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  • XAPT Corp. v. Deere & Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-02
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Manufacturing | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Flynn, Aubrey J. Morin, Andrew M. Moshos, R. Judson Scaggs, Jr. and Zi-Xiang Shen, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Kara E.F. Cenar, S. Patrick McKey, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., Chicago, IL; Ronnie L. White, II and Mary Ann L. Wymore, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., St. Louis, MO; Lauren Jaffe and Mariangela Seale, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP, Chicago, IL; James L. Higgins, Steven W. Lee and Melanie K. Sharp, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69109

    Plaintiff's breach of contract action was not the functional equivalent of a copyright infringement claim, so the court granted a motion remanding this matter back to state court.

  • In re: Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-29
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Biotechnology | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan M. Ernst, O’Kelly Ernst & Joyce, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Alexandra B. Raymond, Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., New York, NY; Richard A. Acocelli, Michael A. Rogovin and Kelly K. Moran, Weiss Law LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, Ross, Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Peter L. Welsh and Christian Reigstad, Ropes & Gray LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D68962

    A proxy statement contained a disclaimer about certain financial projections, so the court dismissed plaintiffs' claims for viola-tions of securities law.

  • United States v. Alexander

    Publication Date: 2020-04-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer K. Welch and Carly A. Hudson, Assistant U. S. Attorneys for the government.
    for defendant: Anthony J. Petron, Law Offices of Anthony J. Petron, Philadelphia, PA; Gary S. Silver, Silver Legal Services, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.
    Case Number: D68933

    The court denied a motion to suppress physical evidence because law enforcement officials acted reasonably under the circum-stances. Defendant voluntarily made a pre-arrest statement to police, and he waived his rights prior to giving a recorded state-ment.

  • Genentech, Inc. v. Amgen Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-25
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael P. Kelly, Daniel M. Silver and Alexandra M. Joyce McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE
    for defendant: Daralyn J. Durie, Adam R. Brausa, Eric C. Wiener and Enenda Hoxha, Durie Tangri LLP, San Francisco, CA for Genentech, Inc. and City of Hope. Paul B. Gaffney, David I. Berl, Thomas S. Fletcher, Kyle E. Thomason, Teagan J. Gregory, Charles L. McCloud and Kathryn S. Kayali, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC; William F. Lee, Lisa J. Pirozzolo, Emily R. Whelan, Kevin S. Prussia, Andrew J. Danford, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA; Robert J. Gunther Jr., Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY; and Nora Passmaneck of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Denver, CO for Genentech, Inc. Melanie K. Sharp and James L. Higgins, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Neal C. Belgam, Eve H. Ormerod and Jennifer M. Rutter, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for Amgen Inc.
    Case Number: D68923

    The court relied on extrinsic evidence to construe a term relating to a fermentation process in this pharmaceutical patent case.

  • Orexo AB v. Actavis Elizabeth LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-12-25
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Derek J. Fahnestock, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Errol B. Taylor, Fredrick, M. Zullow, Anna Brook, Jordan P. Markham, Kyanna Lewis, Nathaniel T. Browand and Venus Allahyarzadeh, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John C. Phillips, Jr. and David A. Bilson, Phillips, Goldman, McCaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; George C. Lombardi, Michael K. Nutter, Ivan M. Poullaos, John R. McNair and Nimalka R. Wickramasek-era, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL and Los Angeles, CA for defendant.
    Case Number: D68820

    The court properly excluded evidence relating to prior litigation which involved a different pharmaceutical.

  • LSF9 Master Participation Trust v. Tucker

    Publication Date: 2018-12-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Connolly
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa K. Cartwright , Atlantic Law Group, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: N/A
    Case Number: D68394

    The federal court lacked jurisdiction to hear defendant's challenge to a state court's decision in this mortgage foreclosure action.