Ellen Bardash

October 30, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Seven cases consolidated into a class action against AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals L.P. and several other pharmaceutical companies were transferred into the District of Delaware on Oct. 29, largely on the grounds of saving time and money.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

October 29, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn's decision is the first to address exactly at what time of day the fifth business day ends and a plaintiff is allowed to file a complaint for failure to comply with a demand, as Section 220(c) doesn't provide those parameters.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

October 29, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly

A legal data expert who has been tracking case causes in the Court of Chancery throughout the pandemic, said the year-over-year increase in filings can definitely be attributed to COVID-19.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

October 27, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Decisions about fossil fuels on a global scale should be left to the federal government to make through policy and international negotiations, lawyers for Chevron wrote in a brief.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

October 26, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings said laundered funds were used to commit crimes including tax fraud by Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, neither of whom cooperated with or responded to the DOJ's effort to dissolve the six entities, which included four LLCs.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

October 26, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The case challenged a proposed reclassification effectively transferring the majority of founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's interest in Facebook without diminishing his voting power.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

October 23, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly

In Kent County, only one courtroom has been identified as large enough to hold a jury trial while allowing for social distancing measures to be taken.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

October 22, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The shareholder derivative suit alleges 10 of the San Diego-based company's officers and directors intentionally gave investors nonspecific information and failed to disclose the risk factors of Pracinostat, a drug for which an international clinical trial was halted in July just before MEI's share price dropped more than 18% in a day.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

October 20, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The complaint cited press releases and publicly filed documents which they allege oversold Nikola's top employees' qualifications and the company's manufacturing capabilities, overall exaggerating its ability to cut costs on hydrogen fuel.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

October 19, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The District of Delaware case alleges thousands of Illinoisans now face a heightened risk of becoming victims of identity theft or fraud due to practices by Amazon Web Services Inc. and Pindrop Security Inc., both of which are Delaware corporations, in violation of Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read