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  • Daniel v. Hawkins

    Publication Date: 2023-01-31
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Teklits, Sara Barry, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey Alan Simes, Goodwin Proctor, LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: Richard I.G. Jones, John G. Harris, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: 184, 2022

    The court affirmed the trial court's ruling that an irrevocable proxy did not run with majority shares and dismissed appellant's arguments that the court improperly relied on "extrinsic" evidence contained in the proxy's addendum as well as the Third Restatement, finding that the addendum fell within the proxy's four corners and that the law cited from the Third Restatement accurately reflected the same legal principles that were in place at the time the proxy was established.

  • Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. v. XL Ins. Am., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-28
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; David B. Goodwin, Christine S. Haskett, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Denn, Kelly Freund, John L. Reed, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Rachel A.H. Horton, DLA Piper LLP (US), Philadelphia, PA; Aidan M. McCormack, DLA Piper (US), New York, NY for appellee.
    Case Number: D69658

    The court held that the Superior Court erred when it ruled that post-judgment interest and pre-judgment interest should be calculated using the same rate.

  • XL Ins. Am., Inc. v. Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ilana H. Eisenstein, Rachel A.H. Horton, DLA Piper LLP (US), Philadelphia, PA; Aidan M. McCormack, DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, NY; John L. Reed, Matthew Denn and Kelly L. Freund, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David B. Goodwin, Christine S. Haskett, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA; David J. Baldwin, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69173

    Expert testimony regarding lost earnings was consistent with the provisions of the business interruption coverage portion of the insurance policies.

  • Arkansas Teacher Retirement Sys. v. Countrywide Fin. Corp., DEFAX Case No. D65868 (Del. en banc Sept. 10, 2013) Holland, J. (20 pages).

    Publication Date: 2013-10-09
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    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
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    Case Number: D65868