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  • Hagans v. The Bd. of Educ. of Red Clay Consol. Sch. Dist.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raeann Warner, Collins Price & Warner, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Michael P. Stafford, Elise K. Wolpert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: 22-1452-RGA

    Evidentiary record could support an inference that race played a role in defendant employer's failure to promote plaintiff sufficient to submit plaintiff's racial discrimination claim to the jury, as the promoted individual lacked the minimum qualifications and the reasons for not promoting plaintiff were plausibly inconsistent with his performance evaluations.

  • Exeltis USA, Inc. v. Lupin Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-04
    Practice Area: Intellectual Property
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martina Tyreus Hufnal, Douglas E. McCann, Gregory R. Boofer, Fish & Richardson P.C., Wilmington, DE; Philip K. Chen, Fish & Richardson P.C., Boston, MA; Brian Coggio, Excylyn Hardin-Smith, Fish & Richardson P.C., New York, NY; Megan A. Chacon, Madelyn McCormick, Bernard Cryan, Fish & Richardson P.C., San Diego, CA, for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: John C. Phillips, Jr., David A. Bilson, Phillips McLaughlin & Hall, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael Nutter, McGuireWoods LLP, Chicago, IL; Corinne S. Hockman, McGuireWoods LLP, Raleigh, NC; Daniel Withers, McGuireWoods LLP, Dallas, TX; Merritt Westcott, McGuireWoods LLP, Houston, TX; Dennis D. Gregory, McGuireWoods LLP, Austin, TX for defendants.
    Case Number: 22-434-RGA

    Court rejected proposed claim construction for testing method where patent language had failed to establish lexicography or disavowal to require specific test conditions.

  • In re: Boy Scouts of Am.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-03
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Insurance | Non-Profit
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Richard J. Doren, Blaine H. Evanson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Dierdre M. Richards, Fineman Krekstein & Harris P.C., Wilmington, DE; Susan Gummow, Foran Glennon Palandech Ponzi & Rudloff P.C.; Michael A. Rosenthal, Mitchell A. Karlan, James Hallowell, Keith R. Martorana, Seth M. Rokofsky, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Kathleen M. Miller, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ronald P. Schiller, Matthew A. Hamermesh, Handley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA; Paul Logan, Post & Schell, P.C., Wilmington, DE; John C. Sullivan, Kathleen K. Kerns, Post & Schell, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; George R. Calhoun, Ifrah PLLC, Washington, DC; Michael J. Joyce, Joyce LLC, Wilmington, DE; Kevin Coughlin, Lorraine Armenti, Michael Hrinewski, Coughlin Midlige & Garland, LLP, Morristown, NJ; Britton C. Lewis, John M. Flynn, Carruthers & Roth, P.A., Greensboro, NC; Maria Aprile Sawczuk, Goldstein & McClintock LLP, Wilmington, DE; Laura McNally, Emily Stone, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Chicago, IL; David Christian, David Christian Attorneys LLC, Chicago, IL; Brian A. Sullivan, Werb & Sullivan, Wilmington, DE: John E.W. Baay II, Gieger Loborde & Laperouose, LLC, New Orleans, LA; William H. White, Jr. Kiernan Trebach LLP, Washington, DC; Mary E. Borja, Gary P. Seligman, Ashley L. Criss, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC; Bruce W. McCullough, Bodell Bove, LLC, Wilmington, DE; Bruce D. Celebrezze, Clyde & Co US LLP, San Francisco, CA; Konrad R. Krebs, Clyde & Co US LLP, Morristown, NJ; Lloyd A. Gura, Pamela J. Minetto, Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass LLP, New York, NY; R. Karl Hill, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Douglas R. Gooding, Jonathan D. Marshall, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP, Boston, MA; Kim V. Marrkand, Laura Bange Stephens, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC, Boston, MA; Thaddeus J. Weaver, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Wilmington, DE; William E. McGrath, Jr., Dilworth Paxon LLP, Princeton, NJ; Stephen M. Miller, Carl N. Kunz, III, Sarah M. Ennis, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Margaret M. Anderson, Ryan T. Schultz, Adam A. Hachikian, Kenneth M. Thomas, Fox Swibel Levin & Carroll LLP, Chicago, IL; Marla S. Benedick, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE; Louis J. Rizzo, Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP, Wilmington, DE; David M. Fournier, Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith, Troutman Sanders Hamilton Sanders LLP, Wilmington, DE; Harris B. Winsberg, Matthew G. Roberts, Parker Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP, Atlanta, GA; Margaret H. Warner, Ryan S. Smethurst, Alex M. Spisak, McDermott Will & Emery, Washington, DC; Gilion Dumas, Dumas & Vaughn, Portland, OR; Charles J. Brown, III, Gellert Scali Busenkell & Brown LLC, Wilmington, DE; Delia Lujan Wolff, Lujan & Wolff LLP, Hagatna, GU; Christopher D. Loizides, Loizides, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Jessica Lauria, Glenn M. Kurtz, White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Michael C. Andolina, Matthew E. Linder, Laura E. Baccash, Blair M. Warner, White & Case LLP, Chicago, IL; Ronald K. Gorsich, White & Case LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael Stoner, Hayes & Boone, Dallas, TX; Derek C. Abbott, Andrew R. Remming, Paige N. Topper, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; R. Craig Martin, DLA Piper, LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; Richard G. Mason, Douglas K. Mayer, Joseph C. Celentina, Mitchell S. Levy, Watchell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Kami E. Quinn, Rachel H. Jennings, Kyle Y. Dechant, December L. Huddleston, Gilbert LLP, Washington, DC; Robert S. Brady, Edwin J. Harron, Kenneth J. Enos, Ashley E. Jacobs, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Philip D. Anker, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP, New York, NY; James P. Ruggeri, Joshua D. Weinberg, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, DC; Joel Millar, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Door LLP, Washington, DC; Erin R. Fay, Gregory J. Flasser, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE: Robert D. Cecil, Tybout, Redfearn & Pell, Wilmington, DE; Mark D. Plevin, Kevin D. Cacabelos, Crowell & Morning LLP, San Francisco, CA; Tacie H. Yoon, Rachel A. Jankowksi, Crowell & Morning LLP, Washington, DC; Matthew G. Summers, Chantelle D. McClamb, Ballard Spahr LLP, Wilmington, DE: Harry Lee, John O’Connor, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington, DC; Stephen Warren; Stamatios Stamoulis, Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLC, Wilmington, DE; Tancred Schiavoni, O’Melveny & Meyers LLP, New York, NY; Stephen Warren, O’Melveny & Meyers LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jonathan D. Hacker, O’Melveny & Meyers LLP, Washington, DC for appellees.
    Case Number: 20-10343-LSS

