United States of America v. Five Point Enterprises LLC

Washington, DC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Submitting False Claims to VA for Post-9/11 GI Bill Education Benefits
Five Point Enterprises Agrees to Pay the United States Over $2M for Submitting False Claims to VA for Post-9/11 GI Bill Education Benefit... More...    $0 (08-08-2024 - DE)

Wilmington, Delaware civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory claiming to have suffered $106,000 in damages.

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Building a Level Playing Field

The ADA is a landmark civil rights law in the United States that prohibits discrimination against individuals ... More...    $0 (12-20-2023 - 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)

Plaintiff Elmer Daniels, by his undersigned attorneys, files this Complaint against the United
States of America, Michael P. Malone, the City of Wilmington, Philip Saggione III, and John Does
1-10 for violating his rights and causing his wrongful incarceration. He alleges as follows:
INTRODUCTION
1. In 1980, Elmer Daniels, an 18-year-old black male, was wrongfully convicted of
... More...    $0 (07-06-2023 - DE)

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute meth.

Imanuel Villalba, 22, of New Castle, Delaware, was charged with being a major methamphetamine trafficker. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Villalba was routinely getting shipments of 40 pounds of methamphetamine per week from California. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted his suppl... More...    $0 (05-13-2021 - DE)

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented defendant on a drug distribution charge.

Alfred Evans, age 40, of Wilmington, Delaware was arrested in March of 2018 with over 500 grams of powder cocaine and over 190 grams of crack cocaine. He pled guilty to conspiring to distribute those drugs. As mentioned in open court during the sentencing hearing, Evans has been convicted o... More...    $0 (10-03-2020 - DE)

Wilmington, DE - Former Chemours Employee Pleads Guilty To Theft Of Trade Secrets Conspiracy In Bid To Lure Chinese Investors Into Sodium Cyanide Market

Former Employee Intended to Infringe on Chemours’ Lucrative Sodium Cyanide Business

Jerry Jindong Xu, a citizen of Canada, pled guilty on June 8 to one count of conspiracy to steal trade secrets before the Honorable Leonard P. St... More...    $0 (06-13-2018 - DE)

Wilmington, DE - Federal Gun, Cocaine and Heroin Defendant Sentenced To 15 Years

Thomas Brooks, 54, of Wilmington, was sentenced to 15 years’ incarceration on February 28, 2018 by Chief U.S. District Judge Leonard P. Stark following convictions for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, possession of a firearm by a felon, and possession ... More...    $0 (03-18-2018 - DE)

The facts are drawn from the Complaint, the operative limited partnership
agreements, other documents that are integral to the Complaint and matters of
which the Court may take judicial notice. a. The Parties
Plaintiff Peter Brinckerhoff (“Brinckerhoff” or “Plaintiff”), individually and
as trustee of the Peter R. Brinckerhoff Rev. Tr. U.A. DTD 10/17/97 (the “Trust”),
bring... More...    $0 (04-29-2016 - DE)

The bodies of Brandon Saunders and Vaughn Rowe were discovered in a wooded area of Rockford Park in Wilmington, Delaware, on January 21, 1996. Nearly four years later, on December 6, 1999, Luis Reyes ("Reyes") and Luis Cabrera ("Cabrera") were indicted as co-defendants for the murders of Saunders and Rowe ("Rockford Park Murders").1 The State sought the death penalty for both Reyes and Cabrera in ... More...    $0 (03-13-2016 - 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)

Plaintiff Pipal Tech is a closely-held corporation formed in 2011 under the laws of India with its principal place of business in India.4 Pipal Tech is in the business of developing, licensing, and supporting mobile and web-based applications. Non-parties Amit Baid, Raviteja Dodda, and Yashwanth Kumar are the founders of Pipal Tech.6 Dodda and Kumar are also former executives and board The fact... More...    $0 (12-19-2015 - 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)

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)

