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  • Diep v. Trimaran Pollo Partners, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-07-12
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Hospitality and Lodging | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph N. Sianni, Andersen Sleater Sianni LLC, Wilmington, DE; Hung G. Ta, JooYun Kim, Natalia D. Williams, HGT LAW, New York, NY; Peter Safirstein, Safirstein Metcalf LLP, New York, NY for appellant.
    for defendant: Kurt M. Heyman, Jamie L. Brown, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam H. Offenhartz, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Tyler H. Amass, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Denver, CO for appellees.
    Case Number: D69883

    Chancery court properly granted corporation's special litigation committee's motion to dismiss derivative claims, where there was not sufficient evidence to raise a material dispute regarding the independence of the SLC or the reasonableness of the findings of the SLC's investigation into the claims.

  • AB Stable VIII LLC v. MAPS Hotels & Resorts One LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond J. DiCamillo, Kevin M. Gallagher, Sarah A. Clark, John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Theodore N. Mirvis, William Savitt, Sarah K. Eddy, Ryan A. McLeod, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Theodore B. Olson, Amir C. Tayrani, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C.; Adam H. Offenhartz, Marshall R. King, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY for appellant.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, Michael A. Barlow, April M. Kirby, Stephen C. Childs, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kathleen M. Sullivan, Michael B. Carlinsky, William B. Adams, Christopher D. Kercher, Rollo C. Baker IV, Todd G. Beattie, Jonathan E. Feder, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Kap-You Kim, Peter & Kim Attorneys at Law, Seoul, South Korea for appellees.
    Case Number: D69651

    Seller of hotel businesses breached ordinary course covenant by making material changes to operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, where the covenant did not contain a material adverse event exception and where seller failed to obtain buyer's consent to the changes.

  • Aranda v. Philip Morris USA Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Seitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ian Connor Bifferato, Richard S. Gebelein, and Thomas F. Driscoll, The Bifferato Firm, Wilmington, DE; Charles S. Siegel, Waters & Kraus, LLP, Dallas, TX; Stephen J. Phillips, Phillips & Paolicelli, New York, NY; the Thorton Law Firm, Boston, MA, attorneys for appellants
    for defendant: P. Clarkson Collins, Jr. and David J. Soldo, Morris James LLP, Wilmington, DE; Patrick W. Dennis and Perlette Michele Jura, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Miguel A. Estrada and Amir C. Tayrani, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC; Donald E. Reid, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew S. Hellman, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC; Elizabeth A. Coleman and Casey T. Grabenstein, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, attorneys for appellees.
    Case Number: D68094

    Availability of alternative forum not a condition of dismissal on forum non conveniens grounds, as analysis focused solely on defendants hardship in litigating in Delaware.