Wilmington, Delaware employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on Fair Labor Standards Act violation theories.

"The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Setting the Floor for Worker Protections

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a crucial piece of American legislation that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment s... More...    $0 (12-19-2023 - DE)

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fire-bombing a Planned Parenthood facility in Newark, Delaware in January 2020.

Samuel Gulick, of Middletown, was for crimes associated with fire-bombing a Planned Parenthood facility in Newark, Delaware in January 2020.

According to court documents and statements made in open court, at approximat... More...    $0 (03-13-2022 - 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 - United States Obtains $16.2 Million Judgment Against MRI Provider For Submitting False Claims

The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware entered judgment in the amount of $16,223,091.38 against Orthopaedic and Neuro Imaging LLC (ONI) for submitting false claims for Medicare reimbursement. Under the terms of the judgment, ONI’s owner, Richard Pfarr, is jointly a... More...    $16223091 (02-02-2018 - 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)

In February 2015, Vincenzo Tollisentered into a plea agreement with the State through which he pleaded guilty to one count of Robbery in theFirst Degree.2He did so in exchange for dismissal of the remaining charges and a favorable sentencing recommendation (the State’s withholding of a habitual criminal petition3 and request for twelve years unsuspended imprisonment4). His sentencing occurred a c... More...    $0 (01-10-2016 - 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)

The Plaintiff filed his Verified Complaint on October 11, 2012. The
Complaint alleged seven counts against the Defendants: Count I alleges that DNREC
violated numerous statutes to illegally build the Turbine; Count II alleges that the
City violated statutes and zoning ordinances to illegally issue the Building Permit;
Counts III and IV allege violations of the Delaware Freedom... 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)

Non-party Timothy Burns formed ESG Capital Partners II, LP (the ―Partnership‖)
for a limited purpose. After raising money from investors, the Partnership would
purchase shares of stock of Facebook, Inc. before that company‘s then-anticipated initial
public offering. Preferably once Facebook had completed a successful IPO, the
Partnership would distribute to its inve... More...    $0 (12-20-2015 - 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)

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)

Husband and Wife were married for twenty-two years. They separated in
September 2012, and their divorce became final in 2013. The couple had over $6
million in assets, including a $1.5 million house, investment accounts, retirement
accounts, and other property. Husband worked as an associate and then as a partner in a major law firm,
earning a substantial income. In May 2... More...    $0 (12-07-2015 - 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)

In 1996, Nancy Houseman and her husband Aaron Houseman (together the
―Housemans‖) formed Med-Legal, Inc.,2 which they sold to Universata, Inc.
(―Universata,‖ or the ―Company‖) in 2006 for a seven-year stream of payments
totaling approximately $9 million.3 In 2009, after the Company had difficulty
making their payments, the Housemans and Uni... More...    $0 (11-20-2015 - 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)

Unless otherwise indicated, the following facts are not in dispute. Walnut
Ridge is a subdivision consisting of 18 single-family homes serviced by a private
road (the “Private Road”). The subdivision originated in 1955, when Daniel B.
Friel and his wife, Helen J. Friel, subdivided their land into 18 lots and sold the lots
for the purposes of residential development. Accordin... 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)

In the early morning hours of July 25, 2013, officers assigned to
Operation Safe Streets were driving in an unmarked police vehicle to a residence in
the 2800 block of North Washington Street in Wilmington, Delaware to perform a
curfew check on a probationer. They observed Shannon Mathis drinking a beer
from a can as he walked along the sidewalk with another man. The officers... More...    $0 (10-26-2015 - DE)

Plaintiff Genelux Corporation (the ―Company‖) is a privately held, clinical stage
biopharmaceutical company incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in San Diego,
California, with additional operations in Germany. Intervenor, Dr. Aladar Szalay, along
with Dr. Douglas Will and Dr. John Thomas (together, the ―Founders‖), founded Genelux
around 2001. In... More...    $0 (10-22-2015 - 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)

In August 2010, Defendant Selling Source, LLC (“Selling Source”) acquired
assets (the “Acquired Businesses”) from Plaintiff Intrepid Investments, LLC
(“Intrepid”).1 The Transaction and Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase
Affiliates of both Intrepid and Selling Source were involved. The role of the affiliates is immaterial to the current dispute. The other selling entities later ass... More...    $0 (10-20-2015 - DE)

This decision is round two of an action in which a stockholder of TIBCO Software
Inc. challenges the per-share consideration that a private equity fund (“Vista”) agreed to
pay to acquire TIBCO in a merger that closed on December 5, 2014. The merger
agreement provided for stockholders to receive $24 per share. Based on the number of
fully diluted shares of TIBCO outstanding, w... More...    $0 (10-20-2015 - DE)

Plaintiff, Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”), is a Washington corporation with
its principal place of business at One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington. Microsoft
continuously has owned Series F Preferred Stock in Nominal Defendant Vadem Ltd.
since 1999. Nominal Defendant Vadem, Ltd. (“Vadem,” “Vadem BVI,” or the “Company”) is
a privately held international business compan... More...    $0 (10-18-2015 - 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 Dr. Eitan Konstantino was one of the founders of Angioscore.
Konstantino served as an officer of AngioScore from its formation in 2003 until March
31, 2007, and as a director of AngioScore from 2003 until February 5, 2010.
AngioScore is a Delaware corporation. It develops, manufactures, and markets the
AngioSculpt Scoring Balloon Catheter (“AngioSculpt”) for both t... More...    $0 (10-04-2015 - DE)

Defendant TradingScreen Inc. (“TradingScreen”) is contractually obligated
to redeem its preferred shares held by Plaintiffs TCV VI, L.P. and TCV Member
Fund, L.P. (“Plaintiffs”). It has invoked 8 Del. C. § 154 to avoid paying and
asserts that full payment would threaten its ability to continue as a going concern.
TradingScreen will seek to show at trial that its Special Commi... More...    $0 (09-26-2015 - DE)

Non-party Carlyle Capital Corporation, Ltd. (“CCC”) was a limited company
organized under the laws of the Island of Guernsey, Channel Islands in August 2006
The facts are drawn from the allegations in the plaintiffs‟ First Amended Verified Complaint (the “Complaint”), which are assumed true for purposes of the defendants‟ motion to dismiss, as well as documents integral to th... More...    $0 (09-14-2015 - 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)