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  • Smash Franchise Partners, LLC v. Kanda Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard I.G. Jones, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy N. Betz, Neil Peluchette, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Indianapolis, IN for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Andrew L. Cole, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven K. Fedder, Fedder & Janofsky LLC, Baltimore, MD for defendants.
    Case Number: 2020-0302-JTL

    Fraud claims preempted by Delaware Uniform Trade Secrets Act where the claims involved the alleged misappropriation of proprietary business information, but such claims would fail as any fraudulently obtained information would not have caused the claimed damages.

  • Smash Franchise Partners v. Kanda Holdings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-26
    Practice Area: Trade Secrets
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Laster
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Neal Bennet, Sarah P. Kaboly and D. McKinley Measley, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Tracy N. Betz and Neil Peluchette, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Indianapolis, IN for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Michael F. Bonkowski and Andrew L. Cole, Cole Schotz P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven K. Fedder, Fedder & Janofsky LLC, Baltimore, MD for defendants.
    Case Number: D69100

    Although plaintiffs were not entitled to an injunction shutting down defendants' business, the court granted a limited temporary injunction regarding certain statements made by defendants on their website.

  • May 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    Apollo El Paso Exploration and Production Apollo Global Management, LLC, teamed with Riverstone Holdings LLC and Access Industries, Inc., on a $7.15 billion agreement to buy

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