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Ellen Bardash

Ellen Bardash

Ellen Bardash is ALM's reporter covering Delaware litigation for Delaware Law Weekly and Delaware Business Court Insider. She can be contacted at [email protected], on Twitter @Dellenware or on Threads @ellenbardash.

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March 11, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Fox News: Smartmatic Financial History Doesn't Support $2.7B Defamation Claim

Kirkland & Ellis and Mintz & Gold are representing Fox News.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

March 08, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

A Legal 'Doomsday'?: Delaware Faces Criticism at Tulane Conference

Merger and acquisition practitioners are having a difficult time figuring out how best to counsel their clients, and litigators are left with questions on how best to make their case to the Court of Chancery.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

March 05, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Terraform at Odds With Creditor Committee as SEC Trial Approaches

The SEC's case against Terraform is scheduled to go to trial March 25, and the debtors' counsel moved last week for the bankruptcy court to allow Dentons to serve as special counsel.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

March 04, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Tesla Shareholder Attorneys Ask for $5.6B in Stock to Cover Fees, in Record Request

Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, Friedman Oster & Tejtel and Andrews & Springer attorneys stressed they're seeking only a fraction of what Delaware law would allow.

By Ellen Bardash

5 minute read

February 29, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

SEC Calls Terraform's Dentons Retainer 'Opaque Slush Fund' in Bankruptcy Court

The SEC has asked Judge Brendan Linehan Shannon to deny the application unless Dentons returns to Terraform the $81 million still available from its retainer and files engagement letters and agreements about payment with the court.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

February 28, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Shareholder Claims Mount Against NY Community Bancorp in EDNY

Three new lawsuits bring the total number of new EDNY cases filed this month against NYCB, which has been the parent company of Flagstar Bank for more than a year, to six, all related to how the company handled a postmerger spike in loan losses.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

February 23, 2024 | National Law Journal

After Record-Breaking Year, Qui Tam Conference Stresses DOJ Efficiency in False Claims Act Matters

The two-day conference featured panels that touched on each stage of the qui tam process, from vetting whistleblowers to calculating damages, and what developments from 2023 are influencing how attorneys are approaching those steps.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

February 23, 2024 | National Law Journal

DC Judge Gives Trump Two Weeks to Analyze Complaint in Civil Jan. 6 Case

The matter involves a group of consolidated actions brought by members of the U.S. Congress against Trump, Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, alleging their actions on Jan. 6, 2021, aimed at overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election violated the Ku Klux Klan Act.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

February 20, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Shareholders May Challenge Corporate Conversion From Delaware on Fairness Grounds

Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster said the doctrine of entire fairness applies and TripAdvisor shareholders have adequately pleaded a claim that a conversion would affect the value of their investments.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

February 16, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Glasscock's Plan to Retire From Delaware Chancery Court Is Announced

Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock, who was sworn in for a second term in July, is expected to step down at the end of the year, closing a 25-year run, first as a master in Chancery and later as vice chancellor.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read