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  • Aureus Holdings, LLC v. Kubient, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-25
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Advertising | E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry R. Wood, Jr., Brandon W. McCune, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Travis S. Hunter, Nicole K. Pedi, Valerie A. Caras, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69510

    Court declined to dismiss unjust enrichment/tortious interference claims where plaintiff alleged that defendant acted in bad faith to siphon plaintiff's customers and business development efforts, and where the parties' binding letter of intent only governed the parties' duties to create a final acquisition agreement.

  • ARKRAY Am., Inc. v. Navigator Bus. Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-23
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer C. Wasson, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Julia E. Markley, Nathan R. Morales, Perkins Coie LLP, Portland, OR; Lindsey Dunn, Perkins Coie LLP, Denver, CO for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Stephen J. Kraftschik, Christina B. Vavala, Polsinelli PC, Wilmington, DE; Eric E. Lynch, Jonathan G. Brinson, Polsinelli PC, Phoenix, AZ; Scott B. Czerwonka, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Mark K. Thompson, MKT Law PLC, Minneapolis, MN for defendants.
    Case Number: D69438

    Contractual choice-of-law provisions did not bar claims where the provision only applied to contractual claims, and the applicable state law did not preclude enforcement of another jurisdiction's statutory unfair business practices claim.

  • State of Delaware v. Irwin

    Publication Date: 2021-05-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James K. McCloskey, Dep’t of Justice, Wilmington, DE for the state.
    for defendant: Thomas A. Foley, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69403

    A warrantless search of defendant's residence was improper, and although the search yielded no evidence that could be suppressed, the court held that defendant was entitled to a reduction in his probationary peri-od.

  • Cuppels v. Mountaire Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-28
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Agriculture | Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Karsnitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chase T. Brockstedt, Stephen A. Spence, Barid Mandalas Brockstedt, Lewes, DE; Philip C. Federico, Brent Ceryes, Schochor, Federico, and Staton, P.A., Baltimore, MD for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: F. Michael Parkowski, Michael W. Teichman, Parkowski Guerke & Swayze, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Lisa C. McLaughlin, Todd L. Goodman, John C. Phillips, Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; James R. Wedeking, Timothy K. Webster, Gordon D. Todd, Erika L. Maley, Daniel J. Hay, Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.
    Case Number: D69376

    Court approved class action settlement where, despite defendants' vigorous contesting of liability, plaintiffs and class counsel were able to secure a multi-million settlement on behalf of the class.

  • Columbus Life Ins. Co. v. Wilmington Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald L. Gouge, Jr., Donald L. Gouge, Jr., LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Miller, Joseph M. Kelleher Philip J. Farinella, Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ari Ruben, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY; Steven G. Sklaver, Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant.
    Case Number: D69312

    Although stranger-oriented life insurance policy holder could not maintain void policy under theories of estoppel or waiver, insurance company's acceptance of holder as owner and beneficiary and acceptance of payment of premiums could support fraud claim against insurer.

  • Abernathy v. Brandywine Urology Consultants, P.A.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-03
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary M. Klinger, Mason Lietz & Klinger LLP, Chicago, IL; Gary E. Mason, David K. Lietz, Mason Lietz & Klinger LLP, Washington, DC; Jared T. Green, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William E. Manning, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Turner A. Broughton, Brendan D. O’Toole, Amanda Bird, Williams Mullen, Richmond, VA for defendant.
    Case Number: D69278

    Patients lacked standing to bring suit against their medical practice to recover compensation for a ransomware attack and data breach the practice had suffered where plaintiffs failed to allege their personal or financial information had been misused or there was a concrete, imminent threat of misuse.

  • Surf's Up Legacy Partners, LLC v. Virgin Fest, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-01-27
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore A. Kittila, James G. MacMillan, III, Halloran Farkas + Kittila LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric M. George, Kim S. Zeldin, Browne George Ross LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert K. Beste, Jason Z. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Marvin S. Putnam, Jessica Stebbins Bina, Lathan & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.
    Case Number: D69276

    The court granted a motion to dismiss plaintiffs' claim for tortious interference with contractual relations, but defendants alleged sufficient facts in support of their fraud-based counterclaims.

  • Langston v. Exterior Pro Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Jurden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Victoria K. Petrone, Brian V. DeMott, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt LLC, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69178

    A complaint and its accompanying documents together enabled the calculation of a sum certain for damag-es, so plaintiff was entitled to a default judgment in that amount.

  • Rite Aid Corp. v. ACE Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-07
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody C. Barillare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gerald P. Konkel, Christopher Popecki, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Marc S. Casarino, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul R. Koepff, Robert Mangino, Clyde & Co. US LLP, Florham Park, NJ; Robert J. Katzenstein, Robert K. Beste, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mitchell J. Auslander, Christopher J. St. Jeanos, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; Dierdre M. Richards, Fineman Krekstein & Harris P.C., Wilmington, DE; Hema Patel Mehta, Chartwell Law, Philadelphia, PA; David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69148

    An insurer had a duty to defend its insured in underlying opioid lawsuits, so the court granted plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment.

  • Smyre v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2020-08-05
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Butler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather A. Long, Kimmel Carter Roman Peltz & O’Neill, P.A., Newark, DE for claimant.
    for defendant: Benjamin K. Durstein, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, DE for employer.
    Case Number: D69060

    Claimant's motion for clarification did not relate to a substantive portion of an agency's ruling, so it did not toll the time for filing an appeal.