Ellen Bardash

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.

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September 16, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Shareholder's Record Request—Aimed at Prison Health Issues—Questioned for Funding From Jay-Z's Entertainment Co.

Roc Nation, Jay-Z and Yo Gotti, represented by Quinn Emanuel, filed a separate lawsuit this summer against the Parchman prison.

By Ellen Bardash

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September 15, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Insurance Broker Says Competitor Raided Its Employees, Clients in Acts of Retaliation

Arthur J. Gallagher & Inc. has accused Alliant Insurance Services of stealing confidential information and rebranding Gallagher documents as its own after Gallagher refused to make a deal with Alliant.

By Ellen Bardash

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September 15, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Bankruptcy Judge Disqualifies Fla. Lawyers, Citing Failure to Disclose Agreements, Past Representation

One of the attorneys said debtors in the case had been deprived of their chosen counsel after 32 clients told the court they supported the firm remaining in the case.

By Ellen Bardash

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September 10, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly

Delaware AG Jennings Sues 31 Fossil Fuel Companies in State Court Over Damages From Climate Change

The 222-page complaint charges defendants with negligent failure to warn, trespass, nuisance and fraud claims against the defendant companies, alleging the companies knowingly misinformed the public about the effects of their business while creating health and safety risks for Delawareans without the state's permission.

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September 09, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Supreme Court Mulls Intent of Second Round of Arbitration in Case That Yielded $371M Award

Joseph Allerhand of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, representing Gulf LNG Energy LLC, argued the Delaware Court of Chancery got it wrong by failing to keep ENI USA Gas Marketing LLC from a "second bite at the arbitral apple."

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

September 08, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly

Lawsuit to Extend Delaware Vote-Counting Aimed at Averting 'Perfect Storm of Voter Disenfranchisement', Lawyer Says

The League of Women Voters' complaint asks for a Chancery Court order that ballots postmarked on or before Nov. 3 be counted if they're received before Nov. 13, 10 days after Election Day.

By Ellen Bardash

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September 04, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly

Delaware Jury Trials Set to Restart in October as Seitz Extends Emergency Declaration

The specific plan for holding jury trials beginning in October was developed by five subcommittees formed by the Courts Reopening Committee, each of which studied a stage of jury selection and presented their findings Aug. 25.

By Ellen Bardash

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September 04, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Former In-House Attorney, in Lawsuit Against AIG, Says Termination Was Unlawful Retaliation for Whistleblowing

In a complaint filed Thursday in the Southern District of New York, Aaron Katzel accused actions taken by AIG and Peter Solmssen and Lucy Fato, the company's former and current general counsel, respectively, of being made in response to his reporting of unlawful behavior by employees.

By Ellen Bardash

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