Delaware

  • December 19, 2024

    Big Lots To Close All Stores After Ch. 11 Sale Falls Through

    Bankrupt discount retail chain Big Lots told a Delaware bankruptcy court Thursday that it will close its 870 remaining stores in the United States and initiate going-out-of-business sales starting Friday, after its $760 million deal for a going-concern sale to California private equity group Nexus Capital Management fell through.

  • December 19, 2024

    3rd Circ. Says Loan Shark, Robbery Not Enough For Asylum

    The Third Circuit ruled against a Brazilian family seeking asylum following threats from a loan shark and a home invasion, saying that their status as crime victims and debtors does not constitute a particular social group eligible for asylum.

  • December 19, 2024

    Arm-Qualcomm Trademark, Breach Suit Goes To Jury In Del.

    Jurors headed to deliberations late Thursday after nearly four days of trial in Delaware federal court on Softbank Group subsidiary Arm Ltd.'s claims that Qualcomm Inc. and Nuvia Inc. breached a protective contract for microprocessor core technology licensing agreements.

  • December 19, 2024

    Fed, OCC 'Asleep At Wheel' On Merger Policy, Warren Says

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday accused top federal bank regulators of blowing off calls for tougher merger scrutiny and leaving the financial system exposed to dangerous megadeals, blasting them as "asleep at the wheel" as the Capital One-Discover merger inched closer to approval.

  • December 19, 2024

    3rd Circ. Backs $22M Win For Battery Co. Workers In Pay Suit

    The Third Circuit held Thursday that a Pennsylvania battery manufacturer flouted federal labor law when it failed to pay workers $22 million for time they spent changing in and out of protective gear, rejecting the company's assertion it was only obligated to pay workers what was "reasonable."

  • December 19, 2024

    Fresenius Loses Invalidity Argument In Nausea Drug IP Fight

    Fresenius Kabi USA LLC has lost its arguments in Delaware federal court that claims in a pair of Heron Therapeutics patents for a nausea drug were invalid, keeping Fresenius' generic from entering the market for around a decade.

  • December 19, 2024

    Calif. Hotel's Ch. 11 'Highly Likely' To Be Transferred To Del.

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Thursday he was "highly likely" to transfer the second Chapter 11 case of a San Jose, California, hotel back to the First State, granting an initial win to a lender that argued the case should be moved and dismissed as a bad faith filing.

  • December 19, 2024

    X Workers Say Entire Severance Suit Should Survive

    Former X employees urged a Delaware federal court to set aside portions of a magistrate judge's recommendation that the court partially toss their unpaid severance benefits lawsuit, saying the judge incorrectly found that a merger agreement stripped them of standing.

  • December 19, 2024

    DC Apartment Complex Hits Chapter 11 With Over $10M Debt

    The operator of an apartment complex in Washington, D.C., filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware, saying the impact of COVID-19 and the district's affordable housing voucher program have led to diminishing cash reserves.

  • December 19, 2024

    Genworth Can Get Docs Explaining Atty's Role Amid Sale Row

    A Delaware vice chancellor has ruled Genworth Life Insurance Co. can access certain documents from policyholders who sued over the sale of valuable subsidiaries, including discussions involving a former law partner of one of the plaintiffs who is representing certain entities believed to be funding the litigation.

  • December 19, 2024

    Del. Justices Affirm Toss Of Co.'s Suit Against Gusrae Kaplan

    Delaware's Supreme Court has affirmed a trial court's dismissal of an Applied Energetics Inc. suit accusing Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum PLLC and a former partner of launching a frivolous securities fraud suit in order to hobble other litigation against the laser weapons maker's former CEO.

  • December 18, 2024

    Sens. Hear Split Views On Bill To Boost Patent Injunctions

    A bill that would make it easier to obtain patent injunctions got a divided reaction at a Senate hearing Wednesday, with the sponsor and some speakers saying it would benefit patent owners and critics calling it an unnecessary change that only aids patent assertion entities.

