Pedicone v. Thompson/Center Arms Co.
Publication Date: 2022-11-22Practice Area:Products Liability
Industry:Manufacturing
Court: Delaware Superior CourtJudge: Judge CarpenterAttorneys:For plaintiff: Joseph J. Rhoades, Stephen T. Morrow, Rhoades & Morrow LLC, Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Trunk, Thomas E. Bosworth, Kline & Spector, P.C., Philadelphia, PA for plaintiffs.For defendant: Timothy Jay Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Anthony M. Pisciotti, Danny C. Lallis, Pisciotti Lallis Erdreich, Florham Park, NJ for defendants.Case number: N17C-11-264 WCC
Court correctly precluded plaintiffs' expert from testifying that a new weapon design was evidence of an alternative feasible design for a prior version of the weapon designed decades ago since such evidence would ignore the normal progress of technological development.
Attorneys with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Labaton Sucharow are co-lead counsel for plaintiffs who held a total of about 200 million shares in the computer maker.
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Attorneys with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Labaton Sucharow are co-lead counsel for plaintiffs who held a total of about 200 million shares in the computer maker.
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In re P3 Health Group Holdings, LLC
Publication Date: 2022-11-15Practice Area:Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry:Health Care |
Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of ChanceryJudge: Vice Chancellor LasterAttorneys:For plaintiff: Bruce E. Jameson, Corinne Elise Amato, Eric J. Juray, Elizabeth Wang, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Craig Carpenito, Richard H. Walker, Samuel C. Cortina, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY, for Hudson Vegas Investment SPV, LLC.For defendant: William M. Lafferty, Kevin M. Coen, Ryan D. Stottmann, Sara Toscano, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for Jessica Puathasnanon and P3 Health Group Holdings, LLC. Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Daniel M. Rusk IV, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William K. Kane, Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, Chicago, IL; James C. Wald, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Los Angeles, CA for Chicago Pacific Founders Fund, L.P., CPF P3 Splitter, LLC, Greg Kazarian, Larry Leisure, Mary Tolan, Sameer Mathur. Elena C. Norman, Paul J. Loughman, Lakshmi A. Muthu, Alberto E. Chávez, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for Sherif W. Abdou, Amir Bacchus, Gary Garrett, Lorie Glisson, Taylor Leavitt, and Tom Price.Case number: 2021-0518-JTL
The court granted defendants' motions to dismiss in part.
Buzzfeed, Inc. v. Anderson
Publication Date: 2022-11-15Practice Area:Labor Law
Industry:Investments and Investment Advisory |
Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of ChanceryJudge: Vice Chancellor ZurnAttorneys:For plaintiff: Rolin P. Bissell, Elena C. Norman, Kevin P. Rickert, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Mary Eaton, Thomas Walsh, Nicholas Caselli, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York, NY; Jonathan Kortmansky, Melissa Ginsberg, Braunhagey & Borden LLP, New York, NY for plaintiffs.For defendant: David A. Felice, Bailey & Glaser, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kevin D. Galbraith, Taylor N. Perretti, The Galbraith Law Firm, New York, NY; Sean R. O’Brien, A.J. Monaco, O’Brien LLP, New York, NY; Yonaton Aronoff, Joseph Gallagher, Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler LLP, New York, NY for defendants.Case number: 2022-0357-MTZ
New corporate entity following SPAC transaction was not bound to employment agreements executed by prior corporate entity and thus new entity was not obligated to arbitrate employees' grievances.
Bocock v. Innovate Corp.
