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  • BitGo Holdings, Inc. v. Galaxy Digital Holdings, Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-03
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, Michael A. Barlow, Eliezer Y. Feinstein, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; R. Brian Timmons, David M. Grable, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; David Cooper, Deborah K. Brown, Nathan Goralnik, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
    for defendant: Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Michael Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Andrew Ditchfield, Brian M. Burnovski, Pascale Bibi, Kyra Macy Kaufman, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY; Neal Kumar Katyal, Nathaniel A.G. Zelinsky, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C., Dennis H. Tracey, III, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY for appellees.
    Case Number: 2022-0808

    Court remanded for reconsideration of interpretation of contractual requirement using extrinsic evidence where both parties proffered reasonable interpretations of the provision.

  • TransPerfect Global, Inc. v. Pincus

    Publication Date: 2022-06-28
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank E. Noyes, II, Offit Kurman, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam K. Bult, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Las Vegas, NV; Jeremy Eicher, Eicher Law LLC, Wilmington, DE; Alan M. Dershowitz, Cambridge, MA for appellants.
    for defendant: Jennifer C. Voss, Cliff C. Gardner, Elisa M.C. Klein, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D69868

    Chancery court erred in holding company's majority shareholder and controller in contempt of violating an exclusive jurisdiction order where shareholder was not a party to the out-of-state action filed in contempt of the chancery court's order and where controlling stake did not itself make shareholder personally liable for the company's conduct.

  • Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Estate of Malkin

    Publication Date: 2022-06-07
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Insurance
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. Thompson Bayliss, Stephen C. Childs, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ginger D. Anders, Donald B. Verilli, Jr., Brendan B. Gants, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, DC; Stephen L. Caponi, Matthew B. Goeller, K&L Gates LLP, Wilmington, DE; Samuel O. Patmore, Jenea M. Reed, Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. for appellants.
    for defendant: Donald L. Gouge, Jr., Donald L. Gouge, Jr., LLC, Wilmington, DE; Gregory J. Star, Michael L. Miller, Joseph M. Kelleher, Cozen O’Connor P.C., Philadelphia, PA for appellee.
    Case Number: D69841

    Bona fide purchaser or securities intermediary could not assert UCC defenses to estate's claim to recover death benefit from stranger-originated life insurance policy since Delaware public policy precluded any party from profiting off an illegal wager on human life.

  • Murfey v. WHC Ventures LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Valihura
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl D. Neff and E. Chaney Hall, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: John J. Tumilty, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, P.C., Waltham, MA; Raymond J. DiCamillo and John M. O’Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE for defendant.
    Case Number: D69067

    The chancery court erred by reading a "necessary and essential" requirement into a partnership books and records request.

  • Chavis v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nichole M. Walker, John K. Kirk, and Lisa M. Schwind, Wilmington, DE for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian L. Arban, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE for appellee.
    Case Number: D68950

    Use of lab analysts' reports by testifying analyst who also participated in DNA profile matching did not violate defendant's Confrontation Clause rights where reports were non-testimonial because they did not substitute for testimony that would be used to prove an essential element of the crime.

  • Delaware Bd. of Nursing v. Francis

    Publication Date: 2018-10-17
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Health Care Law | Regulation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Traynor
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carla A.K. Jarosz, attorney for appellant
    for defendant: Daniel A. Griffith, attorney for appellees.
    Case Number: D68318

    State not obligated to prove that nurse's breach of professional standards also caused harm to a patient or the public to impose discipline for violations.

  • People v. Vidana

    Publication Date: 2016-08-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2016-08-18
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette and Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Steven T. Oetting and Linda Gándara, Deputy State Solicitor Generals, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Eric A. Swenson and Michael Pulos, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Valerie G. Wass, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. S224546

    Cite as 16 C.D.O.S. 9032 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JUANITA VIDANA, Defend

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    Drake-Williams Steel, Inc. v. Cont'l Cas. Co.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Drake-Williams Steel, Inc. v.Cont'l Cas. Co.294 Neb. 386Supreme Court of Nebraska.Drake-Williams…

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  • Johnson v. United States Steel Corporation

    Publication Date: 2015-09-02
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    Date Filed: 2015-09-01
    Court: C.A. 1st
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiffs and Appellants: KAZAN, McCLAIN, SATTERLEY & GREENWOOD, Ted W. Pelletier and Michael T. Stewart
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant and Respondent: HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, Barry J. Thompson, David W. Skaar, and Catherine E. Stetson, THE CAIRONE LAW FIRM PLLC, Matt Cairone
    Case Number: No. A142485

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 9922 DAVID JOHNSON et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. UNITED STAT

  • Donahue Schriber Realty Group, Inc. v. Nu Creation Outreach

    Publication Date: 2015-01-07
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    Date Filed: 2015-12-12
    Court: C.A. 4th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Morrison & Forester, Miriam A. Vogel, David F. McDowell, Dale K. Larson and Jeremiah M. Levine for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Damone Daniel, in pro. per., for Defendant and Appellant Damone Daniel. No appearance for Defendant and Appellant Nu Creation Outreach.
    Case Number: No. F068287

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 184 DONAHUE SCHRIBER REALTY GROUP, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v