  • December 18, 2024

    Yellow Corp. Gets Del. Court OK For Ch. 11 Asset, Lease Sales

    Bankrupt trucking venture Yellow Corp. secured a Delaware judge's approval Wednesday for a $192.5 million series of deals to sell or lease a dozen properties owned or leased by Yellow in California, Miami, Ohio and other states.

  • December 18, 2024

    CVS Fueled Opioid Epidemic In Rush For Profits, Feds Say

    The U.S. Department of Justice unveiled a suit Wednesday accusing CVS, the nation's largest pharmacy chain, of knowingly filling invalid prescriptions for powerful opioids and ignoring internal pleas from its pharmacists as it allegedly put profits over safety. 

  • December 18, 2024

    Amgen Hit With $50M Infringement Verdict Over Leukemia Drug

    Germany's Lindis Biotech has persuaded a Delaware federal jury that Amgen should pay $50.3 million in damages for encouraging healthcare providers to infringe the Munich company's immunotherapy patents through administering the leukemia drug Blincyto.

  • December 18, 2024

    States, Green Groups Drop Suits Over USPS Vehicle Plan

    A coalition of states and cities and several environmental groups moved to dismiss their lawsuits challenging the U.S. Postal Service's multibillion-dollar plan to acquire its next-generation delivery vehicles.

  • December 18, 2024

    Insurance Co. Buyer Accuses Seller Of Fraud In Chancery Suit

    Alleging a "textbook case of fraud in the inducement and breach of fiduciary duty," a holding company that acquired Georgia-based Southern Trust Insurance Co. has sued the seller's principals, associates and their company in Delaware's Court of Chancery.

  • December 18, 2024

    Toolmaker Hardinge Gets OK On Ch. 11 Liquidation Plan

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved tool manufacturer Hardinge Inc.'s Chapter 11 liquidation plan after the debtor settled disputes with creditors, its investment fund backer and other parties by agreeing to drop potential claims in exchange for a cash payment.

  • December 17, 2024

    Corteva Rips Inari's 'Shrill' Claim Of Sham Seed Patent Suit

    Corteva Agriscience LLC has fired back at Inari Agriculture Inc.'s claim that a suit alleging Inari infringes Corteva's seed patents amounts to "objectively baseless" sham litigation, saying its rival is making "shrill assertions" that "cannot be squared" with an earlier ruling in the case.

  • December 17, 2024

    Del. Justices Won't Revive Investors' $2.4B EV SPAC Deal Suit

    The Delaware Supreme Court has declined to reinstate a proposed class action in the state's Chancery Court that accused a blank-check company of withholding key information from investors ahead of its $2.4 billion go-public deal with electric-vehicle maker Canoo Holdings Ltd.

  • December 17, 2024

    Distributor Seeks OK Of $131M Venezuela Award

    A Hong Kong goods distributor has kicked off litigation in Delaware looking to enforce a $131 million arbitral award against a subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, stating in its petition that it wants to target the country's interest in the oil giant Citgo.

  • December 17, 2024

    Franchise Group Can Keep Exclusive Control Of Its Ch. 11

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday denied a motion to end the plan exclusivity window and other bankruptcy rights for debtors in Franchise Group Inc.'s Chapter 11, saying possible intercompany claims don't justify relief that the debtor argued would plunge the case into chaos.

  • December 17, 2024

    2nd Circ. Says Sears Trustee Can Keep Mall Of America Lease

    The Second Circuit has upheld a district court order obliging the return of bankrupt Sears Holding Corp.'s lease in Minnesota's Mall of America to SHC's liquidating trustee, finding in part the mall's earlier lease was not a "true" contract.

  • December 17, 2024

    AGs Can File Opposition To Clearview AI BIPA Deal

    An Illinois federal judge is allowing 22 states and the District of Columbia to challenge a deal to end multidistrict litigation over Clearview AI's practice of automatically collecting biometric facial data online, with attorneys general arguing the settlement would provide no meaningful injunctive relief and give plaintiffs an unknown financial stake in the company.

