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.
September 15, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly
Latest Settlements Bring Boy Scout Sex Abuse Fund to Record-Breaking $1.9BAttorneys for abused scouts estimate the final settlement amount could by the end of the year double what's been agreed to so far.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
September 10, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly
Pro Se Appellant's Prison Sentence Should Be Reconsidered, Delaware High Court RulesIn a reversal of a Superior Court decision, the panel ruled that the mandatory minimum sentence for a person with two prior felony convictions can't be enforced once one of those offenses is no longer considered a violent crime.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
September 10, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider
AbbVie's Ask for Takeda Production Injunction Found Not EnforceableSince the injunction isn't being granted, Glasscock said there's no reason to expedite the rest of the case, which centers on a contractual dispute between the two drug companies.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
September 08, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Zurn: Boeing Shareholders Can Proceed With Oversight Claim Involving Fatal Crash LiabilityTwo claims brought by plaintiff shareholders were dismissed, but shareholders were determined by the court to have met the high bar of proving Boeing directors were likely to be held liable for the lack of safety checks.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
September 03, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Biotech Company Is Latest SPAC to Sue for Damages in DelawareThe case focuses not on a deal being made hastily but on allegations that the CEO of the biotech company now known as 180 Life Sciences Corp. knowingly failed to disclose millions of dollars in liability during its negotiation process last year.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
August 31, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly
Delaware Law School Reopens With Vaccine, Mask MandatesThe state's only law school, like the rest of Widener University, is requiring vaccinations and mandating masks be worn indoors.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
August 27, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Shareholders Claim MSG Networks Was 'Golden Goose' in Stock TransactionThe complaint states MSG had been "devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic and was floundering under the weight of cost overruns on a huge $2 billion entertainment complex in Las Vegas.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
August 26, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Will: Shareholders' Complaint Prematurely Filed Against Medical Device SupplierIn one of her first opinions from the bench, Will sided with Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.'s directors, dismissing the case entirely.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
August 24, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider
With More Women Than Ever in the Court of Chancery, Attorneys Note Shift in Corporate Law CultureChancellor Kathaleen McCormick and Vice Chancellors Lori Will and Morgan Zurn are three of just five women to ever have sat on the powerful Court of Chancery.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
August 20, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly
Bankruptcy Court Approves Majority of Boy Scout Settlement AgreementIn addition to the settlement fund, the agreement requires the scouting organization to set up a committee intended to prevent abuse of scouts moving forward.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
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