• Lebanon County Employees' Ret. Fund v. Collis

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel L. Closic, Eric J. Juray, Robert B. Lackey, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lee D. Rudy, Eric L. Zagar, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Eric J. Riedel, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Frank R. Schirripa, Daniel B. Rehns, Kurt Hunciker, Hillary Nappi, Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, NY; Gregory Mark Nespole, Daniel Tepper, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, New York, NY; Brian J. Robbins, Craig W. Smith, Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Stephen C. Norman, Jennifer C. Wasson, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Doluisio, Carla Graff, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Matthew L. Larrabee, Hayoung Park, Dechert LLP, New York, New York; Michael D. Blanchard, Amelia Pennington, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-1118-JTL

    Court denied relief from dismissal of action, after a state court found defendant directors and officers had not violated the law, where newly-filed DOJ complaint against the company remained unsubstantiated and did not contain allegations against defendants specifically.

  • Lebanon County Employees' Ret. Fund v. Collis

    Publication Date: 2023-01-03
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel L. Closic, Eric J. Juray, Robert B. Lackey, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lee D. Rudy, Eric L. Zagar, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Eric J. Riedel, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Frank R. Schirripa, Daniel B. Rehns, Kurt Hunciker, Hillary Nappi, Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, NY; Gregory Mark Nespole, Daniel Tepper, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, New York, NY; Brian J. Robbins, Craig W. Smith, Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Stephen C. Norman, Jennifer C. Wasson, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Doluisio, Carla Graff, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Matthew L. Larrabee, Hayoung Park, Dechert LLP, New York, NY; Michael D. Blanchard, Amelia Pennington, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA for defendants.

    Case Number: 2021-1118-JTL

    The court granted a motion to dismiss breach of duty claims stockholder plaintiffs brought against pharmaceutical distributor defendant.

  • AmerisourceBergen Corp. v. Lebanon County Employees Ret. Fund

    Publication Date: 2020-12-23
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Jennifer C. Wasson, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Blanchard, Amelia G. Pennington, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, MA for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel L. Closic, Eric J. Juray, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Gregory V. Varallo, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric L. Zagar, Michael C. Wagner, Christopher M. Windover, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA; Frank R. Schirripa, Daniel B. Rehns, Hillary Nappi, Hach Rose Schirripa & Cheverie LLP, New York, NY; David Wales, Andrew Blumberg, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY for appellees.

    Case Number: D69232

    Stockholders could file inspection demand after asserting credible circumstantial evidence that corporate directors and managers had engaged in wrongdoing.

  • Fanatics Retail Group (Dreams), LLC v. Truax

    Publication Date: 2020-12-16
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody C. Barillare, Brian A. Herman, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael D. DeBaecke, F. Troupe Mickler IV, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D69223

    Court granted plaintiff judgment on the pleadings in its breach of guaranty claim, where defendant had executed an unconditional guaranty waiving defenses to the validity of the underlying debt or defenses available in bankruptcy.

  • September 17, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Counsel for Factory Workers, Amazon Spar Over Compensation for Time Waiting in Security Lines

    The attorney for a warehouse worker told the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a case likely to determine whether Pennsylvania employees should be compensated for time spent going through on-site security screenings, that even if they wait in line for just a few minutes a day, it should still be compensated under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act.

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  • May 22, 2020 | Daily Business Review

    Grab a Drink While Social Distancing? Attorney Talks Marriage of Irreconcilable Concepts

    A Coral Gables hospitality attorney who is helping retailers stay afloat during the coronavirus economic crisis says the next step is to reconcile the opposing concepts of social distancing and profits.

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  • November 8, 2019 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Amazon Faces Medical Marijuana Lawsuit After Firing Warehouse Worker

    The filing comes just as the state Supreme Court is poised to take up the issue of medical marijuana in the workplace.

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  • IQ Dental Supply Inc. v. Henry Schein Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-01-04
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge Brian Cogan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-cv-4834

    Distributor Did Not Show 'Antitrust Injury', Is Not 'Efficient Enforcer' of Antitrust Laws

  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. McLane Company, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-05-24
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Date Filed: 2017-05-24
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Tucker (argued), Attorney, P. David Lopez, General Counsel, Lorraine C. Davis, Acting Associate General Counsel, Daniel T. Vail, Acting Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald E. Manthey (argued) and Ellen L. Perlioni, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Dallas, Texas; Joshua R. Woodard and Ashley T. Kasarjian, Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Phoenix, Arizona, for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 13-15126

    EEOC did not overreach in seeking identifying information for employees potentially affected by employer's alleged sex discrimination (Watford, J.)