Ellen Bardash

September 14, 2023 | Delaware Law Weekly

The filing signals prosecutors, led by U.S. Attorney David Weiss, aren't finished with Biden in Delaware, contrary to what many expected after the August announcement that the DOJ would be seeking an indictment in another jurisdiction for the tax offenses Biden had agreed to plea guilty to earlier.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

September 14, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

There are more than a dozen institutional shareholders and a handful of individuals who are pursuing claims against Fox and its directors in the Delaware court

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

September 13, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Martin Russo, an attorney for TransPerfect, said he believes U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Hall took months to come to an "erroneous reasoning" because TransPerfect had the better arguments on the merits.

By Ellen Bardash

5 minute read

September 11, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

An attorney in the case said said, but it's not uncommon to see such a settlement finalized when the motion has been fully briefed but not argued or resolved.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

September 08, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The complaint brings breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment and contribution and indemnification claims against current and former Nikola management.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

September 07, 2023 | Delaware Law Weekly

A merger agreement. Musk's lawyers said, holds him liable only for financing and administration of Twitter, not personnel decisions.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

September 05, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Vice Chancellor Paul FIoravanti's decision is a win for the Latham & Watkins and Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell team that represented Sorrento and Scilex Pharmaceuticals, though Fioravanti has asked for additional briefing to determine what remedy he'll grant.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

August 31, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Both Purdue Pharma and the Boy Scouts of America have approved plans that release the claims of third parties without requiring those parties' consent. In both cases, objectors say bankruptcy courts don't have the authority to approve plans that include that type of release.

By Ellen Bardash

5 minute read

August 29, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

"In total, between the audit committee's single meeting and the board's single brief meeting, Amazon's directors likely devoted barely an hour before blindly signing off on funneling (redacted) of Amazon's money to Bezos' unproven, struggling rocket company," the complaint states.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

August 28, 2023 | Delaware Law Weekly

"The governor's health emergency excuse does not hold water because the Revolutionary War founders of Delaware and their ancestors experienced and well understood the threat of countless deaths by malaria, smallpox epidemic, bubonic plague, and other deadly diseases," said plaintiffs' co-counsel Thomas Crumplar of Wilmington.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read