Ellen Bardash is ALM's reporter covering corporate litigation for Law.com and Delaware Business Court Insider. She can be contacted by emailing [email protected] or following @ellenbardash.bsky.social on Bluesky.
January 16, 2025 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Meet Delaware's Incoming Lt. Gov.: 'It's a Natural Progression' From Litigation to PolicyKyle Evans Gay has represented clients in business disputes in Delaware's courts for a decade and continued her work at Connolly Gallagher while campaigning for and serving as a state senator, representing Delaware's Fifth Senate District, which covers northern New Castle County.
By Ellen Bardash
11 minute read
January 16, 2025 | The Recorder
Shareholder Democracy? The Chatter Musk’s Tesla Pay Case Is Spurring Between Lawyers and ClientsMusk continues to fight the Delaware Court of Chancery’s decision to overturn his compensation plan at Tesla, appealing two decisions from the court to the Delaware Supreme Court last week. Since December, there’s been growing concern among investors about how the Delaware courts weigh issues around shareholder democracy.
By Ellen Bardash
6 minute read
January 16, 2025 | Litigation Daily
Shareholder Democracy? The Chatter Elon Musk’s Tesla Pay Case Is Spurring Between Lawyers and ClientsMusk continues to fight the Delaware Court of Chancery’s decision to overturn his compensation plan at Tesla, appealing two decisions from the court to the Delaware Supreme Court last week. Since December, there’s been growing concern among investors about how the Delaware courts weigh issues around shareholder democracy.
By Ellen Bardash
6 minute read
January 15, 2025 | National Law Journal
SEC Files Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Over Untimely Twitter Ownership DisclosureThe complaint brings one claim against Musk, alleging he violated federal securities law by failing to properly disclose that as of March 14, 2022, he owned more than 5% of Twitter's outstanding shares, a threshold that's required to be disclosed publicly in a beneficial ownership report within 10 days. An attorney for Musk said the SEC could not bring an "actual case."
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
January 09, 2025 | The Recorder
Here's What Corporate Litigators Expect Del. Courts to Address in 2025One area of Delaware law that came up frequently in 2024 and is expected to continue to be closely watched as more case law is established is that of conflicted controller transactions, specifically what exactly constitutes such a transaction and how judicial scrutiny can be applied to one.
By Ellen Bardash
6 minute read
January 09, 2025 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Here's What Corporate Litigators Expect Delaware Courts to Address in 2025One area of Delaware law that came up frequently in 2024 and is expected to continue to be closely watched as more case law is established is that of conflicted controller transactions, specifically what exactly constitutes such a transaction and how judicial scrutiny can be applied to one.
By Ellen Bardash
6 minute read
January 09, 2025 | The Recorder
Tesla, Musk Appeal Chancery Compensation Case to Del. Supreme CourtQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; and Ross Aronstam & Moritz are representing Musk and Tesla's board on appeal, with opening briefs due Feb. 25.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
January 09, 2025 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Tesla, Musk Appeal Chancery Compensation Case to Delaware Supreme CourtQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; and Ross Aronstam & Moritz are representing Musk and Tesla's board on appeal, with opening briefs due Feb. 25.
By Ellen Bardash
2 minute read
January 07, 2025 | Delaware Business Court Insider
'I've Had a Lot of Fun With Opinions': A Look Back at 10 Quintessential Opening Lines From Vice Chancellor GlasscockIn nearly 14 years on the Delaware Court of Chancery, Glasscock has tied the specifics of cases to literary references, movies, historical events or anecdotes about life in the state's southernmost county—even occasionally including jabs at his own writing.
By Ellen Bardash
10 minute read
January 03, 2025 | Delaware Business Court Insider
Delaware Legal Figures Who Played Key Roles in Ending School Segregation Honored With Presidential Citizens MedalCollins J. Seitz Sr., father of Delaware's current chief justice, was honored for his work as the first judge in the country to order the integration of a formerly all-white public school. Louis Redding, Delaware's first Black attorney, won those key cases
By Ellen Bardash
3 minute read
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