• 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.

  • February 12, 2024 | Delaware Law Weekly

    Morris Nichols' Bankruptcy & Restructuring Group Adds 2 Attorneys

    Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell announced the recent additions of Brenna Dolphin and Clint Carlisle to the firm's bankruptcy and restructuring practice.

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  • State ex rel. Jennings v. BP Am. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian Douglas Wright, Jameson A.L. Tweedie, Ralph K. Durstein, Sawyer M. Traver, Deputy Attorneys General, Wilmington, DE; Victor M. Sher, Matthew K. Edling, Stephanie D. Biehl, Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Wilks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Thomas G. Hungar, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, Joshua D. Dick, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Alexandra M. Cumings, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, DE; Nathan P. Eimer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, Lisa S. Meyer, Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL; Robert E. Dunn, Eimer Stahl LLP, San Jose, CA; Colleen D. Shields, Patrick M. Brannigan, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tristan L. Duncan, Daniel B. Rogers, William F. Northrip, Shook, Hady & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO; Kevin J. Mangan, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeremiah J. Anderson, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX; Kathryn M. Barber, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Mackenzie M. Wrobel, Coleen W. Hill, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael F. Healy, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, San Francisco, CA; Michael L. Fox, Duane Morris LLP, San Francisco, CA; Daniel J. Brown, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Bauer, Margaret A. Tough, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA: Jameson R. Jones, Daniel R. Brody, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO; Michael A. Barlow, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert P. Reznick, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, James Stengel, Marc R. Shapiro, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY; Catherine Y. Lui, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA; Robert W. Whetzel, Blake Rohrbacher, Alexandra M. Ewing, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Anna Rotman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Houston, TX: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; David C. Frederick, James M. Webster, III, Daniel S. Severson, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC, Washington, DC; Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; Nancy G. Milburn, Diana E. Reiter, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan W. Hughes, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, CA; John D. Lombardo, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jeffrey L. Moyer, Christine D. Haynes, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Kevin Orsini, Vanessa A. Lavely, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Antoinette D. Hubbard, Stephanie A. Fox, Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, Wilmington, DE; Shannon S. Broome, Ann Marie Mortimer, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, San Francisco, CA; Shawn Patrick Regan, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, New York, NY; Christian J. Singewald, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Joy C. Fuhr, Brian D. Schmalzbach, W. Cole Geddy, McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Paul D. Brown, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy A. Roman, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC; Honor R. Costello, Crowell & Moring LLP, New York, NY; Beth Moskow Schnoll, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmingt

    Case Number: N20C-09-097 MMJ CCLD

    State common law claims arising from fossil fuel companies' operations which harmed the environment were largely preempted by the Clean Air Act, which regulated the use of fossil fuels and emissions standards.

  • January 10, 2024 | Delaware Law Weekly

    Delaware Fossil Fuel Claims Narrowed, but Move Forward in Trial Court

    It's the first time Delaware Superior Court Judge Mary M. Johnston has weighed in on the case, which was reassigned to her last year following Abigail LeGrow's appointment to the Delaware Supreme Court.

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  • January 10, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Judge Narrows Delaware's Fossil Fuel Claims As Case Proceeds to Trial

    It's the first time Delaware Superior Court Judge Mary M. Johnston has weighed in on the case, which was reassigned to her last year following Abigail LeGrow's appointment to the Delaware Supreme Court.

    4 minute read

  • December 21, 2023 | Litigation Daily

    Encore! One Last Look at 2023's Litigators of the Week

    With one more LOTW set to be named tomorrow, a familiar firm has already clinched the most top spots for the year.

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  • March 3, 2023 | Litigation Daily

    Another Insanely Impressive Batch of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

    Lead runners-up at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher got the first directed verdict of no infringement from U.S. District Judge Alan Albright in Waco, Texas.

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  • Alatus Aerosystems v. Triumph Aerostructures, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-02-07
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Aerospace | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joelle E. Polesky, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. O’Mara, Joseph T. Kelleher, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendants/counterclaim plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Catherine A. Gaul, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Shireen A. Barday, Nathan C. Strauss, Kim P. Kirschenbaum, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, New York, NY for counterclaim defendants.

    Case Number: N20C-12-038-EMD [CCLD]

    The court granted the motion to dismiss on the grounds that defendant was merely considered an "affiliate" and therefore did not qualify as a "seller" within the meaning of Section 8.2(b) of the purchase agreement.

  • October 28, 2022 | Litigation Daily

    A Frightfully Full Edition of Litigator of the Week Runners-Ups and Shout Outs

    Dan Webb of Winston & Strawn led a team representing Versata Software in a three-week trial involving automotive configuration software where a Detroit jury hit Ford Motor Co. with a $100 million damages verdict.

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