• Earth Pride Organics, LLC v. Corona-Orange Foods Intermediate Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2025-01-07
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie L. Brown, Brendan Patrick McDonnell, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Adams, Lucas K. Hori, Rutan & Tucker, LLP, Irvine, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Brian M. Rostocki, Anne M. Steadman, Reed Smith, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael Leib, Reed Smith, LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-05-009-EMD CCLD

    Court granted plaintiffs leave to amend where contract and fraud claims did not fall within the parties' dispute resolution clause that was limited to valuation determinations by an independent accountant and plaintiffs pled their fraud claim with sufficient particularity.

  • Envt. Texas Citizen Lobby, Inc. v. ExxonMobil Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-30
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-20545

    In a per curium order, the court noted the en banc court heard oral argument more than 18 months prior and the parties had already endured multiple appeals and remands back to the district court over the course of nine years.

  • I Am Athlete, LLC v. Im EnMotive, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-12-10
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael D. Adams, Lucas K. Hori, Rutan & Tucker, LLP, Irvine CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gary W. Lipkin, Patrick A. Lockwood, Saul Ewing LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martin B. Carroll, David J. Ogles, Kenneth M. Thomas, Fox Swibel Levin & Carroll LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: N24C-03-280 EMD CCLD

    Court declined to dismiss breach of contract claim based on allegations that buyer improperly transferred assets to an affiliate with the intent to prevent seller from earning post-closing payments.

  • Data Logger Solutions, LLC v. Digi SmartSense, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-10-01
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Electronics | Retail
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Krista M. Reale, Margolis Edelstein, Wilmington, DE; Herbert W. Mondros, Rigrodsky Law, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Glenn Ricketti, Margolis Edelstein, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David J. Soldo, K. Tyler O’Connell, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Samuel E. Bashman, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric C. Liebeler, Kevin Kitchen, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN for defendant.

    Case Number: N20C-10-121 EMD

    Court granted remittitur where expert testimony could only reasonably support a lower future damages award than granted by the jury.

  • Westlake Pipe & Fittings Corp. v. Geon Performance Solutions, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen B. Brauerman, Emily L. Skaug, Bayard, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joelle E. Polesky, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Patrick K. Kingsley, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, Philadelphia, PA for defendant.

    Case Number: N23C-08-096 EMD CCLD

    Express terms of parties' supply agreement released supplier from having to honor rates under the agreement after its termination, and the agreement merely allowed purchaser to apply credits it had earned to future contracts negotiated between the parties.

  • FlexWage Solutions LLC v. Ceridian HCM Holding Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-27
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David A. Jenkins, Julie M. O’Dell, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan K. Waldrop, Marcus Barber, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; Carolina Diaz-Martinez, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John A. Sensing, P. Andrew Smith, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bambo Obaro, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Redwood Shores, CA; David J. Lender, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-04-086 EMD CCLD

    Misappropriation claims were untimely where announcement of competing program was sufficient to put plaintiff on notice of potential misappropriation.

  • Applied Energetics, Inc. v. Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum PLLC

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Energy | Legal Services | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore A. Kittila, James G. McMillan, William E. Green, Jr., Halloran Farkas + Kittila, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Robert J. Katzenstein, Robert K. Beste, Lauren A. Ferguson, Smith Katzenstein & Jenkins, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N23C-07-200 EMD CCLD

    Court dismissed malicious prosecution claim against legal counsel where the claim arose from litigation filed in another jurisdiction and counsel lacked sufficient contacts to support general personal jurisdiction.

  • Moll v. Telesector Res. Group Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-07
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Amalya L. Kearse
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant: Greco Trapp, Buffalo, New York, on the brief, Josephine A. Greco, Buffalo, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee: Jones Day, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the brief, James S. Urban, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    Case Number: 20-3599

    Issues of Fact Exist on Hostile Work Environment, Equal Pay Act, Other Claims

  • Larian v. Momentus Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-12
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Aerospace | Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dominick T. Gattuso, Elizabeth A. DeFelice, Gillian L. Andrews, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jonathan K. Cooperman, Kelly Drye & Warren LLP, New York, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Joseph L. Christensen, Christensen & Dougherty LLP, Wilmington, DE; Perrie M. Weiner, Baker & McKenzie, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Peter P. Tomczak, Michael D. Lehrman, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago, IL for defendant.

    Case Number: N22C-07-133 EMD CCLD

    Court declined to resolve breach of contract claim on summary judgment where parties had material factual disputes over the contractual conditions precedent to payment.

  • Estate of Barotz v. Martha Barotz 2006-1 Ins. Trust

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald L. Gouge, Jr., Donald L. Gouge, Jr., LLC, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Mathew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendants.

    Case Number: N20C-04-126 EMD CCLD

    Life insurance was void ab initio where parties without an insurable interest in the life of the decedent used Delaware statutory trusts to conceal the illegal nature of the policy and facilitate payment of policy premiums.