Wilmington, DE labor law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on an E.R.I.S.A. law theory.

"ERISA is a federal law enacted in 1974 that protects the interests of participants in private-sector employee benefit plans. These plans can include pension plans, health insurance plans, and life insurance plans. ERISA sets minimum standards for these plans and imposes certai... More...    $1 (05-12-2023 - DE)

Wilmington, Delaware consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on Fair Debt Collection Act violation theories.

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law in the United States that protects consumers from abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection practices. It applies to debt collectors (individuals or companies) attempting to collec... More...    $1 (12-20-2023 - DE)

Providence, Rhode Island consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on consumer protection, common law money had and received and unjust enrichment theories.

Plaintiffs' First Amended Class Action Complaint (hereinafter, the Complaint) alleges statutory consumer protection claims, common law money had and received claims, and unjust enrichment claims under Flor... More...    $0 (10-20-2023 - DE)

Rachel DeLoache Williams has sued Netflix, Inc. for defamation based on Netflix's portrayal of Williams in its docudrama series Inventing Anna. D.I. 1 ¶ 1. Inventing Anna tells the story of Anna Sorokin, Williams's one-time friend who “conned the New York elite into believing that [Anna] was a German heiress.â€� D.I. 1 ¶ 28. Netflix, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business ... More...    $0 (05-17-2023 - DE)

Wilmington, Delaware civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of her right to due process and under state law against the State of Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families (“DSCYFâ€�) and several individual defendants after Thompson was demoted and eventually terminated from DSCYF. The District Court dism... More...    $0 (08-22-2022 - DE)

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with selling controlled substances in violation of 18 U.S.C. §841

Rodriguez, age 58, was indicted for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm.

On August 10, 2020, FBI conducted a search of the defendant’s apartment in the 1300 block of W. 4th Street, Wilmington, Dela... More...    $0 (02-09-2022 - DE)

Wilmington, Delaware drug distribution charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jose E. Mateo-Nina, age 33 of Wilmington.

on May 1, 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers identified a parcel being sent from Mexico to Wilmington, Delaware. The parcel contained a wheelchair. A search warrant was obtained for the parcel, and over 600 grams of heroin were disco... More...    $0 (07-03-2021 - DE)

Wilmington, DE - In a civil complaint filed today, the Department of Justice has alleged that Walmart Inc. unlawfully dispensed controlled substances from pharmacies it operated across the country and unlawfully distributed controlled substances to those pharmacies throughout the height of the prescription opioid crisis.

The complaint alleges that this unlawful conduct resulted in hundre... More...    $0 (12-23-2020 - DE)

Wilmington, DE - The United States of America charged Thomas Noble with possession of child porn.

A New Castle, Delaware man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for possessing and attempting to receive child pornography, announced David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware.

On October 24, 2019, a federal jury for the District of Delaware found Thomas Noble, ... More...    $0 (03-03-2020 - DE)

David Matusiewicz1 and Christine Belford were married from 2001 to 2006, during which time they had three children, L.M.1, L.M.2, and K.M.1 (the “children”). The couple and their children also lived with Belford’s one child from a previous marriage, K.M.2.2 After their divorce, Belford and David engaged in a bitter custody dispute, during which David accused Belford of being an unfit mother and ... More...    $0 (09-09-2018 - DE)

Wilmington, DE - Delaware Real Estate Developer Sentenced To 21 Months For Bank Fraud and Environmental Violation

Joseph L. Capano, age 75, of Middletown, Delaware, was sentenced to 21 months of incarceration followed by 12 months of home confinement, after pleading guilty in March 2016 to one count of bank fraud and one count of knowingly violating the Clean Water Act. Capano was also or... More...    $0 (10-12-2016 - DE)

The facts giving rise to this appeal are undisputed. The Debtors own and operate the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The casino employs 2,953 employees, 1,467 of whom are unionized. UNITE HERE Local 54 is the largest of the employee unions, representing 1,136 employees. The most recent CBA between the Union and Taj Mahal was negotiated in 2011 for a three-year term. It co... More...    $0 (04-03-2016 - DE)

The facts are drawn from the affidavits and supporting documents that the parties
submitted in connection with their motions for summary judgment. The parties agreed in
their briefs and at oral argument that there were no disputes of material fact that would
affect the outcome. Pursuant to Court of Chancery Rule 56(h), the cross-motions
therefore became “the equivalent of a sti... More...    $0 (03-01-2016 - DE)

