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.
March 15, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Trustee Can Continue $250M Fraud Case Against Clayton, Dubilier & RiceA motion to dismiss filed by the private equity firm's Debevoise & Plimpton attorneys argued a liquidation trustee for a soap and hair care product distributor didn't have standing to bring fraud claims and hadn't adequately pled them in the complaint.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
March 13, 2024 | National Law Journal
Grant & Eisenhofer Secures $14M Birth Injury, Wrongful Death VerdictThe jury found the University of Chicago Medical Center liable for birth injuries that led to the death of a boy at the age of 4.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
March 11, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Fox News: Smartmatic Financial History Doesn't Support $2.7B Defamation ClaimKirkland & Ellis and Mintz & Gold are representing Fox News.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
March 08, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
A Legal 'Doomsday'?: Delaware Faces Criticism at Tulane ConferenceMerger and acquisition practitioners are having a difficult time figuring out how best to counsel their clients, and litigators are left with questions on how best to make their case to the Court of Chancery.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
March 05, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Terraform at Odds With Creditor Committee as SEC Trial ApproachesThe SEC's case against Terraform is scheduled to go to trial March 25, and the debtors' counsel moved last week for the bankruptcy court to allow Dentons to serve as special counsel.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
March 04, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Tesla Shareholder Attorneys Ask for $5.6B in Stock to Cover Fees, in Record RequestBernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, Friedman Oster & Tejtel and Andrews & Springer attorneys stressed they're seeking only a fraction of what Delaware law would allow.
By Ellen Bardash
5 minute read
February 29, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
SEC Calls Terraform's Dentons Retainer 'Opaque Slush Fund' in Bankruptcy CourtThe SEC has asked Judge Brendan Linehan Shannon to deny the application unless Dentons returns to Terraform the $81 million still available from its retainer and files engagement letters and agreements about payment with the court.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
February 28, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Shareholder Claims Mount Against NY Community Bancorp in EDNYThree new lawsuits bring the total number of new EDNY cases filed this month against NYCB, which has been the parent company of Flagstar Bank for more than a year, to six, all related to how the company handled a postmerger spike in loan losses.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
February 23, 2024 | National Law Journal
After Record-Breaking Year, Qui Tam Conference Stresses DOJ Efficiency in False Claims Act MattersThe two-day conference featured panels that touched on each stage of the qui tam process, from vetting whistleblowers to calculating damages, and what developments from 2023 are influencing how attorneys are approaching those steps.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
February 23, 2024 | National Law Journal
DC Judge Gives Trump Two Weeks to Analyze Complaint in Civil Jan. 6 CaseThe matter involves a group of consolidated actions brought by members of the U.S. Congress against Trump, Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, alleging their actions on Jan. 6, 2021, aimed at overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election violated the Ku Klux Klan Act.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
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