• Serviz v. The ServiceMaster Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John P. DiTomo, Miranda N. Gilbert, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP, Wilmington, DE, Lynn K. Neuner, Rachel S. Bradley, Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69648

    The court ordered plaintiff to produce emails from their privilege log, finding that the emails were not protected by attorney-client privilege.

  • Intermec IP Corp. v. TransCore, LP

    Publication Date: 2021-11-02
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Electronics | Manufacturing | Software
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael S. Nelson, Jessica L.G. Moran, K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh, PA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jason A. Cincilla, Howard P. Goldberg, Tye C. Bell, Manning Gross + Massenburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen E. Baskin, Peter Schmidt, King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC for defendants.

    Case Number: D69592

    Proposed amendment of declaratory judgment claim was futile where it sought declaration of rights and obligations that would be resolved by an existing breach of contract claim, or sought legal declarations to which defendant had already conceded.

  • Columbus Life Ins. Co. v. Wilmington Trust Co.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-03
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald L. Gouge, Jr., Donald L. Gouge, Jr., LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Miller, Joseph M. Kelleher Philip J. Farinella, Cozen O’Connor, Philadelphia, PA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ari Ruben, Susman Godfrey LLP, New York, NY; Steven G. Sklaver, Susman Godfrey LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendant.

    Case Number: D69312

    Although stranger-oriented life insurance policy holder could not maintain void policy under theories of estoppel or waiver, insurance company's acceptance of holder as owner and beneficiary and acceptance of payment of premiums could support fraud claim against insurer.

  • Surf's Up Legacy Partners, LLC v. Virgin Fest, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-01-27
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore A. Kittila, James G. MacMillan, III, Halloran Farkas + Kittila LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric M. George, Kim S. Zeldin, Browne George Ross LLP, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Robert K. Beste, Jason Z. Miller, Smith, Katzenstein & Jenkins LLP, Wilmington, DE; Marvin S. Putnam, Jessica Stebbins Bina, Lathan & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA for defendants.

    Case Number: D69276

    The court granted a motion to dismiss plaintiffs' claim for tortious interference with contractual relations, but defendants alleged sufficient facts in support of their fraud-based counterclaims.

  • Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. Wilmington Sav. Fund Soc'y

    Publication Date: 2020-04-20
    Practice Area: Law Firm Client Relationships
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Simon E. Fraser and Thomas Francella, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi and Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68955

    A law firm's prior representation presented a conflict that could not be waived. Motion for reargument denied.

  • Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. Wilmington Savings Fund Soc'y

    Publication Date: 2020-01-01
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance | Legal Services
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Simon E. Fraser and Thomas Francella, Cozen O’Connor, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi and Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE for defendant.

    Case Number: D68826

    Due to a former client conflict and the appearance of impropriety, disqualification of plaintiff's counsel was necessary to ensure the fairness of the litigation process.

  • B.K. v. Snyder

    Publication Date: 2019-04-29
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Government | Health Care Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-17501

    Class certification properly granted as to two of three classes of children alleged to be at risk of substantial harm due to state agencies' failure to provide adequate medical care

  • The GWO Litig. Trust v. Sprint Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-07
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Trade Secrets
    Industry: Retail | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard M. Beck, Sean M. Brennecke, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP, Wilmington, DE; John D. Byars, Joseph C. Smith, Jr., Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLP, Chicago, IL, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: Steven L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; David I. Swan, Brian A. Kahn, McGuire Woods LLP, Charlotte, NC, attorneys for defendant and third-party plaintiff.

    Case Number: D68347

    Plaintiff adequately stated claims for trade secret violations and interference with prospective business rela-tions, but its conversion and unfair competition claims were duplicative of the contract claims.

  • State of Delaware ex rel. French v. Card Complaint, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-09-12
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas E. Brown, Edward K. Black and Stephen G. MacDonald for the state
    for defendant: Stuart M. Grant, Mary S. Thomas, Laina M. Herbert and Vivek Upadhya for relator French; Stephen E. Jenkins, Catherine A. Gaul, Richard M. Zuckerman, Sean Cenawood, Kiran Patel and Catharine Luo for Card Compliant defendants; Kenneth J. Nachbar, Michael Houghton, Matthew R. Clark, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Ethan D. Millar, J. Andrew Howard, William R. Mitchelson, Jr., Jason D. Popp, Colm F. Connolly, Jody C. Barillare, Gregory T. Parks, Ezra D. Church, Courtney McCormick, David S. Eagle, Mi-chael W. Yurkewicz, Martin I. Einstein, David Swetnam-Burland, Stacy O.Stitham, Brian M. Rostocki, Benjamin P. Chapple, Michael J. Wynne, David A. Rammelt, Brian E. Farnan, Shawn J. Organ and Josh-ua M. Feasel for additional defendants.

    Case Number: D68285

    Factual issues prevented summary judgment in this false claims matter, and defendants failed to establish ex-traordinary circumstances for disregarding the law of the case.

  • Catlin Specialty Ins. Co. v. CBL & Assocs. Props., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-08-22
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Construction | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily K. Silverstein, Marks, O'Neill, O'Brien, Doherty & Kelly P.C., Wilmington, DE; Louis H. Kozloff, Goldberg Segalla LLP, Philadelphia, PA, attorneys for plaintiff
    for defendant: John A. Sensing, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alan E. Popkin, David W. Sobelman, and Melissa Z. Baris, Husch Blackwell LLP, St. Louis, MO, attorneys for defendants.

    Case Number: D68254

    Insurer entitled to reimbursement of defense costs under a reservation of rights following judicial determination insurer had no duty to defend where insured's acceptance of defense under reservation created quasi-contract and entitled insurer to reimbursement under a theory of unjust enrichment.