Ellen Bardash

April 17, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancellor Kathaleen St.J. McCormick concluded that shareholder plaintiffs failed to adequately plead that JPMorgan's directors knew of and ignored concerns about the bank's compliance with reimbursement laws.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

April 17, 2024 | The Recorder

The three-judge panel ruled that the shareholders hadn't provided adequate facts to support their claims that Skillz, represented by Latham & Watkins, misled them.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

April 12, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Carey was hailed as "one of the best bankruptcy judges in the history of the profession."

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

April 11, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The two complaints mirror each other, with each citing the same Delaware case law and bringing two breach of fiduciary duty claims—one alleging disclosure violations and the other that board members are using the plans as a means of entrenching themselves.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

April 10, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The dispute over advance notice bylaws has triggered similar lawsuits from other corporations.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

April 09, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

U.S. District Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly's decision is a win for the Latham & Watkins and Richards, Layton & Finger team that represented Walmart, CEO Doug McMillon and former CFO Brett Biggs.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

April 08, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

"The Delaware courts are going to continue to have a lot of skepticism when it comes to conflicted controller transactions," Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson senior counsel Gail Weinstein said.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

April 05, 2024 | National Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley wrote that Latham & Watkins-repped Homology Medicines Inc. "had no duty to disclose data in real time."

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

April 04, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The Supreme Court said entire fairness is the standard of review in any controller-involved transaction, but business judgment can be applied when both an independent committee and a shareholder vote approve the deal.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

April 04, 2024 | National Law Journal

A surge in filings in the Nashville federal court made U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. the most active antitrust judge in 2023.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read