Publication Date: 2022-11-15Practice Area:Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry:Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of ChanceryJudge: Vice Chancellor FioravantiAttorneys:For plaintiff: John G. Harris, David B. Anthony, Berger Harris LLP, Wilmington, DE for plaintiffs.For defendant: Kevin G. Abrams, J. Peter Shindel, Jr., April M. Ferraro, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Martin S. Lessner, Daniel M. Kirshenbaum, M. Paige Valeski, Wilmington, DE, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP; Beth I. Z. Boland, Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston, MA; Chelsea L. Hilliard, Foley & Lardner LLP, Dallas, TX; Stephen C. Norman, Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric Landau, Travis Biffar, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, Irvine, CA; Stephen C. Norman, Jaclyn C. Levy, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Eric Landau, Travis Biffar, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, Irvine, CA; Kurt M. Heyman, Aaron M. Nelson, Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE, attorneys for defendants.Case number: 2021-0224-PAF
Fiduciary claims largely dismissed where plaintiffs engaged in group pleading, although the court declined to dismiss claims that specifically pled how controllers usurped a corporate opportunity from the nominal corporate defendant.
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor corporate litigation and counseling partner William D. Johnston has been elected by the board of directors of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to become a member of the LSC Leaders Council.
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In re P3 Health Group Holdings, LLC
Publication Date: 2022-11-08Practice Area:Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry:Health Care |
Investments and Investment Advisory |
Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Court of ChanceryJudge: Chancellor LasterAttorneys:For plaintiff: Bruce E. Jameson, Corinne Elise Amato, Eric J. Juray, Elizabeth Wang, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Craig Carpenito, Richard H. Walker, Samuel C. Cortina, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY for Hudson Vegas Investment SPV, LLC. William M. Lafferty, Kevin M. Coen, Ryan D. Stottmann, Sara Toscano, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for Jessica Puathasnanon and P3 Health Group Holdings, LLC.For defendant: Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Daniel M. Rusk IV, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; William K. Kane, Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, Chicago, Il; James C. Wald, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Los Angeles, CA for Chicago Pacific Founders Fund, L.P., CPF P3 Splitter, LLC, Greg Kazarian, Larry Leisure, Mary Tolan and Sameer Mathur. Elena C. Norman, Paul J. Loughman, Lakshmi A. Muthu, Alberto E. Chávez, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for Sherif W. Abdou, Amir Bacchus, Gary Garrett, Lorie Glisson, Taylor Leavitt, and Tom Price.Case number: 2021-0518-JTL
Court denied a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction finding that the defendant, although not an official manager of the LLC, had participated "materially" in a managerial capacity.
In Re P3Health Group Holdings. LLC
Publication Date: 2022-11-01Practice Area:Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry:Health Care |
Investments and Investment Advisory
Court: Court of ChanceryJudge: Vice Chancellor LasterAttorneys:For plaintiff: Bruce E. Jameson, Corinne Elise Amato, Eric J. Juray, Elizabeth Wang, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Craig Carpenito, Richard H. Walker, Samuel C. Cortina, King & Spalding LLP, New York, NY for Hudson Vegas Investment SPV, LLCFor defendant: William M. Lafferty, Kevin M. Coen, Ryan D. Stottmann, Sara Toscano, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE for Jessica Puathasnanon and P3 Health Group Holdings, LLC; Kevin R. Shannon, Christopher N. Kelly, Daniel M. Rusk Iv, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP Wilmington, DE; William K. Kane, Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, Chicago, IL; James C. Wald, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Los Angeles, CA for Chicago Pacific Founders Fund, L.P., CPF P3 Splitter, LLC, Greg Kazarian, Larry Leisure, Mary Tolan, Sameer Mathur; Elena C. Norman, Paul J. Loughman, Lakshmi A. Muthu, Alberto E. Chávez, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE for Sherif W. Abdou, Amir Bacchus, Gary Garrett, Lorie Glisson, Taylor Leavitt, and Tom Price; Steven T. Margolin, Samuel L. Moultrie, Corrinne R. Moini, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Wilmington, DE for Foresight Acquisition Corporation, Foresight Acquisition Corporation II and Greg Wasson.Case number: 2021-0518-JTL
Court denied motion to dismiss finding defendant had sufficient minimum contacts and nexus with the State of Delaware to warrant the court's exercise of personal jurisdiction.
Agreements signed before the company was acquired by a SPAC can't force the dispute over former executives' participation in an IPO into arbitration, Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn said.
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