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.
August 16, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Nikola Sued for Delayed Production 'Inherited' Through SubsidiaryA newly-filed complaint alleges that Romeo, a California-based company that designs and produces lithium-ion battery packs for electric vehicles, overstated its ability to meet production goals, earning a fraction of its anticipated revenue.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
August 15, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Upholding $266.7M Fee Award, Del. Supreme Court Rejects Diminishing-Returns Curb on Bigger WinsThe opinion by Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. states Delaware precedent doesn't support requiring a declining percentage fee model like the one used in federal courts.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
August 15, 2024 | Litigation Daily
How Corporate Law Legislation Morphed Into a Conversation on Judicial EthicsAn amendment to Delaware's corporation law has divided lawyers and led to discussion about when Court of Chancery judges should and should not weigh in on laws they will later apply.
By Ellen Bardash
5 minute read
August 14, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Intel Again Accused of Misleading Investors on Foundry FinancesIt's the second case bringing similar allegations against Intel in the Delaware court.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
August 09, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Tesla Shareholders Move to Consolidate Cases Over Musk's Focus on X, AIIf the motion is granted, the court would go from juggling seven cases against Tesla and Elon Musk to five.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
August 08, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
After Purdue Pharma, Boy Scout Plan Objectors Ask for Third Circuit UnwindingProponents of plans like the BSA's and Purdue Pharma's say they're the most efficient way to resolve tens of thousands of claims that would take significantly more time and resources to litigate separately in the tort system.
By Ellen Bardash
5 minute read
August 06, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Pharma CEO Owes $5.9M in Legal Fees, Despite Presidential PardonKeker, Van Nest & Peters and Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell notched a win on behalf of InterMune Inc. and Roche Holdings Inc., which argued that the former executive—who was pardoned by former President Donald Trump—was not indemnified in an advancement clawback action and must repay the companies for legal expenses.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
August 02, 2024 | Law.com
'When Does It End?' Chancellor Asks Defense Counsel in Dispute Over Musk CompensationChancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick pressed attorneys on the scope of their request to the court and what authority the court has to grant it.
By Ellen Bardash
5 minute read
August 01, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Journey Bandmates in Corporate Deadlock Turns to Court of ChanceryKeyboardist Jonathan Cain, represented by Fox Rothschild, has filed a petition for the court to appoint a custodian to act as an independent third director of Freedom 2020 Inc., the operating entity in which Cain and Journey guitarist Neal Schon each hold 50% of the voting stock.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
August 01, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Del. Supreme Court Rules Out Earn-Out Violation Claims as PrematureThe case may be the first earn-out dispute to be dismissed for lack of ripeness.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read