Ellen Bardash is ALM's reporter covering corporate litigation for Law.com and Delaware Business Court Insider. She can be contacted by emailing [email protected] or following @ellenbardash.bsky.social on Bluesky.
October 28, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
Ex-Employees of NE Pa. Company File Pair of WARN Act Suits Following Mass LayoffThe complaints allege the transit infrastructure company DBi didn't comply with the WARN requirement that employees be notified of facility closings and mass layoffs in writing at least 60 days in advance.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
October 28, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly
Gun-Rights Group Files Challenge to Delaware's Ban on Unregistered Firearms, PartsPlaintiffs argue that the U.S. Constitution doesn't permit the bill's bans on possession of untraceable guns and both the sale of parts that could be used to assemble a firearm and the transfer of files that could be used to 3D print gun components.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
October 26, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Lawyer, in Records Demand, Argues Ex-McDonald's CEO May Have Spurred Culture of HarassmentMcDonald's Munger Tolles attorneys told the Delaware Court of Chancery that the fast-food giant has made full disclosure in response to shareholders' demand for corporate books and records.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
October 25, 2021 | National Law Journal
Award of More Than $100 Million in Patent Case Could Be Largest-Ever Against Federal GovernmentLawyers from Sheppard Mullin secured the award in a case over a patented technology, used without authorization by the federal government, at airport-security checkpoints in a case litigated for a decade.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
October 21, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly
Delaware Bar Exam Passing Rate Up 14% From 2019The pool of test takers was also larger than in past years, with many who originally intended to sit for the exam in 2020 having had to wait an additional year due to the mid-pandemic cancellation.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
October 20, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider
More Accusations of Mattel, PwC Toying With Accounting Are Filed in Delaware Chancery CourtShareholders said the toymaker keeps its financial information in disorganized piles of paper.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
October 19, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly
US DOJ Asks Stark to Reconsider Finding Drug Discount Law Unclear In AstraZeneca CaseThe Justice Department said a pharma company's argument focused on the wording of a federal program ignored the intent behind it: to give certain entities discounted drug prices.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
October 14, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Chancery Confirms Directors May Reject Board Nominations if Bylaws Aren't MetIt's the first time the court has had to analyze the merits of such a case at trial, though it reinforces what some Delaware practitioners have thought for years.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
October 12, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly
Vice Hit With $300M Defamation Suit Over Report That 'Gunshot Detector' Conspired to Frame Black MenThe complaint claims Vice deliberately twisted court records and other evidence to put out a narrative that California-based ShotSpotter conspired with contracted police to frame people for crimes, despite being shown evidence to the contrary both before and after publication of a story earlier this year.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
October 07, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Shareholder Claims Groupon Directors Knew of Financial Failings Before DisclosureThe plaintiff claims documents obtained with a Section 220 demand revealed Chicago-based Groupon had "startling nonpublic information" that differed from its financial reporting in 2019 and 2020 and contradicted public statements.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
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