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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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July 30, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Lawsuit Seeks Stop to New York State Funding for Marijuana Dispensaries

The complaint claims New York is violating federal law by disbursing funds into activity that remains illegal at the federal level.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

July 30, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Hospital Challenges State's Oversight Plan, Saying It Clashes With Corporate Franchise

DLA Piper and Richards, Layton are representing Christiana Care, wihch is seeking to halt enforcement of a health bill that it says clashes with the state's corporate law.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

July 29, 2024 | Law.com

The Next Generation of Potential Judges Is Losing Interest in State Supreme Courts. Here's Why

Those who have served on their states' courts of last resort say that the pay gap between private practice and public service is widening to the point of turning away attorneys who have the potential to serve their state well.

By Ellen Bardash

8 minute read

July 25, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

'Unfair and Conflicted'?: Paramount Merger Allegedly Benefits Shari Redstone at Minority Shareholders' Expense, Lawsuit Says

The complaint, filed by Berger Montague, claims the dealmaking process was unfair, with a lack of director independence and no opportunity for a vote on the merger, which is expected to close in 2025.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

July 24, 2024 | New York Law Journal

US Judge Rejects Securities Class Action Against Cannabis Products Maker

Plaintiffs' 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 News

The 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 Defamation

Hundreds 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—Again

The 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 Confidentially

The 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 2024

The 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