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Ellen Bardash

Ellen Bardash

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.

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January 12, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly

Lin Wood, Ga. Lawyer Who Pressed Election Conspiracies, Is Tossed From Del. Case

Wood 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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January 08, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Bouchard Takes Step Toward Opening Skadden Billing Records in TransPerfect Custodianship

If custodian Robert Pincus and attorneys with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom consent to the records being opened, a complaint TransPerfect and CEO Phil Shawe filed against Bouchard demanding those documents Dec. 24 could become moot.

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January 06, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly

Smalls to Leave Court of Common Pleas in May

Smalls' May 1 departure after 27 years on the bench will leave the Court of Common Pleas one of two Delaware courts with its lead judicial position vacant.

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January 05, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly

Del. DOJ Contract to Provide Legal Aid for Manufactured Home Owners

Attorney General Kathy Jennings said representation will be provided by Delaware Community Legal Aid Society Inc. and will be funded by a portion of an assessment home owners already pay on a monthly basis.

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January 04, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Bouchard Announces April Retirement, Ending 34 Years of Practice and Judging in Chancery Court

Bouchard presided over the expansion of the bench to seven judges to handle a caseload snowballing with the number of companies incorporating in Delaware.

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December 22, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Section 220 in 2020: Delaware Courts Clarify Shareholder Rights Law as Case Focus Expands

Capping off a year dotted with Court of Chancery decisions clarifying the law incrementally, shareholders of Delaware companies are ending 2020 with significant wins in records inspection cases.

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December 17, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

TransPerfect Faces Contempt in Delaware for New York Suit Against Ross Aronstam

The Delaware law firm said the filing of a complaint in New York Supreme Court violated Chancellor Andre Bouchard's orders which gave the Court of Chancery exclusive jurisdiction over anything relating to TransPerfect's custodianship.

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December 15, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Delaware Chancellor Finds One WeWork Committee Can't Dismiss Other Committee's Case

The battle within WeWork, is part of the case the company filed against SoftBank over a transaction agreement that fell through.

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December 11, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly

Hunter Biden Said to Be in Talks With Delaware Defense Attorneys

Sources said Friday the president-elect's son is currently being represented by Latham & Watkins and is considering retaining counsel in Delaware that could include Michael P. Kelly, Bartholomew J. Dalton or Thomas A. Foley to add to the legal team.

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December 10, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly

Following SCOTUS Standing Rejection, Delaware Courts' Party Balance Challenger Plans New Complaint

A lawyer's stated desire to apply for the bench did not mean he was "able and ready" to do so, and therefore could not bring a challenge. The decision preserves a rule that guaranteed that two influential courts—the Delaware Court of Chancery and state Supreme Court, which have outsize roles in shaping corporate law—can't have a party majority of more than one.

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