• 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.

  • Knight Broadband LLC v. Knight

    Publication Date: 2022-06-14
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Davis
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Daniel M. Rusk, IV, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William C. O’Neil, Gretchen V. Scavo, Matthew Durkin, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Melissa D. Donimirski, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy W. Weber, Joseph P. Kenny, Weber, Crabb & Wein, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL for defendants.

    Case Number: D69852

    Fraudulent misrepresentation claims dismissed where the alleged statements constituted forward-looking plans rather than existing facts and there was no evidence showing the speaker had no intention of fulfilling those plans.

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  • March 5, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

    Judges Weigh Disqualification for Former Big-Firm Lawyers

    Given that patent litigation brought by nonperforming entities continues in full blossom, it's no surprise that former big-firm lawyers have been leaping in to get a piece of the action on th

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  • February 24, 2012 | The American Lawyer

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