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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 14, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly

SCOTUS Sets Del. Judicial Party Balance Case at Top of October Calendar

Lawyers for Gov. John Carney filed their writ of certiorari in September, arguing the appellate court's decision violated the state's sovereign power to determine qualifications for government officials

By Ellen Bardash

5 minute read

July 13, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Del. Court of Chancery Rejects State's AT&T Escheat Subpoena

AT&T Inc. will not be required to comply with a subpoena filed by the state's Department of Finance last year as part of an ongoing audit.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

July 09, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly

Black Job-Seeker Accuses Sallie Mae of Racial Discrimination in Employment

Attorney Michelle Allen said her client's Gilder's experience with Sallie Mae qualifies as racial discrimination because the company's consideration of criminal histories brought "racial disparities in the criminal justice system into the employment process."

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

July 08, 2020 | Law.com

Delaware Bar Exam Moved to Fairgrounds to Enable Distancing for Record Number of Candidates

All those present during the exam are expected to wear masks covering their mouths and noses and have their temperatures taken and be asked health questions at the door each day of the exam.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

July 07, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Lack of Standing Foils Fox Shareholder's Lawsuit Against Officers in Del. Court of Chancery

Chancellor Andre Bouchard wrote that a Fox stockholder hadn't adequately proven that about $82.4 million in stock given to Rupert, James and Lachlan Murdoch interfered with the company's sale to Disney and therefore didn't have standing to bring derivative claims.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

June 26, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

NLRB Says It Will Review Plan for Union Decertification Election at Delaware Poultry Plant

The board will consider whether about 800 employees at Selbyville-based Mountaire Farms Inc., represented for collective bargaining purposes by employee Oscar Cruz Sosa, are allowed under contract to vote to decertify from the United Food and and Commercial Workers.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

June 25, 2020 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Delaware Supreme Court Nixes $7.3M Judgment Against Overstock

The state Supreme Court found the company violated the Delaware False Claims and Reporting Act as written now, but Overstock did not violate the law as written in 2013 when the violations in question actually occurred.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

June 25, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly

Knights of Columbus Sue Rehoboth Beach Over Nativity Scene Ban

The lawsuit claims Rehoboth Beach allows secular holiday displays on city property, but not religious displays.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

June 24, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly

Delaware AG Jennings Announces Dismissal of Charges Brought at Kent County Protest

Arrests took place in the midst of weeks of protests in wake of the death of George Floyd and were made after one protester reportedly prevented a police vehicle from moving and tensions rose between police and protesters.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

June 22, 2020 | Delaware Law Weekly

Del. House Bill Proposes 1 Electoral College Vote for Each County

The move would likely put at least one electoral vote in the Republican column, that of Sussex County downstate, which has voted for the GOP national tickets in 2008, 2012 and 2016—in the first two of those elections with Biden as the Democratic vice presidential nominee.

By Ellen Bardash

6 minute read