• Owens v. Lead Stories, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-08-04
    Practice Area: Social Media
    Industry: E-Commerce | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE; Todd V. McMurtry, Jeffrey A. Standen, Hemmer DeFrank Wessels, PLLC, Fort Mitchell, KY; John P. Coale, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Garvan McDaniel, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE; Craig Weiner, Reena Jain, Akeman LLP, New York, NY; Steven T. Margolin, Lisa Zwally Brown, Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Grygiel, Cynthia Neidl, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Albany, NY; Michael Pusateri, Greenberg Trau-rig, LLP, Washington DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69490

    The court dismissed plaintiffs' defamation, unfair competition and tortious interference claims because they failed to demonstrate that defendants' statements were false or made with actual malice.

  • Parexel Int'l (IRL) Ltd. v. Xynomic Pharm., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-16
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss and April M. Kirby, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kurt S. Kusiak, Fitch Law Partners LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Lisa Zwally Brown and Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69123

    Although defendant did not object to invoices, plaintiff was not entitled to summary judgment because defendant raised issues of material fact regarding plaintiff's failure to perform multiple aspects of the parties' agreement.

  • Griffy v. USAA Cas. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John S. Spadaro, John Sheehan Sparadro, LLC, Smyrna, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Lisa Z. Brown, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69063

    Court dismissed claim where plaintiff was seeking a declaratory ruling on how an insurer would hypothetically pay out statutory interest on a claim for PIP benefits, meaning there was no live controversy between the parties.

  • Firmenich Inc. v. Natural Flavors, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alizia R. Karetnick, Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Brittany M. Giusini and Elizabeth A. Sloan, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Lisa Zwally Brown, Steven T. Margolin, and Samuel Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason Kislin, and Matthew F. Bruno, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Florham Park, NJ for defendants Natural Flavors, Inc., Harris Stein, Herbert Stein and Jason Stein. Jeffrey W. Lorell, Nino A. Coviello, and Alex C. Banzhaf, Saiber, LLC, Florham Park, NJ, Paul Cottrell, and Melissa L. Rhoads, Tighe & Cottrell, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants Jocelyn Manship and Julie Weisman.

    Case Number: D68951

    Duplicative damages bar did not preclude plaintiff from pursuing breach of contract and fraudulent inducement claims in the alternative where plaintiff's claim for rescission damages sufficiently distinguished its legal theories to allow them to proceed in parallel.

  • February 6, 2017 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Fox Rothschild Adds Counsel and Associate

    Fox Rothschild added two attorneys, counsel and associate, to its Wilmington office. Beth B. Miller joined as counsel in the taxation and wealth planning practice. Miller has practiced fo

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  • Darby Emerging Mkt. Fund v. Ryan, DEFAX Case No. D66060 (Del. Ch. Nov. 27, 2013) Parsons, V.C. (30 pages).

    Publication Date: 2014-01-01
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    Court: Delaware Court of Chancery
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    Case Number: D66060

  • December 4, 2013 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Court Invokes Cleanup Doctrine to Retain Non-Del. Dispute

    The Delaware Court of Chancery has invoked the "cleanup doctrine" to retain jurisdiction over a dispute between two business entities with no ties to Delaware. Vice Chancellor Dona

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  • February 26, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    The Orlando office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz has welcomed SUZAN ABRAMSON as of counsel in its securities and corporate governance practice. Previo

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