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.
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
February 20, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Shareholders May Challenge Corporate Conversion From Delaware on Fairness GroundsVice Chancellor J. Travis Laster said the doctrine of entire fairness applies and TripAdvisor shareholders have adequately pleaded a claim that a conversion would affect the value of their investments.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
February 16, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Glasscock's Plan to Retire From Delaware Chancery Court Is AnnouncedVice Chancellor Sam Glasscock, who was sworn in for a second term in July, is expected to step down at the end of the year, closing a 25-year run, first as a master in Chancery and later as vice chancellor.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
February 13, 2024 | Delaware Law Weekly
Customers Claim Whirlpool Knows It's Been Selling Defective Fridges for 10 YearsThe class seeks to represent Whirlpool customers who, plaintiffs say, have seen ice makers, water dispensers and other features stop working because of the quality of wiring that runs through their freezer doors.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
February 08, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Apple Secures Dismissal of Claims It Overpaid ExecutivesLatham & Watkins lawyers secured the dismissal of claims brought by an institutional shareholder.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
February 07, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Crypto Contract Clash Gets Second Look From Delaware Supreme Court En BancThe case, one attornmey said, uniquely issues of administrative, agency and securities law—and how they apply to a deal made at a time when regulatory standards for the crypto industry are evolving.
By Ellen Bardash
5 minute read
February 05, 2024 | Delaware Law Weekly
Lawyers Open First Roundup Liability Trial in DelawarePlaintiff's counsel was was part of the team that persuaded a Missouri jury to award three plaintiffs who had non-Hodgkin lymphoma a total of $1.56 billion in November.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
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