• NuVasive, Inc. v. Miles

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ethan H. Townsend, Aaron P. Sayers, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Wilmington, DE; Rachel B. Cowen, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL; Morris J. Fodeman, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, New York, NY; Jeffery S. Hood, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Philip A. Rovner, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nimalka Wickramasekera, Winston & Strawn LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Brian J. Nisbet, Elizabeth S. Deshaies, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, John C. Sanders, Jr., Winston & Strawn LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: 2017-0720-SG

    Failure to disclose passive investment in competitor did not by itself constitute a breach of loyalty where there was no evidence executive acted against his employer's interests, used the investment to obtain an advantage, or had a conflict of interest.

  • CPC Mikawaya Holdings, LLC v. MyMo Intermediate, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-12
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Food and Beverage
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Emma K. Diver, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; John E. Schreiber, Aaron C. O’Dell, Winston & Strawn LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, April M. Kirby, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy R. Farrell, Ropes & Gray LLP, Chicago, IL; Patrick S. Doherty, Ropes & Gray LLP, London, UK; Sarah M. Milkovich, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.

    Case Number: D69878

    Seller sufficiently alleged breach of written and oral contracts where merger agreement required buyer to complete pre-closing tax returns according to past practices and buyer instead used novel practices, but the change in practices was authorized by the parties' oral agreement in which the seller agreed to the change in exchange for receipt of the tax return proceeds.

  • Florida Chem. Co., LLC v. Flotek Indus., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-01
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly and Daniel M. Rusk, IV, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William C. O’Neil, Joanna R. Travalini, Adam J. Smith, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, J. Peter Shindel, Adam K. Schulman, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Layne E. Kruse, Joy Soloway, Kelly Potter, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: D69522

    Seller's subsidiary was bound to a forum selection clause based on estoppel, even though it was not a signatory to the sale agreement.

  • Preston Hollow Capital LLC v. Nuveen LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Barnaby Grzaslewicz and Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnel, Wilmington, DE; David H. Wollmuth, R. Scott Thompson, Michael C. Ledley, Sean P. McGonigle, William A. Maher, Nicole C. Rende and Jay S. Han-dlin, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Jennifer C. Wasson, David A. Seal and Robert J. Kumor, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eva W. Cole, John E. Schreiber, Molly M. Donovan, Joseph A. Litman and Mikaela E. Evans-Aziz, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D68954

    Defendants intentionally interfered with plaintiff's business relationships, but plaintiff did not seek damages and was not enti-tled to equitable relief.

  • Preston Hollow Capital LLC v. Nuveen LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-08-28
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Judson Scaggs, Jr., Barnaby Grzaslewicz and Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnel, Wilmington, DE; David H. Wollmuth, R. Scott Thompson, Michael C. Ledley, Sean P. McGonigle, William A. Maher, Nicole C. Rende and Jay S. Han-dlin, Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Jennifer C. Wasson, David A. Seal and Robert J. Kumor, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eva W. Cole, John E. Schreiber, Molly M. Donovan, Joseph A. Litman and Mikaela E. Evans-Aziz, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D68682

    The chancery court, as a court of equity, could not enjoin future defamatory statements.

  • Post Holdings, Inc. v. NPE Seller Rep LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-11-14
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor Bouchard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodger D. Smith II, Ryan D. Stottmann and Alexandra M. Cumings of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Richard B. Walsh, Jr. and Evan Z. Reid of Lewis Rice LLC, St. Louis, MO for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly and Jay G. Stirling of Potter, Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wil-mington, DE; William C. O'Neil, Jeffrey J. Huelskamp and Michael A. Meneghini of Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.

    Case Number: D68356

    Plaintiffs could not enjoy benefits under the contract while refusing to perform their obligations under it.