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February 18, 2025 | New Jersey Law Journal

Bar Report - Feb. 18

The Solo and Small-Firm Conference on Feb. 21-22 is the CLE event of the year for solo and small-firm attorneys to network, have fun with colleagues and attend programs specially designed for the practice.

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Turnbull v. Klein

Publication Date: 2025-02-18
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor David
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen E. Jenkins, Richard D. Heins, Tiffany Geyer Lydon, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Donald J. Enright, Elizabeth K. Tripodi, Brian D. Stewart, Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, Washington, D.C; Blake A. Bennett, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Michael J. Palestina, Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC, New Orleans, LA for plaintiffs.
for defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Jaclyn C. Levy, Callan R. Jackson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Stephen H. Lee, Joseph D. Cohen, Christopher G. Wawro, Porter Hedges LLP, Houston, TX; J. Clayton Athey, David C. Skoranski, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Edward Han, Alyssa K. Tapper, Paul Hastings LLP, Palo Alto, CA; April M. Ferraro, Noah H. Brown, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael C. Holmes, Jeffrey Crough, Virginia DeBeer, Megan Cloud, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dallas, TX for defendants.
Case Number: 2023-1125-BWD

Shareholder's voting power was insufficient by itself to give rise to an inference of a controller position and company's formation of a special committee weighed against, not in favor of, finding controller status.

Maffei v. Palkon

Publication Date: 2025-02-18
Practice Area: Corporate Governance
Industry: E-Commerce | Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Delaware Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Valihura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin R. Shannon, J. Matthew Belger, Jaclyn C. Levy, Christopher D. Renaud, Justin T. Hymes, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Matthew W. Close, Jonathan B. Waxman, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Abby F. Rudzin, Asher Rivner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, NY; Bradley R. Aronstam, S. Sirkin, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP; John A. Neuwirth, Evert J. Christensen, Jr., Stefania D. Venezia, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY for appellants.
for defendant: Gregory V. Varallo, Andrew E. Blumberg, Mae Oberste, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE, Kimberly A. Evans, Lindsay K. Faccenda, Robert Erikson, Block & Leviton LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Jeremy Friedman, David Tejtel, Christopher Windover, Lindsay La Marca, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY, Jason Leviton, Nathan Abelman, Block & Leviton LLP, Boston, MA; D. Seamus Kaskela, Adrienne Bell, Kaskela Law LLC, Newtown Square, PA for appellees.
Case Number: 2023-0449-JTL

Jurisdictional conversion was reviewable under business judgment rule rather than entire fairness standard when plaintiffs failed to identify past conduct leading to concrete risk of liability for defendants that would be abrogated by the conversion.

Court of Appeals: February 18, 2025

Publication Date: 2025-02-18
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals, New York State
Judge: Unsigned
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: DOCKET

Motions released on: February 13, 2025

Gopalan v. Marsh

Publication Date: 2025-02-17
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Justice Triana
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 03-22-00649-CV

The parties married in 2009, bought a house in early 2010 using funds contributed by both parties, and have two children.

State of Texas v. United States

Publication Date: 2025-02-17
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government | Immigration Law
Industry:
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Smith
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: 23-40653

In 2021, the district court held that Texas has standing to challenge the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and that DACA is procedurally and substantively unlawful.

Appellate Division, First Department: February 14, 2025

Publication Date: 2025-02-14
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
Industry:
Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Appeals & Motions
Judge: Unsigned
Attorneys: For plaintiff:
for defendant:
Case Number: DOCKET

Appeals & Motions List released on:February 11, 2025

Matter of Wharton-Bickley

Publication Date: 2025-02-14
Practice Area: Administrative Law
Industry:
Court: Other Courts, New York
Judge: Judge OATH Administrative Law Judge Christine Stecura
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Petitioner by: Margaret B. Sandercock, Esq., Elizabeth Sandercock, Esq., Goodfarb & Sandercock, LLP.
for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent by: David R. Brody, Esq., Gabriel W. Block, Esq., Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins, Goidel, P.C.
Case Number: 2654/23

Court Grants Protection to Tenants Under Loft Law

February 13, 2025 | The American Lawyer

'Back to Normal': Cadwalader Sees Revenue, PEP Surge as Equity Tier Shrinks

Firm chair Pat Quinn said the volatility of interest rates over the last several years produced unpredictable results. He said 2024 was a return to normalcy for the firm.

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Kim v. NYC Green Transp. Grp. LLC

Publication Date: 2025-02-13
Practice Area: Immigration Law
Industry:
Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
Judge: District Judge Frederic Block
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff: Landry Belizaire, Belizaire & Associates P.A., Bloomfield, New Jersey.
for defendant: For Defendants NYC Green and NuRide: Jason Gottlieb, Morrison Cohen LLP, New York, New York. For Defendant Anthony G. Parrizzi: Ioannis Sipsas, Sipsas PC, Astoria, New York.
Case Number: 23-CV-5445

Fiduciary Duty, Contract Breach Pleaded in Alien's Suit Over EB-5 Investor Visa Failure