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  • Sunder Energy, LLC v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2024-01-01
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Chad M. Shandler, Steven J. Fineman, Kelly E. Farnan, Kevin M. Gallagher, Christine D. Haynes, Alexander M. Krischik, Sara M. Metzler, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joshua Berman, Jackson Herndon, Paul C. Gross, Ben Nicholson, Michael H. Rover, Paul Hastings LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Timothy R. Dudderar, Aaron R. Sims, Abraham C. Schneider, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Maureen M. Stewart, Foley & Lardner LLP, Tampa, FL; Jordan C. Bledsoe, Tyler Dever, Bryce W. Talbot Foley & Lardner LLP, Salt Lake City, UT; Paul J. Lockwood, Jenness E. Parker, Jessica R. Kunz, Matthew R. Conrad, Eric M. Holleran, Mallory V. Phillips, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Karen Hoffman Lent, Evan R. Kreiner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2023-0988-JTL

    Court granted certification of denial of preliminary injunction for interlocutory appeal where such an appeal would facilitate prompt and final resolution of controlling legal issues in the case.

  • Franklin v. Glenhill Advisors LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-02-14
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Retail
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Finger, Finger & Slanina, LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: F. Troupe Mickler IV, Marie M. Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John B. Horgan, Joanna R. Cohen, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York, NY; John D. Hendershot, Andrew L. Milam, Melissa A. Lagoumis, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bryan B. House, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI; Scott J. Leonhardt, Jason A. Gibson, The Rosner Law Group LLC, Wilmington, DE; S. Preston Ricardo, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: 2021-1119-LWW

    Court declined to vacate judgment where alleged new evidence was already known to plaintiff and plaintiff failed to plead the existence of any fraud, and where plaintiff waited more than two years to file his motion, choosing instead to relitigate the issues in another jurisdiction in the interim.

  • Bocock v. Innovate Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-15
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John G. Harris, David B. Anthony, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin G. Abrams, J. Peter Shindel, Jr., April M. Ferraro, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martin S. Lessner, Daniel M. Kirshenbaum, M. Paige Valeski, Wilmington, DE, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP; Beth I. Z. Boland, Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston, MA; Chelsea L. Hilliard, Foley & Lardner LLP, Dallas, TX; Stephen C. Norman, Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric Landau, Travis Biffar, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, Irvine, CA; Stephen C. Norman, Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric Landau, Travis Biffar, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, Irvine, CA; Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: 2021-0224-PAF

    Fiduciary claims largely dismissed where plaintiffs engaged in group pleading, although the court declined to dismiss claims that specifically pled how controllers usurped a corporate opportunity from the nominal corporate defendant.

  • Otto Candies LLC v. KPMG, LLP

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Accounting
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Ross, Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Terry L. Wit, Juan P. Morillo, Derek L. Shaffer, Lauren H. Dickie, and David H. Needham, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, San Francisco, CA and Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Matthew F. Davis, and Christopher N. Kelly, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory G. Ballard and Jose F. Sanchez, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; Todd Schiltz, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Scher and Jonathan H. Friedman, Foley & Lardner LLP, New York, NY; Timothy Jay Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, William E. Gamgort, Young Conaway Stargatt & T aylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ana C. Reyes, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: D69113

    Negligence action under vicarious liability failed where plaintiffs failed to establish existence of agency or joint venture relationship between defendant and alleged tortfeasor due to the lack of written agreement as required by applicable Mexico law or existence of required elements under applicable Delaware or New York law to find agency or joint venture relationship.

  • Swipe Acquisition Corp. v. Krauss

    Publication Date: 2020-09-09
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Fioravanti
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross and S. Michael Sirkin, Ross Aranstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael Farhang, Ari Lanin and Samuel A. Spears, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael F. Bonkowski, Cole Schotz, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Kevin A. Reck, Kara M. Wick and Emily Lang, Foley & Lardner LLP, Orlando, FL; Louis J. Rizzo, Jr., Reger Rizzo & Darnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; William E. Shmidheiser, III, Flora Pettit, Harrisonburg; Raymond H. Lemisch, Klehr, Harrison, Harvey & Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69114

    Buyers stated claims for breach of contract, indemnity and fraud in connection with the sale of a business, because sellers failed to disclose important customer information.

