• OneSource Virtual, Inc. v. Foster Poultry Farms, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-11-05
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Accounting | Agriculture
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily V. Burton, Samantha G. Wilson, Cheol W. Park, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jamil N. Alibhai, Toni L. Anderson, Jordan R. Curry, Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C., Dallas, TX for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Michael J. Flynn, Louis F. Masi, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brandon F. Renken, Danielle M. Charron, Mayer Brown LLP, Houston, TX for defendant.

    Case Number: N24C-02-019 SKR CCLD

    Court denied motion to dismiss or stay under first-filed litigation doctrine where movant had contractually agreed not to object to venue in Delaware.

  • Channel PES Acquisition Co., LLC v. Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-16
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Adams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stamatios Stamoulis, Richard C. Weinblatt, Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLC, Wilmington, DE; Richard A. Schwartz, Ross LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Alec F. Hoeschel, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian J. Massengill, Matthew E. Fenn, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-08-206 MAA CCLD

    Claims connected to the process of calculation and payment fell within scope of parties' limited arbitration clause covering the calculation of payment for acquired company following post-closing true-up.

  • bioMrieux, Inc. v. Rhodes

    Publication Date: 2024-05-20
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Rennie
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James M. Yoch, Jr., Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Brian Massengill, Matthew C. Sostrin, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Travis S. Hunter, Puja A. Upadhyay, Jessica E. Blau, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-10-067

    Plaintiffs could not exercise attorney-client privilege over sell-side emails where the merger agreement expressly contemplated that privilege would remain with the sellers, including defendants.

  • Conduent State Healthcare, LLC v. AIG Specialty Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-17
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robin L. Cohen and Keith McKenna, McKool Smith, P.C., New York, NY; Jennifer C. Wasson and Carla M. Jones, Potter, Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John L. Reed, Matthew Denn, and Harrison S. Carpenter, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE, Robert S. Harrell, Mayer Brown LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: D68631

    Defendants obligated to provide defense costs following state attorney general's issuance of a civil investigative demand to defendants' insured because the demand involved an investigation into Medicaid fraud and constituted a "demand for non-monetary relief" under the terms of defendants' policies.