    Plan of reorganization establishing sexual abuse settlement trust affirmed where non-consensual releases of claims against non-debtors, who were affiliates of debtors, fell within "related to" jurisdiction since the non-debtors' viability as going concerns was necessary to the success of debtors' reorganization.

  • In re Entresto Patent Litig.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-29
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel M. Silver, Alexandra M. Joyce, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Nicholas N. Kallas, Christina Schwarz, Christopher E. Loh, Susanne L. Flanders, Jared L. Stringham, Shannon K. Clark, Laura K. Fishwick, Gregory J. Manas, Venable LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Dominick T. Gattuso, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott A. Cunning II, Elizabeth M. Crompton, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, Washington, DC; C. Kyle Musgrove, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, Charlotte, NC for defendant.
    Case Number: 20-md-2930-RGA

    Court dismissed infringement claims and counterclaims of non-infringement after defendant converted its Paragraph IV certification to a 21 U.S.C. §355(j)(2)(A)(viii) statement averring the non-infringement of its ANDA product.

  • In re: Veale

    Publication Date: 2022-11-08
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean A. Meluney, Matthew D. Beebe, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter K. Schaeffer, Jr., Avenue Law, Dover, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: 21-10418-BLS

    Creditor's complaint seeking to declare personal guaranty nondischargeable in bankruptcy dismissed where creditor failed to allege facts to support that borrower or guarantor intentionally made misrepresentations concerning the state of borrower's business or guarantor's individual financial situation.

  • Micro Focus (US), Inc. v. Ins. Serv. Office, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-24
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Insurance | Software
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Clayton Athey, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Hugh J. Marbury, Kaan Ekiner, Ryan P. Bottegal, Cozen O’Connor, Washington, DC; Stuart M.G. Seraina, BaldwinLaw LLC, Baltimore, MD for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Brian R. Lemon, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Scott S. Christie, McCarter & English, LLP, Newark, NJ for defendant.
    Case Number: D69827

    Although one defendant lacked standing to assert breach of contract claims where it was not a party or intended third-party beneficiary of the contract as it did not exist at the time of contract formation, the district court could exercise its discretion to retain supplemental jurisdiction over remaining state law claims after having dismissed all federal claims.

  • In re: Boy Scouts of Am.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-14
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Insurance | Non-Profit
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Hacker, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC; Tancred Schiavoni, Janine Panchok-Berry, An-drew Kirschenbaum, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Stamatios Stamoulis, Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Jessica C.K. Boelter, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY; Thomas A. Labuda, Michael C. Andolina, Matthew E. Linder, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL; Derek C. Abbott, Andrew R. Remming, Eric W. Moats, Morris Nich-ols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: D69363

    The bankruptcy court did not err in setting a bar date and establishing a claim form for sexual abuse claim-ants.

  • Wooten v. City of Wilmington, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-02-24
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theopalis K. Gregory, Isaac H. Green, Jr., Law Office of Theopalis Gregory Sr., Wilmington, DE for plain-tiff.
    for defendant: Caitlyn E. Quinn, Laura Najemy, City of Wilmington Law Dep’t, Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69309

    Employee stated a claim for retaliation because she was engaged in a protected employee activity, but the court granted employer's motions to dismiss other employment claims.

  • Pestell v. Cytodyn Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Practice Area: Wage and Hour Litigation
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael C. Hochman, Monzack Mersky McLaughlin and Browder, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Coren, Benjamin M. Mather, Janice I. Daul, Kaufman, Coren & Ress, P.C., Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Timothy M. Holly, Aaron M. Shapiro, Lauren P. DeLuca, Connolly Gallagher LLP, Wilmington, DE; Laurence V. Cronin, Robert K. Beste III, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69203

    The court dismissed plaintiff's Pennsylvania wage claim because he did not qualify as an employee under that state's law.

  • Peloton Interactive, Inc. v. Echelon Fitness, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-08-05
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Flynn and Anthony D. Raucci, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven N. Feldman, Christina V. Rayburn, Karen Younkins, Kevin X. Wang and Maxwell K. Coll, Hueston Hennigan LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Benjamin J. Schladweiler, Douglas R. Weider and James L. Ryerson, Greenberg Traurig, Wilmington, DE and Florham Park, NJ for defendant.
    Case Number: D69058

    Plaintiff alleged sufficient facts to demonstrate that its patents involved an inventive concept, rather than an abstract idea.