Ellen Bardash

July 21, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The decision was made the same day oral arguments were made via Zoom, with Zurn stating she found, based on what was presented by Andrew Kassof, of Kirkland & Ellis, who argued the case on behalf of SIRVA, that Realogy, not SIRVA, caused the conditions of the deal to fail.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

July 16, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The agreement settles claims that were set to be addressed by the Delaware Court of Chancery in what would have been the first trial to consider COVID-19's effects on a company as a potential material adverse event that could warrant another company backing out of a deal.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

July 15, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly

The court's community relations chief said the largest backlogs of cases developed over the past several months in the courts that regularly see higher volumes of cases, including the Justice of the Peace Court, which kept three courts open to the public 24 hours a day, with restrictions, throughout the judicial state of emergency.

By Ellen Bardash

5 minute read

July 14, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly

Lawyers for Gov. John Carney filed their writ of certiorari in September, arguing the appellate court's decision violated the state's sovereign power to determine qualifications for government officials

By Ellen Bardash

5 minute read

July 13, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

AT&T Inc. will not be required to comply with a subpoena filed by the state's Department of Finance last year as part of an ongoing audit.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

July 09, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly

Attorney Michelle Allen said her client's Gilder's experience with Sallie Mae qualifies as racial discrimination because the company's consideration of criminal histories brought "racial disparities in the criminal justice system into the employment process."

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

July 08, 2020 | Law.com

All those present during the exam are expected to wear masks covering their mouths and noses and have their temperatures taken and be asked health questions at the door each day of the exam.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

July 07, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancellor Andre Bouchard wrote that a Fox stockholder hadn't adequately proven that about $82.4 million in stock given to Rupert, James and Lachlan Murdoch interfered with the company's sale to Disney and therefore didn't have standing to bring derivative claims.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

June 26, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The board will consider whether about 800 employees at Selbyville-based Mountaire Farms Inc., represented for collective bargaining purposes by employee Oscar Cruz Sosa, are allowed under contract to vote to decertify from the United Food and and Commercial Workers.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

June 25, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The state Supreme Court found the company violated the Delaware False Claims and Reporting Act as written now, but Overstock did not violate the law as written in 2013 when the violations in question actually occurred.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read