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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August 22, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

'Faithless Fiduciaries': Live Nation Faces Chancery Litigation Amid Anticompetition Allegations

Live Nation shareholders, in a complaint, said they were misled about anti-competitive practices as well as Live Nation's compliance with government investigations, placing the company at financial and reputational risk.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

August 22, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Cook: Default Judgment or Not, Plaintiffs Need to Show Work to Obtain Damages

Vice Chancellor Nathan Cook, in an opinion, granted Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss and their investment fund only a fraction of the $1.3 million they claimed to be owed by the founder of a magazine they invested in.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

August 20, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

People of Bikini Claim 'No Questions Asked' Practices Resulted in Trusts' Depletion

Trusts created for persons from the Pacific island that became a nuclear test site have been drained, according to a lawsuit filed in Delaware Chancery Court.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

August 16, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Nikola Sued for Delayed Production 'Inherited' Through Subsidiary

A newly-filed complaint alleges that Romeo, a California-based company that designs and produces lithium-ion battery packs for electric vehicles, overstated its ability to meet production goals, earning a fraction of its anticipated revenue.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

August 15, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Upholding $266.7M Fee Award, Del. Supreme Court Rejects Diminishing-Returns Curb on Bigger Wins

The opinion by Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr. states Delaware precedent doesn't support requiring a declining percentage fee model like the one used in federal courts.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

August 15, 2024 | Litigation Daily

How Corporate Law Legislation Morphed Into a Conversation on Judicial Ethics

An amendment to Delaware's corporation law has divided lawyers and led to discussion about when Court of Chancery judges should and should not weigh in on laws they will later apply.

By Ellen Bardash

5 minute read

August 14, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Intel Again Accused of Misleading Investors on Foundry Finances

It's the second case bringing similar allegations against Intel in the Delaware court.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

August 09, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Tesla Shareholders Move to Consolidate Cases Over Musk's Focus on X, AI

If the motion is granted, the court would go from juggling seven cases against Tesla and Elon Musk to five.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

August 08, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

After Purdue Pharma, Boy Scout Plan Objectors Ask for Third Circuit Unwinding

Proponents of plans like the BSA's and Purdue Pharma's say they're the most efficient way to resolve tens of thousands of claims that would take significantly more time and resources to litigate separately in the tort system.

By Ellen Bardash

5 minute read

August 06, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Pharma CEO Owes $5.9M in Legal Fees, Despite Presidential Pardon

Keker, Van Nest & Peters and Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell notched a win on behalf of InterMune Inc. and Roche Holdings Inc., which argued that the former executive—who was pardoned by former President Donald Trump—was not indemnified in an advancement clawback action and must repay the companies for legal expenses.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read