  • December 17, 2024

    Drug Co. Investor Sues In Del. Over $140M Insider Windfall

    A pension fund investor in Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings Inc. has sued Bain Capital Investors LLC and other alleged insiders of the company in Delaware's Court of Chancery, accusing them of lining up a secondary offering in the biopharmaceutical venture before disclosure of its planned sale to AbbVie.

Expert Analysis

  • Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing

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    Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • Opinion

    The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address

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    A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.

  • Opinion

    It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union

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    As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.

  • How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act

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    In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.

  • Vendor Rights Lessons From 2 Chapter 11 Cases

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    A Texas federal court’s recent critical vendor order in the Zachry Holdings Chapter 11 filing, as well as a settlement between Rite Aid and McKesson in New Jersey federal court last year, shows why suppliers must object to critical vendor motions that do not recognize creditors' legal rights, says David Conaway at Shumaker.

  • Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is My Counterclaim Bound To Fall?

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    A Pennsylvania federal court’s recent dismissal of the defendants’ counterclaims in Morgan v. Noss should remind attorneys to avoid the temptation to repackage a claim’s facts and law into a mirror-image counterclaim, as this approach will often result in a waste of time and resources, says Matthew Selmasska at Kaufman Dolowich.

  • Daubert Motion Trends In Patent Cases Reveal Damages Shift

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    A review of all 2023 Daubert decisions in patent cases reveals certain trends and insights, and highlights the complexity and diversity in these cases, particularly in relation to lost profits and reasonable royalty damages opinions, say Sherry Zhang and Joanne Johnson at Ocean Tomo.

  • Series

    Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing Dungeons & Dragons – a tabletop role-playing game – helped pave the way for my legal career by providing me with foundational skills such as persuasion and team building, says Derrick Carman at Robins Kaplan.

  • Del. Dispatch: Director Caremark Claims Need Extreme Facts

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    The Delaware Court of Chancery recently dismissed Caremark claims against the directors of Centene in Bricklayers Pension Fund of Western Pennsylvania v. Brinkley, indicating a high bar for a finding of the required element of bad faith for Caremark liability, and stressing the need to resist hindsight bias, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • Class Action Law Makes An LLC A 'Jurisdictional Platypus'

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    The applicability of Section 1332(d)(10) of the Class Action Fairness Act is still widely misunderstood — and given the ambiguous nature of limited liability companies, the law will likely continue to confound courts and litigants — so parties should be prepared for a range of outcomes, says Andrew Gunem at Strauss Borrelli.

  • Jarkesy Ruling May Redefine Jury Role In Patent Fraud

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    Regardless of whether the U.S. Supreme Court’s Jarkesy ruling implicates the direction of inequitable conduct, which requires showing that the patentee made material statements or omissions to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the decision has created opportunities for defendants to argue more substantively for jury trials than ever before, say attorneys at Cadwalader.

  • 3 Leadership Practices For A More Supportive Firm Culture

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    Traditional leadership styles frequently amplify the inherent pressures of legal work, but a few simple, time-neutral strategies can strengthen the skills and confidence of employees and foster a more collaborative culture, while supporting individual growth and contribution to organizational goals, says Benjamin Grimes at BKG Leadership.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Hyperlinked Documents

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    Recent rulings show that counsel should engage in early discussions with clients regarding the potential of hyperlinked documents in electronically stored information, which will allow for more deliberate negotiation of any agreements regarding the scope of discovery, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Loper Bright Limits Federal Agencies' Ability To Alter Course

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to dismantle Chevron deference also effectively overrules its 2005 decision in National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X, greatly diminishing agencies' ability to change regulatory course from one administration to the next, says Steven Gordon at Holland & Knight.

  • 2nd Circ. Case Reinforces Need For Advance Notice Bylaws

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    The Second Circuit's recent decision in Nano Dimension v. Murchinson illustrates that Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act is a square peg for a round hole, and that advance notice bylaws are far better at protecting against undisclosed coordination among activist shareholders, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

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