• United States v. Biden

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David C. Weiss, Special Counsel, Leo J. Wise, Principal Senior Assistant Special Counsel, Derek E. Hines, Senior Assistant Special Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Bartholomew J. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Abbe David Lowell, Christopher D. Man, Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC for defendant.

    Case Number: 23-61 (MN)

    Court declined to dismiss charges based on immunity purportedly conferred by a diversion agreement since the agreement lacked the approval necessary for it to go into effect and the parties and court disputed the scope of immunity.

  • Isaac v. Cable News Network, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-30
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Federal Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald G. Poliquin, The Poliquin Firm LLC, Dover, DE; Brian R. Della Rocca, Compass Law Partners, Rockville, MD for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alison Schary, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC; Hilary Oran, Katherine M. Bolger, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY; Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, James G. Touhey, Jr., Director, Torts Branch, Stephen R. Terrell, Attorney, Torts Branch, United States Department Of Justice, Washington, DC; David J. Margules, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE, Lauren Russell, Ballard Spahr LLP, Washington, DC, Kaitlin M. Gurney, Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Bartholomew J. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Abbe David Lowell, Sanaya M. Tamboli, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC; David A. Kolansky, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 23-247 (MN)

    Applying the four factors enumerated in Pioneer, the court determined that plaintiff's counsel's late filing of an opposition to a motion to dismiss due to his mis-reliance on the rules was not "excusable neglect" and denied his motion to reconsider the court's decision granting the motion to dismiss.

  • Rex Med., L.P. v. Intuitive Surgical, INC.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Farnan, Brian E. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Erik B. Milch, Cooley LLP, Reston, VA; Allison Elkman, Cooley LLP, Washington, D.C.; Dena Chen, Deepa Kannappan, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Nathan R. Hoeschen, Karen E. Keller, Shaw Keller LLP, Wilmington, DE; George Lombardi, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL; Claire A. Fundakowski, Joseph C. Masullo, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kelly C. Hunsaker, Michael Rueckheim, Winston & Strawn LLP, Redwood City, CA; Evan Lewis, Winston & Strawn LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: 19-005 (MN)

    After crediting the jury's verdict of patent infringement, the court determined that plaintiff had failed to offer any evidence that would serve as a basis for damages and remitted the jury's award to nominal damages of $1.

  • Isaac v. Cable News Network, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Federal Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald G. Poliquin, The Poliquin Firm, LLC, Dover, DE; Brian E. Della Rocca, Compass Law Partners, Rockville, MD for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alison Schary, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC; Hilary Oran, Katherine M. Bolger, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY; Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, James G. Touhey, Jr., Director, Torts Branch, Stephen R. Terrell, Attorney, Torts Branch, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC; David J. Margules, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE, Lauren P. Russell, Ballard Spahr LLP, Washington, DC, Kaitlin M. Burney, Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Bartholomew J. Dalton, Dalton & Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Abbe David Lowell, Sanaya M. Tamboli, Winston & Strawn LLP, Washington, DC; David A. Kolansku, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 23-247 (MN)

    Court substituted the federal government for a defendant member of Congress when the underlying events occurred within the scope of the congressman's duties, which required dismissal of the claims for plaintiff's failure to exhaust his administrative remedies under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

  • In re: HDR Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pauline K. Morgan, Sean T. Greecher, Joseph M. Mulvihill, Jared W. Kochenash, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for HDR Holdings, Inc. and Schramm, Inc. Donald J. Detweiler, John H. Schanne, II, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Wilmington, DE for Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors of HDR Hold-ings, Inc. Michael D. DeBaecke, Ashby & Geddess P.A., Wilmington, DE for DNOW L.P.
    for defendant: Jamie L. Edmonson, Robinson & Cole LLP, Wilmington, DE; Carey D. Schreiber, Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, NY for GenNx360 Capital Partners, L.P. and Schramm II Inc.

    Case Number: D69201

    Appellants' failure to seek a stay of the bankruptcy court's sale order deprived the district court of juris-diction to consider their appeals.

  • Biogen Int'l GMBH v. Amneal Pharm. LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-09-30
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven J. Balick, Andrew C. Mayo, Ashby & Geddes, Wilmington, DE; James B. Monroe, Eric J. Fues, Laura P. Masurovsky, Paul W. Browning, Li Feng, Andrew E. Renison, Jeanette M. Roorda, and Aaron G. Clay, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Washington, DC; William F. Lee, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Stephen B. Brauerman, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips, Mclaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; George C. Lombardi, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D69134

    Court applied ruling from sister district under doctrine of collateral estoppel where concurrent case in which plaintiff participated also litigated issue of patent invalidity for lack of written description.