• Varsity Brands Holding Co. LLC v. Arch Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2025-03-04
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Dorey, James G. Gorman, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Natasha Romagnoli, Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY; David A. Thomas, Blank Rome LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Seth D. Lamden, Jason A. Frye, Blank Rome LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Carmella P. Keener, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Anthony J. Palmer, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA; Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bové, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Alexander E. Davis, Goldberg Segalla LLP, Greensboro, NC; Joseph B. Cicero, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ryan S. Appleby, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Megan T. Mantzavinos, Marks, O’Neill, O’Brien, Dougherty & Kelly, P.C, Wilmington, DE; Kristen C. Kish, Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP, New York, NY; Marla S. Benedek, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; John Bonnie, Weinberg Wheeler Huggins Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, GA; Aimee M. Czachorowski, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Edward B. Parks, II, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, DC; Justin C. Barrett, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Louis J. Rizzo, Jr., Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-10-283 MAA CCLD Submitted: November

    Court dismissed some insurers for lack of personal jurisdiction where the only connection between their policies and Delaware was the state of the insured's incorporation, which was insufficient to satisfy due process concerns.

  • In re: CVS Opioid Ins. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Insurance | Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garrett B. Moritz, R. Garret Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Shuster, Daniel M. Sullivan, Blair E. Kaminsky, Daniel M. Horowitz, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York, NY; Robert M. Mangino, Susan Koehler Sullivan, Clyde & Co LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Robert J. Katzenstein, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher J. St. Jeanos, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bové, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Karen M. Dixon, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, Chicago, IL; Joseph B. Cicero, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam H. Fleischer, R. Patrick Bedell, Allyson C. Spacht, BatesCarey LLP, Chicago, IL; Louis J. Rizzo, Jr., Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE; Monica T. Sullivan, Matthew J. Fink, Leena Soni, Stephanie M. Flowers, Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP, Chicago, IL; Sean J. Bellew, Bellew LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Kotula, Rivkin Radler LLP; Loren R. Barron, Kaufman Dolowich LLP, Wilmington, DE; Wade A. Adams, III, Law Offices Of Wade A. Adams, III, Newark, DE; Bryce L. Friedman, Matthew C. Penny, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY; Thad J. Bracegirdle, Sarah T. Andrade, Emily L. Skaug, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Edward B. Parks, II, Sara Hunkler, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kevin. J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Cheryl P. Vollweiler, Skarzynski Marick & Black LLP, New York, NY; Philip Trainer, Jr., Marie M. Degnan, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Robert A. Kole, Caroline M. Trusty, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston, MA; Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE; Christopher R. Carroll, Jillian D. Dennehy, Joshua S. Wirtshafter, Kennedys CMK LLP, Basking Ridge, NJ; Robert K. Beste, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Keith Moskowitz, Dentons US LLP, Chicago, IL; Kathryn Guinn, Dentons US LLP, Denver, CO; Deborah J. Campbell, Dentons US LLP, St. Louis, MO for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Zachary J. Schnapp, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey L. Schulman, Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-02-045 PRW CCLD

    Court ruled that insurers had no duty to indemnify opioid lawsuits where the lawsuits lacked specific allegations of personal injury or property damage underlying the claimed losses in those lawsuits.

  • August 13, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

    NJ's Top Personal Injury Awards Total Nearly $654M

    The awards this year totaled about $654 million, which is much higher than last year's total of $169.3 million, and which makes the average award this year $32.7 million.

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  • March 5, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal

    New Partners Yearbook 2024

    Congratulations to these new partners, made and hired laterally over the past year.

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  • AmeriMark Interactive, LLC v. AmeriMark Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-11-15
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew L. Cole, Jack M. Dougherty, Cole Schotz, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven L. Klepper, Brendan P. Barry, Cole Schotz, P.C., Hackensack, NJ for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Patricia R. Urban, Megan I. Brison, Pinckney, Weidinger, Urgan & Joyce LLC, Wilmington, DE; Eric B. Fisher, Sarah Dowd, Binder & Schwartz LLP, New York, NY; Anna E. Currier, James G. Gorman III, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jason A. Snyderman, Charles A. Fitzpatrick, Blank Rome LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Shawna J. Henry, Blank Rome, Pittsburgh, PA for defendants.

    Case Number: N21C-12-175 MMJ CCLD

    Anti-reliance/non-recourse provisions of purchase agreement did not bar fraud claims against non-signatories where plaintiff sufficiently alleged that those parties were complicit in the contracting party's misrepresentations.

  • October 8, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly

    Litigation Associate Joins Blank Rome in Wilmington

    Blank Rome added Anna E. Currier as an associate in its Wilmington office, according to an announcement from the firm.

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  • Aureus Holdings, LLC v. Kubient, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-15
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Advertising | Technology Media and Telecom
    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 Kock, Travis S. Hunter, Nicole K. Pedi, Valeria A. Caras, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69538

    Defendant adequately stated a counterclaim for breach of contract, but the court granted plaintiff's motion to dismiss the counterclaim for fraud in the inducement.

  • 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.

  • GlobalTranz Enter., Inc. v. PNC Bank, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-08
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Cargo and Shipping | Transportation
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sabrina M. Hendershot and Donna L. Culver, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Anthony J. Dutra and Neal L. Wolf, Hanson Bridgett LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jose F. Bibiloni, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; John E. Lucian, Blank Rome LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69041

    An unsecured creditor could not assert a claim for unjust enrichment against a secured creditor.

  • Chaverri v. Dole Food Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-27
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Agriculture | Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rocanelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott M. Hendler, Hendler Flores, PLLC, Austin, TX for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Somers S. Price, Jr., Potter, Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrea Neuman and Thomas Manakides, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, New York, NY; Adam Orlacchio and Brandon McCune, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Donald E. Reid, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael L. Brem, Shirrmeister, Diaz-Arrastia, Brem, LLP, Houston, TX; Timothy Jay Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, and William E. Gamgort, Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Phillips, Goldman, McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kelly E. Farnan and Katharine L. Mowery, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; James Semple, Cooch & Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68783

    Motion to vacate due to intervening legal decisions denied where plaintiffs unreasonably delayed filing their motion and where decisions cited in support of motion were non-controlling law.