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  • Urquhart v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2019-02-06
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene J. Maurer, Jr. and Elise K. Wolpert of Eugene J. Maurer, Jr. P.A., Wilmington, DE for Everett Ur-quhart.
    for defendant: Abby Adams, Department of Justice, Georgetown, DE for the state.
    Case Number: D68453

    Criminal defendant's right to assistance of counsel in a serious felony trial required more than the mere pres-ence of a defense attorney the day of trial.

  • Flood v. Synutra Int'l, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-24
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance | Mergers and Acquisitions | Securities Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Strine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan M. Ernst, Daniel P. Murray,O'Kelly Ernst & Joyce, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Donald J. Enright, Eliza-beth K. Tripodi, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, Washington, D.C., attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Matthew E. Fischer, Matthew R. Dreyfuss, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Roger A. Cooper, Rishi N. Zutshi, Vanessa C. Richardson, Hana Choi, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for defendants Synutra, Jinrong Chen, Lei Lin and Yalin Wu; William M. Laf-ferty, John P. DiTomo, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence Portnoy, Re-becca L. Martin, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY, for defendants Liang Zhang, Xiuqing Meng and Beams Power Investment Ltd.
    Case Number: D68329

    The business judgment rule applied, even though a controller's initial offer did not contain the required condi-tions, because he provided a second letter containing those conditions prior to any action by the special com-mittee.

  • Delaware Bd. of Nursing v. Francis

    Publication Date: 2018-10-17
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Health Care Law | Regulation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carla A.K. Jarosz, attorney for appellant
    for defendant: Daniel A. Griffith, attorney for appellees.
    Case Number: D68318

    State not obligated to prove that nurse's breach of professional standards also caused harm to a patient or the public to impose discipline for violations.

  • Thompson v. State of Delaware

    Publication Date: 2018-08-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Abby Adams for the state
    for defendant: Tasha M. Stevens for defendant.
    Case Number: D68244

    No violations of a criminal defendant's constitutional rights occurred in connection with his probation viola-tion hearing.

  • Elenza, Inc. v. Alcon Labs. Holding Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-04
    Practice Area: Contracts | Intellectual Property
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Simeone, Charles T. Kimmett, Walter E. Anderson, and John R. Grimm, Harris, Wilshire & Grannis LLP, Washington, DC; Andrew D. Cordo and F. Troupe Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellant
    for defendant: Heidi K. Hubbard, Daniel P. Shanahan, David Randall J. Riskin, Tamara A. Rubb, and Michelle L. Hood, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC; Michael P. Kelly, Daniel M. Silver, and Benjamin P. Smyth, McCarter & English LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellees.
    Case Number: D68096

    Misappropriation of trade secrets claim properly denied where plaintiff failed to cite specific uses of its alleged trade secrets in any claimed misappropriation by defendant.

  • California State Teachers Ret. Sys. v. Alvarez

    Publication Date: 2018-02-07
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Corporate Governance
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart M. Grant, Michael J. Barry, and Nathan A. Cook; Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Christine S. Azar, Ryan T. Keating, and Ned Weinberger, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Daniel Girard, Amanda Steiner, Dena Sharp, Adam Polk, and Jordan Elias, Girard Gibbs LLP, San Francisco, CA; Thomas A. Dubbs, Louis Gottlieb, and Jeffrey A. Dubbin, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; Frederic S. Fox, Hae Sung Nam, Donald R. Hall, and Jeffrey P. Campisi, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, New York, NY, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: Donald. J. Wolfe, Steven C. Norman, and Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Theodore J. Boutrous and Alexander K. Mircheff, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Mark A. Perry, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, attorneys for appellees.
    Case Number: D68031

    Another jurisdiction's dismissal of derivative action for lack of demand futility had preclusive effect under federal law upon competing group of stockholders derivative litigation.

  • Bridgeville Rifle & Pistol Club, Ltd. v. Small

    Publication Date: 2017-12-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Regulation
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis G.X. Pileggi and Alexandra D. Rogin, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: Ralph K. Durstein and Devera B. Scott, State of Delaware Department of Justice, Dover, DE, attorneys for appellees.
    Case Number: D67983

    State agencies lacked authority to impose regulations amount to near-total ban on lawful firearms in state parks and forests, where Delaware Constitution protected citizens rights to bear lawful arms both inside and outside the home for the defense of self and family.

  • El Paso Pipeline GP Co., LLC v. El Paso Corp., DEFAX Case No. D67485 (Del. Dec. 20, 2016), Valihura, J. (33 pages).

    Publication Date: 2017-01-11
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
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    Case Number: D67485

  • Delaware Cnty. Employees Retirement Fund v. Sanchez, DeFAX Case No. D66704 (Del. Oct. 2, 2015) Strine, C.J. (en banc) (11 pages).

    Publication Date: 2015-10-21
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    Case Number: D66704

  • RBC Capital Markets LLC v. Educ. Loan Trust IV, DeFAX Case No. D66219 (Del. March 5, 2014), Jacobs, J. (29 pages).

    Publication Date: 2014-03-19
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    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
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    Case Number: D66219