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.
September 10, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly
Delaware AG Jennings Sues 31 Fossil Fuel Companies in State Court Over Damages From Climate ChangeThe 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.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
September 09, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Del. Supreme Court Mulls Intent of Second Round of Arbitration in Case That Yielded $371M AwardJoseph 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 SaysThe 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
4 minute read
September 04, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly
Delaware Jury Trials Set to Restart in October as Seitz Extends Emergency DeclarationThe 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
3 minute read
September 04, 2020 | New York Law Journal
Former In-House Attorney, in Lawsuit Against AIG, Says Termination Was Unlawful Retaliation for WhistleblowingIn 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
4 minute read
September 03, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Former CEO Claims Allstate Subsidiary Owes $3 Million After TerminationThe lawsuit filed by McCarter & English claims the company failed to pay an executive nearly $3 million in bonuses.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
September 02, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly
Del. Supreme Court Weighs Prejudicial Value of Prosecutors' Trial StatementsThe ruling could have broad ramifications in how prosecutors behave or what specific language they can use in front of juries.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
September 02, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman Hires Wilmington Attorney as First Delaware Managing PrincipalCheryl A. Santaniello will continue her commercial lending and real estate practice while working to expand Porzio's bankruptcy practice into Delaware.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
September 01, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly
Cape Henlopen Student's Lawsuit Criticizes Limited Remote InstructionAt the heart of the lawsuit is a claim different groups of students will get differing amounts of time with their teachers.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
August 31, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Judge Rules Anthem, Cigna Can't Recover Damages Over Botched MergerVice Chancellor J. Travis Laster critiqued both companies' handling of the blocked merger in ruling neither can seek damages from the other.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
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