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  • CoVenture Burt Credit Opportunities GP, LLC v. Coleman

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa Zwally Brown, Samuel L. Moultrie, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Gabriel Aizenberg, Scott Mendeloff, Aaron S. Klein, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago IL for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Richard I.G. Jones, Jr., Michael W. McDermott, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven R. Campbell, Scott M. O’Brien, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, NY for defendant.
    Case Number: N22C-07-197 MMJ CCLD

    Court dismissed fraud claims against corporate controller where alleged fraudulent behavior merely constituted a breach of the controller's contractual obligations.

  • Abernathy v. Brandywine Urology Consultants, P.A.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-03
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary M. Klinger, Mason Lietz & Klinger LLP, Chicago, IL; Gary E. Mason, David K. Lietz, Mason Lietz & Klinger LLP, Washington, DC; Jared T. Green, Seitz, Van Ogtrop & Green, P.A., Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William E. Manning, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Wilmington, DE; Turner A. Broughton, Brendan D. O’Toole, Amanda Bird, Williams Mullen, Richmond, VA for defendant.
    Case Number: D69278

    Patients lacked standing to bring suit against their medical practice to recover compensation for a ransomware attack and data breach the practice had suffered where plaintiffs failed to allege their personal or financial information had been misused or there was a concrete, imminent threat of misuse.

  • West v. Access Control Related Enter., LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-06-26
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Johnston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey G. Grivner, Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, PC; Ekwan E. Rhow, Sharon Mayer, and Patricia H. Jun, Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow, P.C. for plaintiff
    for defendant: Justin K. Victor, Michael L. Banks, and Vishal H. Shah, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP for defendants.
    Case Number: D68608

    Implied covenant and conversion claims dismissed as duplicative of breach of contract claims where contract expressly defined expectations of the parties and where conversion of contractually-promised assets had to be brought as a contractual claim.