Ellen Bardash

January 11, 2022 | Delaware Law Weekly

Attorney General Kathy Jennings said the measure "threatens serious, irreparable, and unconstitutional harm." The city of Seaford's mayor said an anonymous donor had agreed to fund litigation to defend the local measure.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

January 11, 2022 | Delaware Law Weekly

Two Ohio counties that are seeking purely economic damages in the case didn't prove what costs were incurred by those who treated individuals affected by opioid use, Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. concluded.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

January 07, 2022 | Delaware Law Weekly

U.S. District Judge Leonard P. Stark's decision to remand the case to Delaware Superior Court marks a win for state Attorney General Kathy Jennings, who first chose the state court as the venue for the complaint filed against more than 30 fossil fuel giants.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

January 04, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Vice Chancellor Lori Will wrote while the issues involved in the case are a first for the court because they do involve a SPAC, Delaware fiduciary principles apply as they would to any other public company.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

December 30, 2021 | Law.com

Glasscock found The Williams Companies' structuring of a private offering wasn't excused, which qualifies as an unmet condition and entitles it to payment of the termination fee.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

December 20, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Nearly as fast as SPACs themselves rose in popularity, shareholders have started filing litigation against the acquisition companies that have closed…

By Ellen Bardash

8 minute read

December 15, 2021 | Delaware Law Weekly

The jury found a corrections officer violated the Eighth Amendment rights of an incarcerated person. McCarter & English was appointed by the court to represent the plaintiff.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

December 09, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The ruling is the first Delaware Supreme Court decision that extensively addresses an ordinary course covenant in a terminated acquisition, rather than on a material adverse effect cause, and relies on the covenant as the basis for terminating an acquisition, according to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan managing partner Michael Carlinsky.

By Ellen Bardash

5 minute read

December 08, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The shareholders' appeal states it's asking the court to apply Delaware's appraisal statute to determine for the first time whether, for appraisal purposes, a dividend paid after a merger closed can be considered part of the merger, as well as that dividend's effect on appraisal rights.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

December 06, 2021 | Delaware Business Court Insider

In TransPerfect Global's malpractice case against Ross Aronstam & Moritz, both parties have filed motions to dismiss, but each argued against the other's during a virtual hearing Monday afternoon.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read