• Gracey v. Albawardi

    Publication Date: 2024-12-31
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney S. Liebesman, Seth A. Niederman, Kasey H. DeSantis, Joshua K. Tufts, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Justen P. Phelps, Gibson Watson Marino LLC, Wichita, KS for petitioner.
    for defendant: William E. Green, Jr., Halloran Farkas + Kittila LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ezra Ishmael Young, Law Office of Ezra Young, Ithaca, NY; Lisa M. Zwally, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE for respondents.

    Case Number: 2024-0394-LWW

    Court rejected divorce judgment creditor's reverse veil piercing claim where the judgment was directed to her ex-husband, not his corporate entities, and there was no evidence the ex-husband had used the entities to perpetuate a fraud or had disregarded the corporate form.

  • Wright v. Silver Creek Pharm., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-08
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin M. Gallagher, Andrew L. Milam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE, attorneys for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Lisa M. Zwally, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorney for defendant.

    Case Number: 2023-1044-LWW

    Purported written consent in lieu of a meeting could not moot stockholders' request for an annual meeting where the law required the removal of incumbent directors before a non-unanimous written consent could fill the vacancies.

  • ITG Brands, LLC v. Reynolds Am., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-18
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen C. Norman, Matthew F. Davis, Tyler J. Leavengood, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Elizabeth B. McCallum, Gilbert S. Keteltas, Carey S. Busen, Evan M. Mannering, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jim W. Phillips, Jr., Kimberly M. Marston, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, Greensboro, NC; Charles E. Coble, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP, Raleigh, NC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Gregory P. Williams, Rudolf Koch, Robert L. Burns; Matthew D. Perri, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Noel J. Francisco, C. Kevin Marshall, William D. Coglianese, Jones Day, Washington, D.C.; Stephanie E. Parker, Katrina L.S. Caseldine, Jones Day, Atlanta, GA; David B. Alden, Kevin P. Riddles, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH; Elli Leibenstein, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago, IL; Stephen L. Saxl, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, New York, NY; Andrea Shwayri Ferraro, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL for defendants.

    Case Number: 2017-0129-LWW

    Judgment to recover unpaid settlement payments under settlement agreement with state government constituted an assumed liability under parties' asset purchase agreement where the settlement payments were based on buyer's sales of acquired cigarette brands in the state.

  • Dlayal Holdings, Inc. v. Al-Bawardi

    Publication Date: 2022-01-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Will
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa Zwally Brown, Corinne R. Moini, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Daniel K. Astin, Ciardi Ciardi & Astin, Wilmington, DE; Albert A. Ciardi, Walter W. Gouldsbury, Ciardi Ciardi & Astin, Philadelphia, PA; Marc Litt, Evan Weintraub, Wachtel Missry LLP; New York, NY for third-party plaintiff. Sidney S. Liebesman, Katelyn M. Crawford, Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, DE; Justin P. Phelps, Gibson Watson Marino LLC, Wichita, KS for defendants.

    Case Number: D69670

    The court held that service of process on three Kansas residents under 6 Del. C. § 18-109(a) was not effective service because the three defendants were not managers of the subject entity.