• Appellate Division, First Department: February 20, 2024

    Publication Date: 2024-02-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appeals & Motions List released on:February 15, 2024

  • May 12, 2023 | National Law Journal

    9th Circuit Hears Sushi Spat Amid Apparent Rise in Food & Drink False Ad Litigation

    There were 214 food and beverage class actions in 2022, 331 in 2021 and 225 in 2020—a jump from only 95 lawsuits a decade earlier, according to a Perkins Coie annual report.

    7 minute read

  • April 18, 2023 | The American Lawyer

    Power Ranking the Am Law 100: Who Won Out Through the Pandemic?

    A retrospective on law firm pandemic performance sheds light on the future, and hints at a new model of success.

    15 minute read

  • February 17, 2023 | The Recorder

    Mintz Reps Vegan Food Company Miyoko's in Trade Secrets Suit

    This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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  • Appellate Division, Second Department: July 13 & 14, 2021

    Publication Date: 2021-07-16
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department, Hand Down Lists
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: July 13 & 14, 2021

  • GEA Sys. N. Am. LLC v. Golden State Food Corp.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-24
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Ross, Bradley R. Aronstam and R. Garrett Rice, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; E. Hutchinson Robbins, Jr. and Megan B. Burnet, Miles & Stockbridge P.C., Baltimore, MD for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Patricia L. Enerio and Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Randy K. Jones and Ann-Marie Dao, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., San Diego, CA for defendant Golden State Foods Corp. Brian M. Rostocki, Benjamin Chapple and Justin M. Forcier, Reed Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE for third-party defendant Allianz Global Risks U.S. Ins. Co.

    Case Number: D69025

    In this breach of contract action, defendant adequately alleged a negligence counterclaim, but the court dismissed the remaining counterclaims.

  • Morrison v. Berry

    Publication Date: 2020-06-17
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris, Christopher P. Quinn and Bradley P. Lehman, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron and Christopher H. Lyons, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP , San Diego, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Matthew D. Perri and John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam L. Sisitsky, Lavinia M. Weizel, Robert I. Bodian and Scott A. Rader, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., New York, NY and Boston, MA for independent director defendants. William B. Chandler III, Bradley D. Sorrels, Lindsay K. Faccenda and Daniyal M. Iqbal, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendant Duggan. Patricia L. Enerio, Jamie L. Brown and Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant Anicetti. Kevin G. Abrams, J. Peter Shindel, Jr. and Matthew L. Miller, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew A. Schwartz and Joshua S. Levy, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for J.P. Morgan defendants. William M. Lafferty, S. Mark Hurd, Thomas W. Briggs, Jr. and Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stuart W. Gold and Richard W. Clary, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for defendant Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP. Kevin R. Shannon and Matthew F. Davis, Potter, Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan Rosenberg and Abby F. Rudzin, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY for Apollo defendants. John L. Reed, Peter H. Kyle and David Clarke, Jr., DLA Piper LLP., Wilmington, DE and Washington, DC for Berry defendants.

    Case Number: D69017

    Plaintiff adequately alleged an aiding and abetting claim against a financial advisor, but the court dismissed the other aiding and abetting claims.

  • Morrison v. Berry

    Publication Date: 2020-01-15
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Investments and Investment Advisory | Retail
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel Friedlander, Jeffrey M. Gorris and Christopher P. Quinn, Friedlander & Gorris, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Randall J. Baron and Christopher H. Lyons, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Matthew D. Perri and John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam L. Sisitsky, Lavinia M. Weizel, Robert I. Bodian and Scott A. Rader, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., New York, NY and Boston, MA for independent director defendants. William B. Chandler III, Bradley D. Sorrels, Lindsay K. Faccenda and Daniyal M. Iqbal, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE for defendant Duggan. Patricia L. Enerio, Jamie L. Brown and Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzell LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant Anicetti. Kevin G. Abrams, J. Peter Shindel, Jr. and Matthew L. Miller, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew A. Schwartz and Joshua S. Levy, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for J.P. Morgan defendants. William M. Lafferty, S. Mark Hurd, Thomas W. Briggs, Jr., Richard Li and Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stuart W. Gold and Richard W. Clary, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for defendant Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. Kevin R. Shannon, Matthew F. Davis and Nicholas S. Prust, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan Rosenberg and Abby F. Rudzin, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY for Apollo defendants. John L. Reed, Peter H. Kyle and David Clarke, Jr., DLA Piper LLP, Wilmington, DE and Washington, DC for Berry defendants.

    Case Number: D68842

    The court granted defendant directors' motions to dismiss.

  • March 27, 2019 | Litigation Daily

    More Firms Land Defense Roles in College Admissions Cases

    Orrick, White & Case and Skadden are among several firms that have made appearances in the last week. Some firms are doubling or even tripling up on clients.

    1 minute read

  • March 27, 2019 | New York Law Journal

    More Than 15 Am Law 100 Firms Taking Defense Roles in College Admissions Case

    It can be risky for a firm to represent multiple criminal defendants in the same matter, according to John Lauro, a former federal prosecutor who now runs his own defense firm, the Lauro Law Firm, in New York and Tampa.

    1 minute read