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Ellen Bardash

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 08, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Nikola Oversight 'in Shambles' With Convicted Founder's Fraud, Newest Derivative Suit Claims

The complaint brings breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment and contribution and indemnification claims against current and former Nikola management.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

September 07, 2023 | Delaware Law Weekly

Musk Says He Has No Personal Liability in Lawsuits Filed by Ex-Twitter Employees

A merger agreement. Musk's lawyers said, holds him liable only for financing and administration of Twitter, not personnel decisions.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

September 05, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Drug Developer Wins on Trade Secret, Contract Breach Claims Against Founder

Vice Chancellor Paul FIoravanti's decision is a win for the Latham & Watkins and Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell team that represented Sorrento and Scilex Pharmaceuticals, though Fioravanti has asked for additional briefing to determine what remedy he'll grant.

By Ellen Bardash

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August 31, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

SCOTUS' Purdue Pharma Position Could Shake Up Boy Scout Settlement, Objectors Say

Both Purdue Pharma and the Boy Scouts of America have approved plans that release the claims of third parties without requiring those parties' consent. In both cases, objectors say bankruptcy courts don't have the authority to approve plans that include that type of release.

By Ellen Bardash

5 minute read

August 29, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Amazon Hiring Bezos-Run Blue Origin Over SpaceX Slighted Shareholders, Derivative Suit Claims

"In total, between the audit committee's single meeting and the board's single brief meeting, Amazon's directors likely devoted barely an hour before blindly signing off on funneling (redacted) of Amazon's money to Bezos' unproven, struggling rocket company," the complaint states.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

August 28, 2023 | Delaware Law Weekly

Following Second Dismissal Attorneys Challenging 2020 Religious Service Restrictions Vow to Appeal

"The governor's health emergency excuse does not hold water because the Revolutionary War founders of Delaware and their ancestors experienced and well understood the threat of countless deaths by malaria, smallpox epidemic, bubonic plague, and other deadly diseases," said plaintiffs' co-counsel Thomas Crumplar of Wilmington.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

August 28, 2023 | Delaware Law Weekly

Del. Superior Court Finds Smartmatic Can Continue Defamation Case Against Newsmax

It's not the first rejection Newsmax has faced in the court, with Davis denying a motion for judgment on the pleadings in the Smartmatic case in February and in June 2022 declining to grant Newsmax's motion to dismiss claims brought by U.S. Dominion Inc. in its separate defamation case.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

August 24, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Bark's Broad Charter Waives Duty of Loyalty, Shareholder Claims in Suit Raising Novel Issue

If the court ultimately issues a judgment on the question of law raised in the case, it could signal to Delaware corporations at large how sweeping a corporate opportunity waiver is allowed to be.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

August 23, 2023 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Agreeing to Wider Customer Notice, FTX to Settle Claims Out of Delaware Court

Sullivan & Cromwell partner Brian Glueckstein said the sheer volume of claims involved in the case—around nine million in total—makes it a candidate for keeping smaller settlements moving without court oversight as a way of avoiding spending more time and money than necessary.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

August 18, 2023 | Delaware Law Weekly

Hunter Biden's Delaware Case Is Dropped as DOJ Looks to DC, California as Venues

Plea negotiations have stalled, eliminating the need to proceed in Delaware as previously agreed, the government said.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read