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Delaware District Court Sheds Light on Standards for Dismissal of Chapter 11 Case Based on Bad Faith

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On August 28, 2024, Judge Gregory B. Williams of the US District Court for the District of Delaware issued a ruling in AIG Financial Products Corporation, Civ. No. 23-573, affirming an order on appeal from the Delaware...more

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Under Pennsylvania Law, Service of a Writ of Summons on Defendant’s Claims Administrator Does Not Constitute Valid Service.

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London-Walker v. Walgreens Family of Companies, 2023 WL 6465387 (E.D. Pa. 2023) - The plaintiff, a customer of the defendant’s store, tripped and fell on a mat located in the store. The plaintiff commenced the case in state...more

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Big Lie Continues to Plague Fox Corporation in Smartmatic Defamation Case

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A New York court once again declined to dismiss Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against Fox Corporation over Fox News’s coverage of Donald Trump’s “Big Lie.” The court found that the parent company, Fox Corporation, could...more

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3rd Circuit Rejects Johnson & Johnson’s Effort To Set Up Subsidiary In Bankruptcy Court To Resolve Talc Asbestos Claims

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On January 30, 2023, the Third Circuit dismissed Johnson & Johnson (J&J)’s subsidiary LTL’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition because the facts did not support the financial distress required for the entity’s good faith filing...more

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California State Court Upholds Exclusive Federal Forum-Selection Charter Provision for 1933 Act Suits

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California State Court Upholds Exclusive Federal Forum-Selection Charter Provision for 1933 Act Suits; California District Court Dismisses Fraud-Related Claims Against AT&T; Third Circuit Holds Challenge to SEC’s Decision to...more

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Citizen Suit Action/Clean Water Act: Federal District Court Addresses Developers' Argument for Dismissal

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (“Court”) addressed in a June 15th memorandum issues arising out of a Clean Water Act (“CWA”) citizen suit (“Citizen Suit”) action. See Michael D. Moss...more

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Non-Union Members Denied Fair-Share Fee Refunds After Janus

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Earlier this month, the Seventh Circuit joined the consensus across the country, concluding in two separate cases that unions that collected fair share fees prior to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, 585,...more

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Court Extinguishes Parties’ Motions to Strike in LED Patent Dispute

Although motions to strike are generally difficult to win, when successful they can significantly dim the opposing party’s prospects for victory on particular claims or defenses. In one recent patent infringement action out...more

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District Of South Carolina Denies Motion To Dismiss Action Involving Fronting Relationship

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Applying Delaware law, a South Carolina District Court found Plaintiff had properly pled its causes of action for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence/gross negligence and negligent misrepresentation...more

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Third-Party Bad Faith Is Dead Again!

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Back in June 2016, we reported on a 3-2 Memorandum Decision of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (“WVSCA”) which appeared to be a disguised (and prohibited) third-party bad faith claim under a liability policy. In...more

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Court Of Chancery Enforces Nearly Ironclad Safe Harbor For Conflict Transactions Involving Alternative Entity

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This is an important decision because it enforces a nearly ironclad protection against any attack on the decision of a special committee to approve a conflict transaction for a LLP and an LLC....more

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Delaware Superior Court Clarifies When The Duty Of Acting In Good Faith Applies To Enforcement Of A Guarantee

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This is a novel decision because it deals with when a guarantor can defend against enforcement of his guarantee by claiming the company whose obligations he guaranteed was wrongly put out of business by the plaintiff who is...more

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Court Upholds but Limits Claims Arising From Merger Agreement

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The Delaware courts regularly address contract claims arising out of merger agreements. Among other recurring issues are whether and how the parties limited claims based on alleged misrepresentations or omissions, whether a...more

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