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Smash Franchise Partners, LLC v. Kanda Holdings, Inc.

Publication Date: 2023-07-31
Practice Area: Business Torts
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Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard I.G. Jones, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy N. Betz, Neil Peluchette, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Indianapolis, IN for plaintiff.
for defendant: Andrew L. Cole, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven K. Fedder, Fedder & Janofsky LLC, Baltimore, MD for defendants.
Case Number: 2020-0302-JTL

Fraud claims preempted by Delaware Uniform Trade Secrets Act where the claims involved the alleged misappropriation of proprietary business information, but such claims would fail as any fraudulently obtained information would not have caused the claimed damages.

Smash Franchise Partners v. Kanda Holdings, Inc.

Publication Date: 2020-08-26
Practice Area: Trade Secrets
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Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Neal Bennet, Sarah P. Kaboly and D. McKinley Measley, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy N. Betz and Neil Peluchette, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Indianapolis, IN for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Michael F. Bonkowski and Andrew L. Cole, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven K. Fedder, Fedder & Janofsky LLC, Baltimore, MD for defendants.
Case Number: D69100

Although plaintiffs were not entitled to an injunction shutting down defendants' business, the court granted a limited temporary injunction regarding certain statements made by defendants on their website.

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.

Absalom Absalom Trust v. Saint Gervais LLC

Publication Date: 2019-07-10
Practice Area: Corporate Entities
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Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Montgomery-Reeves
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, and Jay G. Stirling, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nathan M. Bull, Adam K. Magid, and Ailsa H. Chau, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff
for defendant: Davis S. Eagle and Sean M. Brennecke, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kenneth E. Warner, Warner Partners, P.C., New York, NY; Richard A. Greenberg, Steven Y. Yurowitz, and William J. Dobie, Newman & Greenberg LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
Case Number: D68623

Plaintiff lacked standing to inspect defendant LLC's books and records where defendant's operating agreement expressly limited inspection to members and stated that any unapproved transfer of membership interest or status was null and void, meaning that plaintiff could not become a member of defendant through an unapproved transfer of interest.

AM Gen. Hldgs. LLC v. Renco Grp., DEFAX Case No. D65998 (Del. Ch. Oct. 31, 2013) Noble, V.C. (16 pages).

Publication Date: 2013-11-20
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Court: Delaware Court of Chancery
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Case Number: D65998