Kyran Jones appeals from his October 10, 2014 Superior Court
conviction for first degree assault, attempted robbery, and two counts of possession
of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The court sentenced Jones to
eleven years of incarceration. Jones challenges his conviction on two grounds.
First, he argues a statement made by the prosecutor in the State’s closing... More...    $0 (11-11-2015 - 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)

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)

In prior decisions, we made clear that if a defendant knowingly pled guilty to a
drug crime, he could not escape his plea by arguing that had he known that the OCME
had problems, he would not have admitted to his criminal misconduct in possessing
illegal narcotics.7 As we pointed out, the poor evidence-handling practices at the OCME,
however regrettable, were not a license for... More...    $0 (10-13-2015 - 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)

Plaintiff Dov Charney, a California resident, is the founder and former Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of American Apparel, Inc. He is the beneficial owner
of approximately 42.3% of the Company. Charney and the Company are parties to an
Indemnification Agreement dated as of March 6, 2008 (the “Indemnification
Agreement”), and an Employment Agreement effective as o... More...    $0 (09-14-2015 - DE)

Preferred Investment Services, Inc., (“PISI”) was a Delaware corporation involved in the
financing of cash bails that were posted in various Delaware courts by T&H Bail Bonds, Inc.
Edwin Swan was the owner and principal of PISI. Plaintiffs (in this action) are T&H and the
other named individuals who were originally co-defendants in the Chancery Court case. The
contract betwe... More...    $30700 (09-01-2015 - DE)

In a prior decision issued May 29, 2013, Israel Discount Bank of New York v. First
State Depository Co., LLC,1 I determined the liability of First State Depository Co., LLC
(“FSD”), and Certified Assets Management, Inc. (“CAMI”), to Israel Discount Bank
(“IDB”). That case, which the parties have referred to as the “Related Action,” involved
the mishandling of collateral—rare c... More...    $0 (08-31-2015 - DE)

In a prior decision issued May 29, 2013, Israel Discount Bank of New York v. First
State Depository Co., LLC,1 I determined the liability of First State Depository Co., LLC
(“FSD”), and Certified Assets Management, Inc. (“CAMI”), to Israel Discount Bank
(“IDB”). That case, which the parties have referred to as the “Related Action,” involved
the mishandling of collateral—rare c... More...    $0 (08-31-2015 - DE)

Caris Life Sciences, Inc. (―Caris‖ or the ―Company‖) was a privately held
Delaware corporation. Through subsidiaries, it operated three business units: Caris
Diagnostics, TargetNow, and Carisome.1 Caris Diagnostics was consistently profitable.
TargetNow generated revenue but not profits. Carisome was in the developmental stage.
To achieve the dual goals... More...    $16260332 (07-28-2015 - 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)

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)

WILMINGTON, Del. – Charles M. Oberly III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that an Indictment has been handed down by a federal grand jury charging Shakil Miller (age 21), Jon Henry (age 20), and Corey Harris (age 19), all of Dover, with Conspiracy to Provide False Information to a Federal Firearms Licensee, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. Section 371, and separatel... More...    $0 (10-29-2014 - DE)

WILMINGTON, Del. – Four members of an international computer hacking ring have been charged with breaking into computer networks of prominent technology companies and the U.S. Army and stealing more than $100 million in intellectual property and other proprietary data. Two of the charged members have already pleaded guilty. The alleged cyber theft included software and data related to the Xbox... More...    $0 (09-30-2014 - 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)

Ernesto Espinoza (“Espinozaâ€�), the appellant and plaintiff-below, brought this action under 8 Del. C. § 220 to inspect certain books and records of the defendant-below appellee, Hewlett-Packard Company (“HPâ€�).2 More specifically, Espinoza sought to inspect one document that HP refused voluntarily to disclose: an interim report (the “Covington Reportâ€� or the “Reportâ€�) prepared by C... More...    $0 (11-21-2011 - DE)