Ellen Bardash

Ellen Bardash

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.

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January 16, 2025 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Meet Delaware's Incoming Lt. Gov.: 'It's a Natural Progression' From Litigation to Policy

Kyle 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 Clients

Musk 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 Clients

Musk 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 Disclosure

The 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 2025

One 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 2025

One 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 Court

Quinn 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 Court

Quinn 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 Glasscock

In 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 Medal

Collins 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