• Smash Franchise Partners v. Kanda Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-26
    Practice Area: Trade Secrets
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Neal Bennet, Sarah P. Kaboly and D. McKinley Measley, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy N. Betz and Neil Peluchette, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Indianapolis, IN for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael F. Bonkowski and Andrew L. Cole, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven K. Fedder, Fedder & Janofsky LLC, Baltimore, MD for defendants.

    Case Number: D69100

    Although plaintiffs were not entitled to an injunction shutting down defendants' business, the court granted a limited temporary injunction regarding certain statements made by defendants on their website.

  • Bamford v. Penfold, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-18
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David J. Margules, Elizabeth A. Sloan, and Brittany M. Giusini, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Wallace G. Hilke, Mark S. Enslin, Ballard Spahr LLP, Minneapolis, MN; Jeffrey S. Cianciulli, Weir & Partners, Wilmington, DE; Peter N. Kessler, Kutak Rock LLP, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John G. Day, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Marc R. Rosen, Joshua K. Bromberg, Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C., New York, NY; William B. Chandler III, Bradley D. Sorrels, Shannon E. German, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D68910

    Derivative fraud and unjust enrichment claims dismissed as duplicative of plaintiffs' direct claims for breach of fiduciary duties and conversion.