Delaware Interference With Economic Relation Law

<H2> United States of America ex rel. Verity Investigations, LLC v. Nikon SLM Solutions NA, Inc.

Wilmington, Delaware, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of improperly obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) for which it was not eligible. PPP was an emergency loan program established by Congress in March 2020 under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act and adm... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Crandall Speights </h1></h1>

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing checks out of the mail. A Wilmington man was sentenced on September 18, 2025, to 70 months in prison for amassing over $900,000 in fraudulent proceeds through multiple fraud schemes over the course of years. According to court documents, Crandall Speights, 43, drove around neighborhoods... More...

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Ebony Adams, et al. v. F&B Associates, Inc., et al.

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)

Jennifer Hulton v. Artesian Water Company

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. " 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...

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United States of America v. Samuel Gulick

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)

United States of America v. Davine Boyce

<center> <img width="400" src="https://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/ded/files/images/BLD2.jpg"> </center> Wilmington, DE - The United States of America charged Davine Boyce, age 21, with carjacking, banishing a firearm and felony possession of a firearm. A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a Wilmington man with carjacking and weapons offenses. Acco... More...

$0 (07-23-2020 - DE)

Weih Steve Chang v. Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware

<center> <img width="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit.svg.png"> </center> Weih Chang appeals the District Court’s orders dismissing his complaint under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and its Delaware counterpa... More...

$0 (09-13-2019 - DE)

T Mobile Northeast, LLC v. City of Wilmington, Delaware

<center> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg/300px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit.svg.png"> <h2> <h2> </h2> </center> No one likes bad cell phone reception or slow streaming data on their smartphone, ... More...

$0 (01-10-2019 - DE)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. AMY GONZALEZ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DAVID MATUSIEWICZ <table> <td>

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 mothe... More...

$0 (09-09-2018 - DE)

Brinckerhoff v. Enbridge Energy Company, Inc

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”)... More...

$0 (04-29-2016 - DE)

In Re: Trump Entertainment Resorts

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)

STATE OF DELAWARE v. LUIS REYES

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)

Marino v. Patriot Rail Company LLC

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 s... More...

$0 (03-01-2016 - DE)

State of Delaware v. Hall

Defendant was charged in relation to two incidents that occurred two days apart. On November 6, 2010, it was alleged that Defendant attempted to rob Alex Bush (“Bush”) at gunpoint as Bush existed a residence he was visiting. Bust struggled with Defendant and Defendant’s gun was discharged. Bush was unharmed and then fled the scene. On November 8, 2010, Bush was walkin... More...

$0 (01-20-2016 - DE)

Gerald A. Lechliter v. Del. Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control, et al.

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)

SIGA Technologies, Inc. v. PharmAthene

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)

ESG Capital Partners II, LP, et al. v. Passport Special Opportunities Master Fund, LP, et al.

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 in... More...

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Pipal Tech Ventures Private Limited v. MoEngage, Inc.

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)

Glanden v. Quirk

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)

RBC Capital Markets, LLC v. Jervis

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 appel... More...

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RAYMOND EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL, LLC v. USA

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 th... More...

$0 (11-18-2015 - DE)

State of Delaware v. Sims

On November 23, 2011, Defendant Ronell Sims was arrested on charges of Attempted Carjacking, Attempted Theft, Criminal Impersonation, Resisting Arrest, Criminal Mischief, and two counts of Offensive Touching.1 Defendant was released on bail and arrested again on February 19, 2012 on charges of Robbery First Degree, three counts of Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commissio... More...

$0 (11-11-2015 - DE)

The Honorable Karen Weldin Stewart, et al. v. Wilmington Trust SP Services, Inc., et al.

This 2nd day of November 2015, upon consideration of the parties’ briefs and the record below, it appears to the Court that: (1) On this appeal, a receiver of an insolvent insurer seeks to appeal the Court of Chancery’s decision to dismiss its claims for breach of contract and professional negligence against Wilmington Trust,... More...

$0 (11-02-2015 - DE)

Revolution Retail Systems, LLC v. Sentinel Technologies, Inc.

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)

Ernesto Espinoza v. Mark Zuckerberg, et al

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)

Finger Lakes Capital Partners, LLC v. Honeoye Lake Acquisition, LLC, et al

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�... More...

$0 (10-27-2015 - DE)

Merion Capital LP and Merion Capital II LP v. BMC Software, Inc.

BMC is a software company—one of the largest in the world at the time of the Merger—specializing in software for information technology (―IT‖) management.3 Specifically, BMC sells and services a broad portfolio of software products designed to ―simplif[y] and automate[] the management of IT processes, mainframe, distributed, virtualized and cloud computin... More...

$0 (10-21-2015 - DE)

Quadrant Structured Products Company, Ltd. v. Vertin, et al.

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, ... More...

$0 (10-20-2015 - DE)

In re TIBCO Software Inc. Stockholders Litigation

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 outstandin... More...

$0 (10-20-2015 - DE)

Corwin, et al. v. KKR Financial Holdings LLC., et al

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 argume... More...

$0 (10-04-2015 - DE)

Eitan Konstantino v. AngioScore, Inc., et al.

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 bo... More...

$0 (10-04-2015 - DE)

In re: ICL HOLDING COMPANY, INC., et al.

At the start of 2012, LifeCare Holdings, Inc. (“LifeCare”),1 once a leading operator of long-term acute care hospitals, was struggling financially. Management blamed its condition on Hurricane Katrina’s destruction of three of the company’s facilities and growth-stunting federal regulations that followed the 2005 natural disaster. Because of the weight of its debt load ($484 million, of ... More...

$0 (09-27-2015 - DE)

Carlyle Investment Management Group, LLC, et al. v. Moonmouth Company S.A., et al.

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 integr... More...

$0 (09-14-2015 - DE)

Dov Charney v. American Apparel, Inc.

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 ... More...

$0 (09-14-2015 - DE)

Holley v. Nipro Diagnostics, Inc.

A more complete history can be found in my prior rulings, which, for the sake of brevity, I do not repeat here.3 The crux of the present dispute relates to $294,262.96 in total fees and expenses charged by two consulting firms hired by Holley: National Economic Research Associates (“NERA”) and Renaissance Associates, Ltd. (“Renaissance”). The dispute over these fees, ... More...

$0 (08-15-2015 - DE)

SHAUN ANDRIKOPOULOS and MICHAEL A. SANTER v. SILICON VALLEY INNOVATION COMPANY, LLC,

The main dispute between the parties is the narrow, but previously unanswered legal question of whether, in the context of a receivership estate under Delaware law, advancement claims are administrative expenses or unsecured creditor claims. If Plaintiffs’ claims are entitled to some sort of priority, there is an even narrower sub-issue of whether the Receiver’s salary and... More...

$0 (07-30-2015 - de)

Trinity Wall Street v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

“[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 pari... More...

$0 (07-06-2015 - DE)

City of Wilmington v. Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 1

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 â€•Bargaining Unitâ€–) employed by the City of Wilmington (the â€•Cityâ€–). Those individuals have been working since mid-2010 without a contract. Ne... More...

$0 (06-30-2015 - DE)

Longpath Capital, LLC v. Ramtron International Corporation

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 acqui... More...

$0 (06-30-2015 - DE)

CMS Investment Holdings, LLC v. Lawrence E. Castle

The plaintiff in this action invested in a Delaware limited liability company (â€•LLCâ€–) 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 monet... More...

$0 (06-23-2015 - DE)