Ellen Bardash

January 22, 2025 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Musk continues to fight the Delaware Court of Chancery’s decision to overturn his compensation plan at Tesla, appealing two decisions from the court to the Delaware Supreme Court last week. Since December, there’s been growing concern among investors about how the Delaware courts weigh issues around shareholder democracy.

By Ellen Bardash

7 minute read

January 21, 2025 | The Recorder

The opinion by Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. is a victory for the Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor and Latham & Watkins team that defended Ellison and Oracle CEO Safra Catz, and it upholds the Court of Chancery's earlier decision addressing shareholder control, a topic that's front of mind for many corporate litigators.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

January 21, 2025 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The opinion by Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. is a victory for the Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor and Latham & Watkins team that defended Ellison and Oracle CEO Safra Catz, and it upholds the Court of Chancery's earlier decision addressing shareholder control, a topic that's front of mind for many corporate litigators.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

January 16, 2025 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Kyle Evans Gay has represented clients in business disputes in Delaware's courts for a decade and continued her work at Connolly Gallagher while campaigning for and serving as a state senator, representing Delaware's Fifth Senate District, which covers northern New Castle County.

By Ellen Bardash

11 minute read

January 16, 2025 | The Recorder

Musk continues to fight the Delaware Court of Chancery’s decision to overturn his compensation plan at Tesla, appealing two decisions from the court to the Delaware Supreme Court last week. Since December, there’s been growing concern among investors about how the Delaware courts weigh issues around shareholder democracy.

By Ellen Bardash

6 minute read

January 16, 2025 | Litigation Daily

Musk continues to fight the Delaware Court of Chancery’s decision to overturn his compensation plan at Tesla, appealing two decisions from the court to the Delaware Supreme Court last week. Since December, there’s been growing concern among investors about how the Delaware courts weigh issues around shareholder democracy.

By Ellen Bardash

6 minute read

January 15, 2025 | National Law Journal

The complaint brings one claim against Musk, alleging he violated federal securities law by failing to properly disclose that as of March 14, 2022, he owned more than 5% of Twitter's outstanding shares, a threshold that's required to be disclosed publicly in a beneficial ownership report within 10 days. An attorney for Musk said the SEC could not bring an "actual case."

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

January 09, 2025 | The Recorder

One area of Delaware law that came up frequently in 2024 and is expected to continue to be closely watched as more case law is established is that of conflicted controller transactions, specifically what exactly constitutes such a transaction and how judicial scrutiny can be applied to one.

By Ellen Bardash

6 minute read

January 09, 2025 | Delaware Business Court Insider

One area of Delaware law that came up frequently in 2024 and is expected to continue to be closely watched as more case law is established is that of conflicted controller transactions, specifically what exactly constitutes such a transaction and how judicial scrutiny can be applied to one.

By Ellen Bardash

6 minute read

January 09, 2025 | The Recorder

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; and Ross Aronstam & Moritz are representing Musk and Tesla's board on appeal, with opening briefs due Feb. 25.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read