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.
February 02, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Chancery Court Finds Prices Need 'Compliance, Not Consistency' With M&A AgreementsVice Chancellor Paul Fioravanti found the key to be what valuation procedures are specified in the agreement, not that calculations be made the same way.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
January 29, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider
CBS Shareholders to Continue Case Against Directors' Handling of Viacom MergerVice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights III allowed CBS stockholders to continue with their claims against successor ViacomCBS.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
January 28, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Claims That Pharma Firm's Board Downplayed Risk of Liver Drug to Proceed in DelawareThe case was moved from New York under a clause in Intercept's bylaws specifying derivative actions against the company are to be addressed in a state or federal court in Delaware, where Intercept is incorporated.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
January 26, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly
Delaware Senate Democrats Set Sights on Enabling Expungement of Criminal RecordsCommittee Chair Darius Brown, D-Wilmington, said he plans to introduce the Clean Slate Act this year, which would automate expungements of certain criminal convictions with the goal of keeping criminal records from standing in the way of people's employment.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
January 26, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly
'It's Time to Get Things Done': Legislators Plan to Address Judicial Issues Delayed by PandemicThat backlog consists of routine update bills involving the state's courts as well as issues of criminal justice, including proposed changes to Delaware's laws regarding expungement and bail reform.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
January 22, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly
Superior Court: Potential Data Breach Harm Doesn't Hack It as Basis for StandingJudge Mary M. Johnston wrote that her granting of Brandywine Urology Consultants' motion to dismiss the case marks the first time a Delaware court has ruled on the issue of whether imminent future harm from a data breach is enough of an injury to qualify for standing.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
January 21, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Walmart Shareholders Seek Remedy for Opioid Prescription Losses in Delaware Class ActionClass plaintiffs said executives padded Walmart's pharmacy revenue by encouraging pharmacists to fill opioid prescriptions with questionable legitimacy. Those actions, the complaint said, led to a stock price drop when the U.S. Justice Department sued to stop overprescription.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
January 20, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly
Delaware Attorneys Hope Biden Will Bring State's Interests to WashingtonWhile President Joe Biden hasn't practiced law in the state for a while, Delaware attorneys said Wednesday it's exciting to see someone from the state hold the nation's highest office. But it's "less about having a Delaware lawyer be president and more about just having someone with Delaware's interests in mind be president," said one law firm leader.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
January 14, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly
Third Circuit Decision to Overturn Wilmington Trust Officials Conviction Creates Steep PathThe panel found the federal government's regulations for reporting past-due loans were too ambiguous for a single interpretation to prove the way the executives falsely reported the loans a decade ago.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
January 12, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly
Lin Wood, Ga. Lawyer Who Pressed Election Conspiracies, Is Tossed From Del. CaseWood said his record, examined in full, supports his pro hac vice admission to represent a former foreign policy adviser to the 2016 Trump campaign. "I believe that the order as entered by the judge conveys a falsehood to the public," he said.
By Ellen Bardash
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