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 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

September 09, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Jurden Announces 2025 Retirement, Capping 24 Years on Superior Court

Superior Court President Judge Jan Jurden, who has sat on the court since May 2001, is the first woman ever to lead the court, a role she was appointed to at the beginning of 2015.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

September 06, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Chancery Again Rules in Plaintiff's Favor in Earnout Provision Dispute

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. could later be ordered to pay more in damages for another claim in which Zurn ruled against it, but Alexion's counterclaim against Shareholder Representative Services, represented by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, is yet to be decided. Alexion is represented by Wilks Law and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

September 04, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Johnson & Johnson Must Pay $1B in Damages for Surgical Robotics Contract Breaches, Fraud

The opinion is a win for Ross Aronstam & Moritz and Selendy Gay attorneys who represented a shareholder group.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

September 04, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Investor Claims Virgin Galactic Put Billionaire Space Race Over Safety, Netting Branson $1B

The lawsuit alleges that Branson made over $1.1 billion by selling Virgin Galactic shares at a price artificially inflated by safety issues not being publicly known.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

September 03, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Kaufman Dolowich Managing Partner Navigates Chancery Best Practices as She Builds Team

In eight months at the helm, Loren Barron of Kaufman Dolowich has hired one partner, two associates, two staff members and an intern and said she plans to keep growing the team, although it's running out of office space in its current location.

By Ellen Bardash

6 minute read

August 30, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Would-Be Gaffer Found to Lack Standing in Bias Case Challenging Diversity Initiative

Chief U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain of the Southern District of New York reasoned that the plaintiff was not seeking work in the film production field, making his grievance too abstract.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

August 29, 2024 | Law.com

Starbucks Hit With Securities Suit Claiming 'Reinvention' Plan Was Oversold

A Starbucks shareholder has filed a securities class action in Washington federal court, claiming the coffee company misled investors on the expected success of its "Triple Shot Reinvention" strategy.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

August 28, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

Meet Texas' First Contingent of Business Court Judges

The first 10 judges are each assigned to one of the five business court divisions based in Texas' largest cities, with an additional six divisions in more rural areas expected to be further developed in upcoming legislative sessions.

By Ellen Bardash

8 minute read

August 27, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Bankruptcy Judge, Corporate Litigator to Head Richards Layton Arbitration and Mediation Practice

Greg Williams has worked both as an advisor and a litigator representing corporations and their directors. Kevin Gross Gross joined the firm as a director in its bankruptcy and corporate restructuring department in 2020, following 14 years as a bankruptcy judge.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read