  • Riker v. Teucrium Trading, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael F. Bonkowski and Andrew L. Cole, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Roger A. Lane and Courtney Worcester, Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: T. Brad Davey and Mathew A. Golden, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Barry S. Pollack and Joshua L. Solomon, Pollack Solomon Duffy LLP, Boston, MA for defendant.
    Case Number: D68995

    In this books and records request matter, the court held that plaintiff was entitled to certain documents to value his interest, but the court denied other aspects of his request.

  • Otto Candies LLC v. KPMG, LLP

    Publication Date: 2019-05-08
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Consulting | Transportation
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Ross, Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Terry L. Wit, A. William Urquhart, Juan P. Morillo, Derek L. Shaffer, and Lauren H. Dickie, Quinn Emanual Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, San Francisco, CA and Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Matthew F. Davis, and Christopher N. Kelly, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory G. Ballard and Jose F. Sanchez, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; Todd Schlitz, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Scher and Jonathan H. Friedman, Foley & Lardner LLP, New York, NY; Timothy Jay Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, and William E. Gamgord, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ana C. Reyes, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: D68551

    Actions transferred from superior court to chancery court subject to a fully-briefed and argued motion to dismiss were subject to the chancery court's rule requiring plaintiffs subject to such a motion to either seek leave to amend or stand on their complaint and risk dismissal with prejudice; however, as a matter of first impression the court declined to enforce the rule on plaintiffs.

  • Almond v. Glenhill Advisors, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-04-24
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Consumer Products | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Ladig and Sara E. Bussiere, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; David H. Wollmuth and Michael C. Ledley, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NY; David A. Jenkins, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott J. Watnik, Wilk Auslander LLP, New York, NY; Thomas A. Brown, Morea Schwartz Bradham Friedman & Brown LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Andrew D. Cordo and F. Troupe Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Adrienne M. Ward and Brian Katz, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York, NY; John B. Borgan, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York, NY; Douglas D. Herrmann, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul B. Carberry, Joshua Weedman, and Erin Smith, White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Frederick B. Rosner, Scott J. Leonhardt, and Jason A. Gibson, The Rosner Law Group LLC, Wilmington, DE; S. Preston Ricardo, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, NY; John D. Hendershot, Susan M, Hannigan, and Brian F. Morris, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Brian B. House, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI for defendants.
    Case Number: D68534

    Plaintiffs' fee application pursuant to the corporate benefit doctrine denied under equitable principles where plaintiffs opposed company's efforts to judicially validate defective corporate acts identified by plaintiffs to succeed on their larger claim for damages.

  • Otto Candies, LLC v. KPMG LLP

    Publication Date: 2019-03-13
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Energy
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Ross, Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Terry L. Wit, A. William Urquhart, Juan P. Morillo, Derek L. Shaffer, and Lauren H. Dickie, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, San Francisco, CA and Washingto, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Matthew F. Davis, and Christopher N. Kelly, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory G. Ballard and Jose F. Sanchez, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; Todd Schlitz, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Scher and Jonathan H. Friedman, Foley & Lardner LLP, New York, NY; Timothy J. Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, and William E. Gamgort, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ana C. Reyes, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D68489

    Plaintiffs' negligent misrepresentation claim against their debtor's auditing firm dismissed where the court lacked personal jurisdiction over foreign subsidiaries and where there was no privity of contract or special relationship between plaintiffs and auditor or justifiable reliance on alleged misrepresentations.

  • Almond v. Glenhill Advisors LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-08-29
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Ladig, Bayard, P.A, Wilmington, DE; David H. Wollmuth and Michael C. Ledley, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NE; Norman M. Monhait and P. Bradford deLeeuw, Rosenthal Monhait & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott J. Watnkid, Wilk Auslander LLP, New York, NY; Thomas A. Brown, Morea Schwartz Bradham Friedman & Brown LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for plaintiffs
    for defendant: Andrew D. Cordo and F. Troupe Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Adrienne M. Ward and Brian Katz, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York, NY; John B. Horgan, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York, NY; Douglas D. Herrmann, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul B. Carberry, Joshua Weedman, and Erin Smith, White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Frederick B. Rosner, Scott J. Leonhardt, and Jason A. Gibson, The Rosner Law Group LLC, Wilmington, DE; S. Preston Ricardo, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, NY; John D. Hendershot, Susan M. Hannigan, and Brian F. Morris, Richards, Layton & Finger P.A., Wilmington, DE; Bryan B. House, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI, attorneys for defendants.
    Case Number: D68262

    Overpayment claims challenging merger transaction were derivative claims extinguished by merger where defendant was a controlling stockholder and enjoyed no increase in its economic stake or voting power.