In March 2011, two sophisticated investors (the “Walnut Investors”) acquired
preferred units in PECO Logistics, LLC (“PECO” or the “Company”) and became parties
to an LLC agreement that afforded them the voluntary right to sell their preferred units
back to PECO three years later (the “Put Right”). The LLC agreement provides that,
upon exercise of the Put Right, the Company mu... More...    $0 (01-01-2016 - DE)

In 2004, SIGA acquired technology for ST-246, an antiviral drug for the treatment of smallpox. At that time, the viability, potential uses, safety, and efficacy of the drug, as well as the likelihood of SIGA obtaining regulatory approval or making sales to the government, were, as is typical in this industry, uncertain. By late 2005, SIGA was running out of money, its largest shareholder, MacAndr... More...    $0 (12-23-2015 - DE)

Plaintiff December Corporation (“December Corp.”) is a Pennsylvania corporation whose principal business is to manage and maintain housing communities.1 December Corp. manages the Wild Meadows manufactured housing community (“Wild Meadows”), which is an “active adult manufactured housing community”2 located in Dover, Delaware. Defendant Wild Meadows Home Owners Association (“WMHA”) is an incorpo... More...    $0 (12-23-2015 - DE)

On February 14, 2010, Kenton Wesley Wolf was shot with a BB gun and stabbed to death in his Smyrna residence. The police arrested Juan Restrepo Duque (“Restrepo”), an eighteen-year-old Colombian national who had been living in the U.S. for seven years, and charged him with Wolf’s murder. A Superior Court jury found Restrepo guilty of second degree murder, possession of a deadly weapon during th... More...    $0 (12-20-2015 - DE)

As a preliminary observation, we note that, at oral argument before this Court,
counsel for RBC emphasized that RBC “intentionally made appellate arguments that do
not require this Court to review findings of fact.” Although RBC has chosen to avoid any
direct and specific challenge to the facts as found by the trial court, this Court,
nevertheless, has examined the appellate... More...    $0 (12-01-2015 - DE)

The Plaintiff here, Colonel Gerald A. Lechliter, is a resident of Lewes. His
home is situated on a quiet cul-de-sac, and his property abuts a parcel of land once
part of a planned, but never used, industrial park owned by the University of
Delaware. The land was acquired from the University by the State Department of
Natural Resources and Environmental Control (“DNREC”), and ... More...    $0 (12-01-2015 - DE)

This protest poses four principal questions. First, did the somewhat imprecise identification of the business entity in MPG’s proposals invalidate the contract award to MPG? Second, were MPG’s “business references” proper sources of past performance data for MPG? Third, did DeCA rate and weigh the past performance data for MPG and IDI as required by the evaluation scheme set forth in the solici... More...    $0 (11-18-2015 - DE)

The Palisades Parties and the Unifund Parties had a long-standing, continuous and
ongoing relationship. Pursuant to a Master Servicing Agreement, executed on May 28, 2003 (as
amended and restated, the “MSA”), the Palisades Parties purchased certain portfolios of
uncollected consumer debt, retained Unifund to service the portfolios for a Base Fee, and the
parties shared the pro... More...    $0 (11-03-2015 - DE)

In 2011, Vector proposed a term sheet to acquire Tidel and its subsidiary,
Revolution. Tidel‟s majority stockholder, however, had high expectations for
Revolution‟s business prospects, and Tidel‟s Board rejected Vector‟s offer. Vector later
offered to acquire only Tidel, which Tidel accepted. Tidel and Revolution formally were
separated into two indep... More...    $0 (11-01-2015 - DE)

Plaintiff, Anne L. Doberstein, is an individual who primarily works and resides in
Switzerland. Doberstein also owns a residence located at 103 East Pembrey Drive in
Wilmington, Delaware. In October 2012, Doberstein entered into a contract with G-P (the “Agreement”),
under which G-P agreed to serve as the general contractor on a significant home
renovation project at Doberstei... More...    $0 (11-01-2015 - DE)

This case presents a question of first impression: Can a disinterested controlling
stockholder ratify a transaction approved by an interested board of directors, so as to shift
the standard of review from entire fairness to the business judgment presumption, by
expressing assent to the transaction informally without using one of the methods the
Delaware General Corporation Law... More...    $0 (10-28-2015 - DE)

Plaintiff Finger Lakes Capital Partners, LLC (“Finger Lakes”) is a small and
struggling asset management firm. Over the course of a decade, Finger Lakes sponsored
investments in five portfolio companies. Each time, Finger Lakes formed a different
Delaware limited liability company as a special purpose vehicle for the investment.
Non-party Lyrical Partners, L.P. (“Lyrical”) is a... More...    $0 (10-27-2015 - DE)

