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  • In Re: Proton Pump Inhibitors Prod. Liab. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley LLC, Wilmington, DE; Martin Bienstock, Bienstock PLLC, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James J. Freebery, Daniel J. Brown, Makenzie Windfelder, Hayley J. Reese, Chelsea A. Botsch, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur E. Brown, William Hoffman, Matthew Douglas, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Amy K. Fisher, Katherine D. Althoff, Carolyn E. Riggs, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN; Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sherry Knutson, Tucker Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL; Craig A. Thompson, Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD for defendants.
    Case Number: N17C-07-001 PPI

    Plaintiff brought the underlying personal injury action against defendants alleging that defendants were responsible for developing, manufacturing, marketing, and distributing proton pump inhibitor products that were unsafe, defectively designed, lacked proper warnings, and were unfit to be marketed and sold in the United States. Defendants individually and collectively moved to dismiss the claims. Plaintiff brought the case as administrator of a health care plan directly and as subrogee of its members' claims for a variety of injurie

  • In Re: Proton Pump Inhibitors Prod. Liab. Litig.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Manufacturing | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. Bankruptcy Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas G. Macauley, Macauley LLC, Wilmington, DE; Martin Bienstock, Bienstock PLLC, Washington, D.C. for plaintiff.
    for defendant: James J. Freebery, Daniel J. Brown, Makenzie Windfelder, Hayley J. Reese, Chelsea A. Botsch, McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur E. Brown, William Hoffman, Matthew Douglas, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Amy K. Fisher, Katherine D. Althoff, Carolyn E. Riggs, Ice Miller LLP, Indianapolis, IN; Philip A. Rovner, Jonathan A. Choa, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sherry Knutson, Tucker Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL; Craig A. Thompson, Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD for defendants.
    Case Number: N17C-07-001 PPI

    Plaintiff brought the underlying personal injury action against defendants alleging that defendants were responsible for developing, manufacturing, marketing, and distributing proton pump inhibitor products that were unsafe, defectively designed, lacked proper warnings, and were unfit to be marketed and sold in the United States. Defendants individually and collectively moved to dismiss the claims. Plaintiff brought the case as administrator of a health care plan directly and as subrogee of its members' claims for a variety of injurie

  • Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA v. FedEx Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Cahall, McCormick & Priore, P.C., Newark, DE; Daniel McNeel Lane, Jr., Kelly A. Potter, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, San Antonio, TX; Mina Matin, Lisa Schapria, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, Megan E. O’Connor, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Carolyn M. Branthoover, Jessica L.G. Moran, K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, PA; Richard M. Beck, Sally E. Veghte, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; James P. Ruggeri, Edward B. Parks, II, Sean T. Kelly, Ruggeri Parks Weinberg LLP, Washington, DC; Marc S. Casarino, Kennedys CMK LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N22C-08-488 EMD CCLD

    Court stayed action under comity where another jurisdiction determined to proceed with parallel action despite that case being second-filed since that action had connections to the jurisdiction, and staying the present action would avoid duplicative litigation or inconsistent results.

  • US Dominion, Inc. v. Fox News Network, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-18
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Manufacturing | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE;
    for defendant: Rodney Smolla, South Royalton, VT; Thomas A. Clare, Megan L. Meier, Dustin A. Pusch, Daniel P. Watkins, Clare Locke, LLP, Alexandria, VA; Justin A. Nelson, Jonathan J. Ross, Elizabeth Hadaway, Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, TX; Stephen Shackelford, Jr., Elisha Barron, Mark Hatch-Miller, Zach Savage, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY; Davida Brook, Jordan Rux, Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Stephen E. Morrissey, Edgar Sargent, Katherine Peaslee, Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, WA. Blake Rohrbacher, Katharine L. Mowery, Angela Lam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Paul Clement, Erin E. Murphy, Clement & Murphy, PLLC, Alexandria, VA; Dan K. Webb, Matthew R. Carter, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL; Scott A. Keller, Lehotsky Keller LLP, Washington, DC; Eric M. George, Katherine A. Petti, Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP, Los Angeles, CA; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: N21C-03-257 EMD

    News network's allegations of electronic voting machines manufacturer's role in rigging election constituted defamation per se because they were statements of fact or mixed fact and opinion and were not protected by neutral or fair reporting privileges.

  • Gone GB Ltd. v. Intel Servs. Div., LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-12-20
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: E-Commerce | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David E. Wilks, Wilks Law, LLC, Wilmington, DE; David Leichtman, Leichtman Law PLLC, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Matthew E. Fischer, Jonathan A. Choa, Jacqueline A. Rogers, Carla M. Jones, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Vanessa Soriano Power, Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, WA; Samantha K. Sondag, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, OR for defendants.
    Case Number: N21C-05-198 EMD CCLD

    Quasi-contractual claims failed where there was no evidence that plaintiffs performed any services or conferred any benefit on defendants beyond those expressly identified in the parties' written contract.

  • Cipercen LLC v. Morningside Texas Holdings LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy J. Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew K. Wegner, Brown Wegner LLP, Irvine, CA for plaintiffs/third-party plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Patricia R. Urban., Megan Ix Brison, Pinckney Weidinger Urban & Joyce, Wilmington, DE; Jeffrey Hurt, Hurt & Berry, LLP, Dallas, TX for defendant/counterclaim plaintiff. Francis G.X. Pileggi, Cheneise V. Wright, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Wilmington, DE; Dennis D. Leone, Sunjay D. Trehan, Shankman Leone, P.A., Tampa, FL for third-party defendant.
    Case Number: N19C-12-074 EMD CCLD

    The court granted both parties' motions to dismiss a fraudulent inducement and breach of contract case.

  • USA v. Wills

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 20-40648

    A criminal defendant, who was convicted by a jury of sexually abusing a child, failed to prove on appeal any reversible error in the trial court proceedings.

  • Aureus Holdings, LLC v. Kubient, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-15
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Advertising | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry R. Wood, Jr., Brandon W. McCune, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Kock, Travis S. Hunter, Nicole K. Pedi, Valeria A. Caras, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69538

    Defendant adequately stated a counterclaim for breach of contract, but the court granted plaintiff's motion to dismiss the counterclaim for fraud in the inducement.

  • Aureus Holdings, LLC v. Kubient, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-25
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Advertising | E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry R. Wood, Jr., Brandon W. McCune, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Rudolf Koch, Travis S. Hunter, Nicole K. Pedi, Valerie A. Caras, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69510

    Court declined to dismiss unjust enrichment/tortious interference claims where plaintiff alleged that defendant acted in bad faith to siphon plaintiff's customers and business development efforts, and where the parties' binding letter of intent only governed the parties' duties to create a final acquisition agreement.

  • Rite Aid Corp. v. ACE Am. Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-07
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance | Pharmaceuticals | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody C. Barillare, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gerald P. Konkel, Christopher Popecki, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Marc S. Casarino, White and Williams LLP, Wilmington, DE; Paul R. Koepff, Robert Mangino, Clyde & Co. US LLP, Florham Park, NJ; Robert J. Katzenstein, Robert K. Beste, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mitchell J. Auslander, Christopher J. St. Jeanos, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York, NY; Dierdre M. Richards, Fineman Krekstein & Harris P.C., Wilmington, DE; Hema Patel Mehta, Chartwell Law, Philadelphia, PA; David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
    Case Number: D69148

    An insurer had a duty to defend its insured in underlying opioid lawsuits, so the court granted plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment.