelphia, PA for defend-ant Dolan. William M. Lafferty, Susan W. Waesco and Sabrina M. Hendershot, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wil-mington, DE; Diane M. Doolittle, David M. Grable, Jospeh C. Sarles, Jordan E. Alexander and John Potter, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, Los Angeles, CA and San Francisco, CA for nominal defendant LendingClub Corp.

    Case Number: D68771

    Stockholders in this derivative suit failed to establish that a majority of the demand board faced a substantial likelihood of personal liability.

  • Kosinski v. GGP Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-11
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth D. Rigrodsky, Brian D. Long and Gina M. Serra, Rigrodsky & Long, P.A, Wilmington, DE; Carl L. Stine and Adam J. Blander, Wolf Popper LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kevin G. Abrams, John M. Seaman and Matthew L. Miller, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Evert J. Christensen, Jr., Seth Goodchild and Matthew S. Connors of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP for defendant.

    Case Number: D68697

    A stockholder established a proper purpose, so he was entitled to inspect books and records regarding the value of his shares and possible corporate wrongdoing.

  • GMF ELCM Fund L.P. v. ELCM HCRE GP LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-08-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross and Bradley R. Aronstam, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joshua S. Amsel, Matthew R. Friedenberg, and Thomas G. James, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David E. Ross and Bradley R. Aronstam, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE for receiver.

    Case Number: D67675

    Judicial dissolution of limited partnership granted where principal manager demonstrated unwillingness or inability to operate business based on repeated refusals to work with court-appointed receiver or comply with court orders.

  • In re: Towers Watson & Co. Stockholders Litig.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Barry and Christine M. Mackintosh, Grant & Eisenhoffer P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs Alaska Labor-ers-Employers Retirement Trust and City of Fort Myers Gen. Employees' Pension Fund. Lee D. Rudy, Geoffrey C. Jarvis, J. Daniel Albert and Stacey A. Greenspan, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA for City of Fort Myers Gen. Em-ployees' Pension Fund. Bradley R. Aronstam and Roger S. Stronach, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE
    for defendant: John A. Neuwirth, Joshua S. Amsel, Matthew S. Connors, Amanda K. Pooler and Sean Moloney, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for defendants Ganzi, Haley, Heisz, O'Neill, Rabbitt, Ray, Thomas and Zeller. Raymond J. DiCamillo and Sarah T. Andrade, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Richard S. Horvath, Jr., Paul Hastings LLP, San Francis-co, CA for defendants Ubben and ValueAct Capital Management, L.P.

    Case Number: D68658

    Stockholders failed to rebut the business judgment rule, because they did not present sufficient evidence of a conflict of inter-est.

  • AlixPartners, LLP v. Benichou

    Publication Date: 2019-05-22
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property | Trade Secrets
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley R. Aronstam, Eric D. Selden, and R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert S. Berezin and Nicholas J. Pappas, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Matthew R. Clark, and Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris, Nicholds, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68466

    The court adopted the narrow version of liability under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which only imposed liability for unauthorized access of computer systems, rather than for misuse of computer systems and files that were otherwise accessed under proper authorization.