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  • 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.

  • October 1, 2021 | Litigation Daily

    Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

    A pair of talc trial wins for J&J and important appellate wins for Hogan Lovells and Wachtell lead the way this week.

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  • September 24, 2021 | Litigation Daily

    An Almost-Overwhelming Slate of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

    Latham leads the way this week with a rare acquittal for a former CEO who went to trial on criminal fraud charges.

    8 minute read

  • Chaverri v. Dole Food Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Agriculture | Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott M. Hendler, Rebecca Webber, Hendler Flores, PLLC, Austin, TX; Andrew C. Dalton, Dalton and Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Andrea E. Neuman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, William E. Thomson, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jennifer C. Wasson, Stephanie E. O’Byrne, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Boaz S. Morag, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY; James W. Semple, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam V. Orlacchio, Brandon W. McCune, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael L. Brem, Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem LLP, Houston, TX; Ryan D. Stottman, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Craig Stanfield, King & Spalding LLP, Houston, TX; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Timothy Jay Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Jr., Phillips, Goldman & Spence, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: D69319

    Superior court did not abuse discretion in denying motion to vacate dismissal based on after-decided federal cases where differences between the federal first-filed rule and Delaware's first-filed rule meant the superior court could handle plaintiffs' second-filed action differently than it might be handled under the federal rule.

  • 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.

  • March 29, 2019 | The Recorder

    New Calif. Law Requiring Female Directors on Public Company Boards Becomes Effective

    With this new law taking effect, the state of California became the first U.S. state to require public companies to have female directors on their boards of directors.

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  • January 14, 2019 | Delaware Law Weekly

    Del. Corporate Litigation Attorney Among Blank Rome Promotions

    Among the 18 promoted attorneys was Adam V. Orlacchio of the firm's Wilmington office.

    1 minute read

  • May 30, 2018 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Appraisal, Quasi-Appraisal and Indemnification—Are Deals at Risk?

    Delaware litigators and deal lawyers around the globe are keen on accounting for the risk of dissenting stockholders exercising appraisal rights when negotiating and structuring a corporate transaction.

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  • In re Onewoo Corporation, and V.J.One Corporation, Plaintiffs v. Hampshire Brands, Inc., Hampshire Group, Limited, Paul Buxbaum and William Drozdowski, Defendants, 17-01008

    Publication Date: 2017-04-10
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District
    Judge: Bankruptcy Judge Michael Wiles
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for the Plaintiffs by: Robert L. Lash, Esq., Hur & Lash, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: Counsel for the Defendants by: Leon R. Barson, Esq., Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY.
    Case Number: 17-01008

    Court Explains Why Fraud, Breach Action Cannot Be Remanded to District or Transferred to Delaware Bankruptcy

  • August 13, 2014 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    R.L. Polk Dismissed as Defendant in Suit Over $1.3 Bil. Merger

    A corporate entity does not owe fiduciary duties to its stockholders, the Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled. The court issued the opinion when it dismissed consumer-marketing information

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