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  • Kingfishers L.P. v. Finesse US, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-12
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Consumer Products | E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin P. Chapple, John T. Miraglia, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Sean M. Brennecke, Aimee M. Czachorowski, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Albert J. Carroll, Samuel E. Bashman, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Elisabeth A. Moriarty, Steven A. Stein, Eric M. Sefton, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant.
    Case Number: 2024-0344-SG

    Court declined to dismiss reformation claim based on theory of mistake where plaintiff adequately pled the terms of an agreement orally agreed to by the parties, such that a factfinder could infer that defendant either erroneously drafted a non-compliant written agreement, or intentionally or knowingly did so and stood by as plaintiff signed it.

  • Mehra v. Teller

    Publication Date: 2024-10-08
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Reed, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, Daniel P. Klusman, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Patrick J. Smith, Brian T. Burns, Michael K. Sala, Clark Smith Villazor LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jon E. Abramczyk, D. McKinley Measley, Elizabeth A. Mullin Stoffer, Kirk C. Andersen, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2019-0812-KSJM

    Court found that equal sharing provision in parties' LLC agreement had been triggered entitling plaintiff to equal distributions at the subsidiary level by transferring his economic rights to the subsidiary following the holding company's dissolution.

  • Mehra v. Teller

    Publication Date: 2023-03-14
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Reed, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Patrick J. Smith, Brian T. Burns, Smith Zillazor LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jon E. Abramczyk, D. McKinley Measley, Alexandra Cumings, Elizabeth A. Mullin, Sebastian Van Oudenallen, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2019-0812-KSJM

    Although LLC agreement entitled member to continued economic distribution rights after Holdco distributed the shares it held in its subsidiary, the subsidiary was not an indispensable party where its manager and preferred members were already parties to the action and had authority to amend the subsidiary's LLC agreement.

  • Harris v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2023-02-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Christopher M. Foulds, David Hahn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; S. Michael Sirkin, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington DE; Gregory Lomax, Lauletta Birnbaum, Sewell, NJ; Jill Guldin, Fisher Broyles, LLP, Princeton, NJ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David A. Jenkins, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP; Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kurt M. Heyman, Patricia L. Enerio, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Neal J. Levitsky, E. Chaney Hall, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Emily A. Kaller, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Woodbridge, NJ; William M. Kelleher, Phillip A. Giordano, Madeline Silverman, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2019-0736-JTL

    Court declined to dismiss case against defendants under forum non conveniens where there was no earlier-filed similar action and the court had already established personal jurisdiction over defendants.

  • Harris v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2023-01-31
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Accounting | Biotechnology
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Christopher M. Foulds, David Hahn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; S. Michael Sirkin, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington DE; Gregory Lomax, Lauletta Birnbaum, Sewell, NJ; Jill Guldin, Fisher Broyles, LLP, Princeton, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David A. Jenkins, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP; Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kurt M. Heyman, Patricia L. Enerio, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Neal J. Levitsky, E. Chaney Hall, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Emily A. Kaller, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Woodbridge, NJ; William M. Kelleher, Phillip A. Giordano, Madeline Silverman, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2019-0736-JTL

    Person serving in role akin to corporate officer could be served under the Delaware Officer Consent Statute even without formally accepting a title.

  • Harris v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2023-01-24
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Christopher M. Foulds, David Hahn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; S. Michael Sirkin, R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington DE; Gregory Lomax, Lauletta Birnbaum, Sewell, NJ; Jill Guldin, Fisher Broyles, LLP, Princeton, NJ for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David A. Jenkins, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP; Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kurt M. Heyman, Patricia L. Enerio, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Neal J. Levitsky, E. Chaney Hall, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Emily A. Kaller, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Woodbridge, NJ; William M. Kelleher, Phillip A. Giordano, Madeline Silverman, Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: 2019-0736-JTL

    Although alleged tortious interference was not sufficiently factually related to fiduciary duty claims to support ancillary personal jurisdiction, the court could exercise personal jurisdiction under the long-arm statute where the alleged tortious interference with trust involved appointing a Delaware trustee and changing the situs of the trust to Delaware.

  • Hillblom v. Wilmington Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-27
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul D. Brown, Elliott Covert, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David Z. Ribakoff, Ribakoff Law Firm, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Benjamin P. Chapple, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; John M. McIntyre, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, Pittsburgh,PA for defendant.
    Case Number: 2021-1034-MTZ

    The court denied defendant trustee's motion to dismiss breach of fiduciary duty and trust claims.

  • Garfield v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2022-06-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Retail
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven J. Purcell, Douglas E. Julie, Robert H. Lefkowitz, Anisha Mirchandani, Purcell Julie & Lefkowitz LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Brian M. Rostocki, Benjamin P. Chapple, Justin M. Forcier, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; William M. Regan, Allison M. Wuertz, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69838

    Stockholder alleged sufficient claim of breach of fiduciary duty by board in claiming that he had notified board that an officer's equity compensation award violated the express limitations of the company's plan and the board took no action to rectify the error.

  • In The Matter of the Rehab. of Scottish RE (U.S.), Inc., LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-05-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | State and Local Government
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Ladig, GianClaudio Finizio, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Diane J. Bartels, Wilmington, DE; James J. Black, III, Jeffrey B. Miceli, Mark W. Drasnin, Black & Gerngross, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; Michael Busenkell, Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown, LLC, Wilmington, DE for Scottish RE (U.S.), Inc.
    for defendant: Marisa R. DeFeo, Randall S. MacTough, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher Viceconte, Gibbons P.C., Wilmington, DE; Daniel Hargraves, Freeborn & Peters LLP, New York, NY; Randall S. MacTough, Zarwin Baum Devito Kaplan Schaer Toddy, PC, Wilmington, DE; Joseph B. Cicero, Gregory Stuhlman, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; R. Stephen McNeill, D. Ryan Slaugh, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Willaim P. Bowden, Catherine A. Gaul, Ricardo Palacio, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Jr., Paul S. Seward, Phillips, Goldman, Mclaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Joseph C. Schoell, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kathleen M. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins, LLP, Wilmington, DE; David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Wilmington, DE; John G. Harris, Peter C. McGivney, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE, Garrett B. Moritz, Elizabeth M. Taylor, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew A. Clemente, R. Bradley Drake, John Grothaus, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL; Joelle E. Polesky, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, Wilmington, DE, Travis S. Hunter, Renee M. Mosley, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Jarret P. Hitchings, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joseph Larkin, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE; Barry M. Klayman, Simon Fraser, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; Kevin J. Mangan, Nicholas T. Verna, Womble Bond Dickerson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jody Barillare, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter H. Kyle, John L. Reed, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE, for shareholders and third-parties.
    Case Number: D69799

    In this case of first impression, the court found that the liquidation standard did not operate as a per se requirement for plan approval.

  • Mehra v. Teller

    Publication Date: 2021-02-17
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John L. Reed, Peter H. Kyle, Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Patrick J. Smith, Brian T. Burns, Nicholas J. Karasimas, Smith Villazor LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jon E. Abramczyk, D. McKinley Measley, Alexandra M. Cumings, Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69300

    Although one member of a limited liability company contrived circumstances leading to a deadlock, the facts established that the parties had an irreconcilable disagreement which warranted dissolution of the com-pany.