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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September 26, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Smartmatic, Newsmax Reach Courthouse Steps Settlement in Defamation Case

A spokesperson for Smartmatic said the company is not able to provide details on the value of the settlement or any non-monetary terms that may have been agreed to.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

September 26, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Even With New Business Courts, Texas Is a Long Way from Taking Delaware's Corporate Law Mantle

While Texas attorneys have been upfront about their hope that the state's newest courts will help raise Texas' corporate law to Delaware's level, corporate attorneys across the country are all but unanimous: Delaware remains the champ, and that's not changing, at least not any time soon.

By Ellen Bardash

5 minute read

September 23, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

'The No. 1 Thing' on Larry Cunningham's Mind: Special Litigation Committees

"The SLC, as they call it, is always the focal point of litigators in corporate governance, and the treatment of the SLC evolves over time," said Cunningham, director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware.

By Ellen Bardash

6 minute read

September 19, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Amazon Sellers: Walmart Marketplace Supports Organized Retail Crime

According to the complaint, fraudulent sellers create a listing for a product on Walmart's website using photos and other information straight from a legitimate seller's listing on Amazon.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

September 18, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Solar Company: Restrictive Covenant Circumstances Require Chancery Blue Penciling

Josh Berman of Paul Hastings argued for Sunder Energy LLC that Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster should not have determined that an LLC agreement was unenforceable.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

September 17, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Trump Media Stakeholder Awarded Part of Requested Post-Merger Ownership Boost

It's likely, a lawyer familiar with the case said, that the decision could be applied to the anti-dilution provisions in nearly all de-SPAC mergers.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

September 17, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Affirms Ghislaine Maxwell Convictions

At the center of Maxwell's appeal was the 2007 non-prosecution agreement Epstein entered into with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

September 16, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Smartmatic, Newsmax Warned Against 'Fighting Over Everything' Two Weeks From Trial

Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric M. Davis cautioned counsel for both sides against making jurors feel that their time is being wasted.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

September 12, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Here's What Texas Attorneys Are Expecting From the State's New Business Courts

Many are optimistic about the courts' potential but expect it will take at least a year to build up the jurisprudence that could make them a reliable venue for business litigation.

By Ellen Bardash

5 minute read

September 11, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Mindspring Lawyers Urge Del. Supreme Court to Overturn Chancery Opinion Faulting Take-Private Process

Justice Karen Valihura asked Andrew Rossman of Quinn Emanuel whether the Chancery decision included fact-finding that the high court should defere to.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read