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.
May 22, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Delaware Supreme Court Affirms AMC Shareholder Settlement Over Stock SplitCounsel for AMC said court interference might hinder the possibility of the Chancery court ever again certifying a shareholder class that didn't vote unanimously on an issue.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
May 17, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
General Motors Faces Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Faulty Fuel PumpsPlaintiffs, represented by Berger Montague and Capstone Law, alleged that two SUV models produced between 2020 and 2024 have defective gas flow systems that could affect control of the cars.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
May 14, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Delaware Bar Diversity Strategy Includes Changes in Admission StandardsTwelve steps the 2022 report outlined as ways to reduce barriers to notoriously stringent Delaware bar admission have been taken, making that the element of the plan that's seen the most concrete change over the past two years.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
May 09, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Delaware Judge Announces Retirement From US 3rd Circuit Appeals CourtAccording to the federal judiciary, Judge Kent A. Jordan gave notice of his plan to retire on May 7, and he plans to leave the bench on Jan. 15, days before a presidential inauguration. With one other current vacancy on the court, the currently majority-Republican Third Circuit could flip.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
May 08, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Argument Among Shareholders Rolls on With Appeal of AMC SettlementIt's a unique situation for Delaware's high court, with attorneys from the plaintiffs' bar and those who represent the corporate side sitting at the same table, united in wanting to uphold a settlement that a subset of the class of AMC shareholders wants to have overturned.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
May 06, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Activision Owes Acceleration Bay $23.4M for Multiplayer Gaming Patent Infringement, Jury SaysThe jury found Activision liable for $18 million for infringing in World of Warcraft and another $5.4 million for infringing in two Call of Duty games.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
May 03, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Microsoft, Activision Blizzard Seek Chancery Approval of $69B MergerThe companies are seeking to end an ongoing, parallel case that an Activision shareholder, the Swedish pension fund Sjunde AP-fonden, has been pursuing since November 2022.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
May 01, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Del. Supreme Court Unanimously Grants Another Shareholder Win Over Pre-Vote DisclosureThe high court's decision is the latest to map out steps corporations need to take when handling a controller-involved transaction.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
April 30, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Zurn Declines to Weigh In on Truth Social Forum and Rushing Stock Lockup LiftThe Vice Chancellor said won't speed its consideration of a motion that could lift restrictions on shares of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
April 26, 2024 | New York Law Journal
$3.5M Awarded in First Pair of Revenge Porn Cases Tried Under NY State LawThe New York law that formed the basis of the cases brought by Jamaica residents Kimberly Facey, an attorney, and Danielle Lawrence, a business student, has been in effect since 2019 but had not previously been tried in the state's courts.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
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