• Maffei v. Palkon

    Publication Date: 2025-02-18
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, J. Matthew Belger, Jaclyn C. Levy, Christopher D. Renaud, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew W. Close, Jonathan B. Waxman, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Abby F. Rudzin, Asher Rivner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP; John A. Neuwirth, Evert J. Christensen, Jr., Stefania D. Venezia, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew E. Blumberg, Mae Oberste, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE, Kimberly A. Evans, Lindsay K. Faccenda, Robert Erikson, Block & Leviton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Christopher Windover, Lindsay La Marca, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY, Jason Leviton, Nathan Abelman, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA; D. Seamus Kaskela, Adrienne Bell, Kaskela Law LLC, Newtown Square, PA for appellees.

    Case Number: 2023-0449-JTL

    Jurisdictional conversion was reviewable under business judgment rule rather than entire fairness standard when plaintiffs failed to identify past conduct leading to concrete risk of liability for defendants that would be abrogated by the conversion.

  • Zain v. Ernest L. Isaacson DPM

    Publication Date: 2025-02-05
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice John J. Kelley
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    Case Number: 805136/2021

    Dismissal Denied; Defendants Did Not Fall Into Categories For Malpractice Immunity

  • Dallas County Hosp. Sys. v. Kowalski

    Publication Date: 2025-01-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Rights | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Oldham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 23-0341

    Respondent served as director of finance at Parkland Hospital and sought an ergonomic keyboard to address neck and back pain.

  • Markowitz v. 420 Kent Ave. LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-10-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Peter P. Sweeney
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    Case Number: 527648/2021

    Court Rules That LLC Must Indemnify Defendant, Summary Judgment Granted

  • Pefanis v. A.O. Smith Water Prods. Co

    Publication Date: 2024-10-15
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Adam Silvera
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    Case Number: 190302/2020

    Dismissal Denied, Issues of Fact as to Whether Defendant's Products Caused Asbestos

  • Hunold v. The City of New York

    Publication Date: 2024-09-12
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Hasa A. Kingo
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    Case Number: 156864/2023

    NYPD Employment Discrimination Case Dismissed on the Grounds of Res Judicata

  • Almodovar v. City of New York

    Publication Date: 2024-05-02
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Hasa A. Kingo
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    Case Number: 150953/2023

    Officer's Challenge Against Firing, Due to Failure to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine, Untimely

  • Papsodero v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-18
    Practice Area: Mass Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Adam Silvera
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 190102/2022

    Joint Trial of Asbestos Cases Granted; Plaintiff Established Commonality of Fact

  • City of Dearborn Police & Fire Revised Ret. Sys. v. Brookfield Asset Mgmt. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-08
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Weinberger, Mark Richardson, Brendan W. Sullivan, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Jackson E. Warren, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; John Vielandi, Labtaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY; Douglas E. Julie, W. Scott Holleman, Garam Choe, Julie & Holleman LLP, New York, NY; Brian J. Robbins, Stephen J. Oddo, Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA for appellants.
    for defendant: Kevin G. Abrams, Eric A. Veres, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; John A. Neuwirth, Stefania D. Venezia, Amanda K. Pooler, Elizabeth M. Sytsma, Tanner S. Stanley, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for appellees.

    Case Number: 241, 2023

    Chancery court erred in reviewing squeeze-out merger under business judgment review where proxy statement failed to disclose potential conflicts of interest of the special committee's financial and legal advisors.

  • Silverman v. El-Sadr

    Publication Date: 2024-03-07
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Tracy Catapano-Fox
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    Case Number: 714576/2019

    Defendant Failed to Show Untimely Jury Trial Demand was Excusable