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.
July 24, 2024 | New York Law Journal
US Judge Rejects Securities Class Action Against Cannabis Products MakerPlaintiffs' theories of scienter were backed by vague and speculative claims, U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer said.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
July 22, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Court Dismisses Defamation Case by Ex-Homeland Security Official Against Fox NewsThe plaintiff had alleged speakers on Fox News began making defamatory statements about her when she was appointed the executive director of the Department of Homeland Security's since-disbanded Disinformation Governance Board.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
July 19, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Smartmatic, Newsmax at War Over Witnesses in Lawsuit Over Election DefamationHundreds of filings in June and July have been made in connection with the motions to block expert testimony. Meanwhile, both sides have filed motions for summary judgment that haven't been decided, and both have moved for the other to be sanctioned or held in contempt.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
July 18, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Chancery Signals Overbroad Anticompetitive Agreements Won't Cut It—AgainThe ruling represents an exception from the court's customary pro-contract mentality.
By Ellen Bardash
4 minute read
July 17, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Attorneys No Longer Need to Wait for Chancery Order to File ConfidentiallyThe change to Rule 5.1 is included in the second tranche of amendments to Chancery rules Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick has approved as part of a project revising the court's rules to realign with Delaware case law and statutes as well as federal rules.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
July 15, 2024 | Law.com
Report: Securities Fraud Losses Claimed Balloon in First Half of 2024The report from securities litigation data analytics company SAR attributes the rise not to a greater number of SEC Rule 10b-5 complaints being filed in the federal courts, but to drops in stock prices growing larger.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
July 03, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Novo Nordisk Seeks Patent Litigation Barrier to Ozempic GenericThe Ozempic manufacturer, represented in both cases by Fenwick & West, filed one complaint on Wednesday in the District of Delaware, then filed a nearly identical one in the Northern District of West Virginia.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
July 02, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Mike Huckabee Targets Meta With Lawsuit Over Unauthorized Ads for CBD GummiesThe lawsuit, filed July 1 by Poynter Law Group and Bellew LLC, alleges Meta profited from ads that falsely stated Huckabee—an opponent of legalized cannabis—was struggling with health issues and using Fortin CBD products for his symptoms.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
June 28, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Supreme Court Reinstates Early Voting Laws, Finding Lack of Standing for ChallengersThe decision, written by Justice Gary Traynor and released on June 28, is a win for the Munger, Tolles & Olson team that worked with the Delaware Department of Justice.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
June 27, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Jennings Announces DOJ Promotions, Including New Chief Deputy AGDelaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings named state prosecutor Dan Logan to the post of chief deputy attorney general.
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
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