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  • NGL Energy Partners LP v. LCT Capital, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-11
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting | Energy
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven T. Margolin, Lisa M. Zwally, Samuel L. Moultrie, Bryan T. Reed, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Hal S. Shaftel, Daniel Friedman, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: John L. Reed, Peter H. Kyle, Daniel P. Klusman, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Benjamin D. Schuman, DLA Piper LLP, Baltimore, MD for appellee.
    Case Number: N15C-08-109

    Trial court erred in categorically excluding prejudgment interest from the post-judgment interest calculation where prejudgment interest was a component of the judgment.

  • AC Ocean Walk, LLC v. Am. Guarantee & Liab. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-05
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Insurance
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Patterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen M. Orlofsky (Blank Rome, attorneys; Stephen M. Orlofsky, Michael A. Iannucci, Michael R. Darbee, Justin F. Lavella of the District of Columbia and Virginia bars, admitted pro hac vice, and Alexander H. Berman of the District of Columbia and Virginia bars, admitted pro hac vice, on the briefs)
    for defendant: David R. Roth (Wiggin and Dana) of the Connecticut and New York bars, admitted pro hac vice (Ford Marrin Esposito Witmeyer & Gleser and Wiggin and Dana, attorneys; Edward M. Pinter, Jon R. Grabowski, Caroline McKenna, David R. Roth, and Jeffrey R. Babbin (Wiggin and Dana) of the Connecticut and District of Columbia bars, admitted pro hac vice, on the joint briefs). Brett Solberg of the Texas bar, admitted pro hac vice (DLA Piper, attorneys; Michael D. Hynes, on the joint briefs). Keith Moskowitz of the Illinois, New York, and Connecticut bars, admitted pro hac vice (Dentons US, attorneys; Shawn L. Kelly, on the joint briefs).
    Case Number: A-28-22 (087304)

    COVID-19 Interruption Losses Not Entitled to Coverage in Absence of Damage to or Physical Loss of Property

  • Edwards v. Department of Educ. of the City of N.Y.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Nicholas W. Moyne
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 155634/2022

    Failure to Prove Disinterested Malevolence Dismisses Plaintiff's Claim

  • Ace Am. Ins. Co. v. Guaranteed Rate, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-25
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Hanson, Jr., William J. Burton, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lilit Asadourian, Alice Kyureghian, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Aaron D. Lindstrom, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Grand Rapids, MI, for plaintiff below, appellee and cross-appellant.
    for defendant: John L. Reed, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; David Newmann, Courtney Devon Taylor, Victoria A. Joseph, Brittany Armour, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Robert J. Katzenstein, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant below, appellant and cross-appellee.
    Case Number: 360, 2022

    Ruling that appellee's alleged violation of the False Claims Act arose out of false certifications that the loans it endorsed were eligible for government insurance, not the professional services it provided to borrowers through mortgage banking, mortgage underwriting, and loan servicing; the court concluded that the FCA charges and eventual settlement did not fall within the professional services exclusion in appellant's management liability policy.

  • Silverstein v. Gregory

    Publication Date: 2023-06-20
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Dakota D. Ramseur
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 151024/2022

    Plaintiff Fails to Properly Allege Law Firm Intentionally Misled Court in Underlying Case

  • Mosaic Baybrook One v. Simien

    Publication Date: 2023-05-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Class Actions | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0612

    A landlord, that was sued by a tenant over utility bills and lost, failed to prove on appeal that it was entitled to relief.

  • Prospect Capital Corp. v. Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

    Publication Date: 2023-05-12
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Margaret A. Chan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 653941/2022

    Law Firm's Alleged Negligence Alone Is Not Enough to Build Legal Malpractice Case

  • Creadore v. Rosenberg & Estis PC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-28
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Lyle E. Frank
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 155690/2022

    Negligence Alone Is Far From Enough to Build a Case for Legal Malpractice

  • Lee Litig. Group PLLC v. A&B Rest. Group LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Lynn R. Kotler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 151574-2022

    Defendants Cannot Bring Abuse of Process Claim Based on Commencement of an Action

  • Stillwater Mining Co. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA

    Publication Date: 2023-01-31
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Mining and Resources
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Baldwin, Peter C. McGivney, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martha Sheehy, Sheey Law Firm, Billings, MT; Kyle A. Gray, Holland & Hart LLP, Billings, MT for appellant.
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott B. Schreiber, William C. Perdue, Andrew T. Tutt, Samuel I. Ferenc, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C.; John C. Phillips Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips, Mclaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Geoffrey W. Heineman, Jung H. Park, John J. Iacobucci Jr., Ropers Majeski, PC, New York, NY; John L. Reed, DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gregory F. Fischer, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; Angelo G. Savino, Cozen O’Connor, New York, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: 24, 2022

    Superior court did not err in applying law of state of incorporation to resolution of directors' and officers' insurance coverage dispute where the policy applied to D&O liability across multiple jurisdictions, as state of incorporation had the strongest connection to the dispute.