Because the facts are not in dispute and have been discussed in previous opinions
by this Court4 and the Superior Court,5 we need not recite them in detail. On August 3,
2008, Kelty was helping his mother-in-law, Shirley Lovegrove, and her husband, John
Lovegrove, trim tree branches on their property. Before Kelty, who was standing in the
tree, cleared a branch, he would fast... More...    $0 (10-20-2015 - DE)

A five-day trial took place on June 22-25 and 30, 2015. The parties submitted over
900 exhibits, called six fact witnesses and five expert witnesses, and lodged twenty-three
depositions. The following facts were proven by a preponderance of the evidence.
Quadrant principally challenged Athilon’s payments of allegedly excessive service and licensing fees to an affiliate of Merced, as... More...    $0 (10-20-2015 - DE)

To understand the arguments that have been raised in this case, it is easier
first to describe what HFA is not, rather than what it is. HFA is not a recorded
subdivision in Sussex County. There is no plot plan, recorded or otherwise,
showing the numbered lots within HFA. Instead, HFA consists of several parcels
of land along a private road near Bridgeville.1 These parcels w... More...    $0 (10-04-2015 - DE)

To understand the arguments that have been raised in this case, it is easier
first to describe what HFA is not, rather than what it is. HFA is not a recorded
subdivision in Sussex County. There is no plot plan, recorded or otherwise,
showing the numbered lots within HFA. Instead, HFA consists of several parcels
of land along a private road near Bridgeville.1 These parcels w... More...    $0 (10-04-2015 - DE)

The plaintiffs filed a challenge in the Court of Chancery to a stock-for-stock
merger between KKR & Co. L.P. (―KKR‖) and KKR Financial Holdings LLC
(―Financial Holdings‖) in which KKR acquired each share of Financial Holdings‘s stock
for 0.51 of a share of KKR stock, a 35% premium to the unaffected market price. Below,
the plaintiffs‘ primary argument w... More...    $0 (10-04-2015 - DE)

Plaintiffs have sued current and former directors of Duke Energy Corporation
(the “Company”) for alleged fiduciary failings which are said to have caused (or
partly caused) certain coal ash releases in North Carolina, exposing the Company to
civil, criminal, and regulatory liability. The Defendants have moved to stay this
action while the Company defends against parallel litig... More...    $0 (08-31-2015 - DE)

“[T]he secret of successful retailing is to give your
customers what they want.” Sam Walton, SAM WALTON:
MADE IN AMERICA 173 (1993). This case involves one
shareholder’s attempt to affect how Wal-Mart goes about
doing that.
Appellant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the world’s largest
retailer, and one of its shareholders, Appellee Trinity Wall
Street—an Episcopal parish headqua... More...    $0 (07-06-2015 - DE)

Employers and employees typically agree on terms before work commences.
This common-sense custom did not prevail in the current dispute, which involves a
small bargaining unit of police captains and inspectors (the ―Bargaining Unit‖)
employed by the City of Wilmington (the ―City‖). Those individuals have been
working since mid-2010 without a contract. Negotiations between t... More...    $0 (06-30-2015 - DE)

In this appraisal action, the petitioner asks the Court to determine the fair value of
its shares in the respondent. On November 10, 2012, a third party acquired the
respondent in a hostile cash merger for $3.10 per share. The deal had an equity value of
approximately $110 million and paid a 71% premium over the respondent‘s unaffected
stock price of $1.81.
The petitioner acq... More...    $0 (06-30-2015 - DE)

The plaintiff in this action invested in a Delaware limited liability company
(―LLC‖) whose business was providing non-legal administrative services to law firms
and their mortgage lender clients in connection with mortgage foreclosures. That
business was created by the principal defendants: five individuals who practiced law in
Colorado and Arkansas. Seeking to monetize their ... More...    $0 (06-23-2015 - DE)

This is an appeal from a post-trial decision and final judgment of the Court of Chancery awarding more than $2 billion in damages and more than $304 million in attorneys’ fees. The Court of Chancery held that the defendants-appellants, Americas Mining Corporation (“AMCâ€�), the subsidiary of Southern Copper Corporation’s (“Southern Peruâ€�) controlling shareholder, and affiliate directors ... More...    $0 (08-29-2012 - DE)

The respondent-appellant, Henry Greg Hughes (“Mr. Hughesâ€�), filed an appeal from the Family Court’s final judgment regarding attorney’s fees; its June 15, 2011 order dividing the marital property; and its May 12, 2010 order granting the motion of the petitioner-appellee, Sandra K. Peterson (“Ms. Petersonâ€�), to rescind the parties’ separation agreement.2 We find no merit to any of the... More...    $0 (03-13-2012 - DE)