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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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February 23, 2024 | National Law Journal

DC Judge Gives Trump Two Weeks to Analyze Complaint in Civil Jan. 6 Case

The matter involves a group of consolidated actions brought by members of the U.S. Congress against Trump, Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, alleging their actions on Jan. 6, 2021, aimed at overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election violated the Ku Klux Klan Act.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

February 20, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Shareholders May Challenge Corporate Conversion From Delaware on Fairness Grounds

Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster said the doctrine of entire fairness applies and TripAdvisor shareholders have adequately pleaded a claim that a conversion would affect the value of their investments.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

February 16, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Glasscock's Plan to Retire From Delaware Chancery Court Is Announced

Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock, who was sworn in for a second term in July, is expected to step down at the end of the year, closing a 25-year run, first as a master in Chancery and later as vice chancellor.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

February 13, 2024 | Delaware Law Weekly

Customers Claim Whirlpool Knows It's Been Selling Defective Fridges for 10 Years

The class seeks to represent Whirlpool customers who, plaintiffs say, have seen ice makers, water dispensers and other features stop working because of the quality of wiring that runs through their freezer doors.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

February 08, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Apple Secures Dismissal of Claims It Overpaid Executives

Latham & Watkins lawyers secured the dismissal of claims brought by an institutional shareholder.

By Ellen Bardash

2 minute read

February 07, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Crypto Contract Clash Gets Second Look From Delaware Supreme Court En Banc

The case, one attornmey said, uniquely issues of administrative, agency and securities law—and how they apply to a deal made at a time when regulatory standards for the crypto industry are evolving.

By Ellen Bardash

5 minute read

February 05, 2024 | Delaware Law Weekly

Lawyers Open First Roundup Liability Trial in Delaware

Plaintiff's counsel was was part of the team that persuaded a Missouri jury to award three plaintiffs who had non-Hodgkin lymphoma a total of $1.56 billion in November.

By Ellen Bardash

4 minute read

February 01, 2024 | National Law Journal

Real Estate Pressure Likely to Keep Chapter 11 Filings Flowing in 2024

Bankruptcy experts are now expecting to see a steady stream of Chapter 11 filings continue throughout 2024, though not with a year-over-year jump like 2023's.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read

January 31, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Here's How Elon Musk's $56B Executive Comp Loss Could Reverberate

Shortly after Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick issued her post-trial opinion finding Elon Musk's $56 billion compensation agreement with Tesla should be rescinded, Musk posted one possible takeaway: "Never incorporate your company in the state of Delaware."

By Ellen Bardash

5 minute read

January 30, 2024 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Tesla Shareholder Wins Challenge to Elon Musk's Tesla Comp Package

Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick concluded Musk was a controller of Tesla under Delaware law, putting the burden of entire fairness on his defense team from Cravath, Swain & Moore and Ross Aronstam & Moritz.

By Ellen Bardash

3 minute read