Ellen Bardash
@ellenbardash.bsky.social
Corporate litigation reporter for Law.com, living in Philly and (mostly) covering the Delaware Court of Chancery. Not a lawyer, not a wife, not a mom.
The Court of Chancery spends a lot of time deciding cases that involve multi-billion-dollar deals. Its equity jurisdiction means it also gets to decide things like who should keep Tucker the Goldendoodle (don't worry, he's not getting cut in half) courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Dow...
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Court of Chancery spends a lot of time deciding cases that involve multi-billion-dollar deals. Its equity jurisdiction means it also gets to decide things like who should keep Tucker the Goldendoodle (don't worry, he's not getting cut in half) courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Dow...
Are we 100% sure the government shutdown is not just a ruse to let federal employees watch playoff baseball?
October 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Are we 100% sure the government shutdown is not just a ruse to let federal employees watch playoff baseball?
I would like to present this footnote from Magistrate Wright with no context.
(Full opinion here: courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Dow...)
(Full opinion here: courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Dow...)
September 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I would like to present this footnote from Magistrate Wright with no context.
(Full opinion here: courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Dow...)
(Full opinion here: courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Dow...)
Fall 2020 (just moved to Philly): I suppose I should try to watch an Eagles game
Fall 2025: I think each Eagles player deserves to spit on one member of the opposing team every game without consequences
Fall 2025: I think each Eagles player deserves to spit on one member of the opposing team every game without consequences
September 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Fall 2020 (just moved to Philly): I suppose I should try to watch an Eagles game
Fall 2025: I think each Eagles player deserves to spit on one member of the opposing team every game without consequences
Fall 2025: I think each Eagles player deserves to spit on one member of the opposing team every game without consequences
This makes sense as Delaware is notoriously a state that doesn't have any practicing lawyers and doesn't ever have lawyers from other states file briefs in any of its courts
Sen. COONS: Are you a member of the Delaware Bar?
Trump nominee: Virginia and Maryland.
Coons: Practiced law in Delaware?
Nominee: I haven’t.
Coons: Filed a brief in a Delaware court?
Nominee: My practice has been as an academic and in Washington, DC.
Trump nominee: Virginia and Maryland.
Coons: Practiced law in Delaware?
Nominee: I haven’t.
Coons: Filed a brief in a Delaware court?
Nominee: My practice has been as an academic and in Washington, DC.
September 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This makes sense as Delaware is notoriously a state that doesn't have any practicing lawyers and doesn't ever have lawyers from other states file briefs in any of its courts
My latest for Litigation Daily: some thoughts on how Texas and Delaware compare in the relationship between their business courts and legislatures.
To Litigate or Legislate? The Texas Approach to Building Corporate Law | Law.com
In an interplay that mirrors the current goings-on in Delaware, questions remain about how much say Texas legislators should have in shaping business law, and how much should be left to the courts.
www.law.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
My latest for Litigation Daily: some thoughts on how Texas and Delaware compare in the relationship between their business courts and legislatures.
One of Ohio's two great road trip landmarks (the other is the Hell is Real sign)
that's right folks, Ohio also has the former HQ of the Longaberger company. it's a seven story basket and it's empty because the company went bankrupt and nobody can figure out what to do with the building
September 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
One of Ohio's two great road trip landmarks (the other is the Hell is Real sign)
Ashamed to admit that's more than I pay for wine (so, no) www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Meet the water sommeliers: they believe H₂O can rival wine – but would you pay £19 a bottle?
A restaurant in the English county of Cheshire has launched a water menu, as have a number of US establishments. Is it really possible, though, to tell one terroir from another?
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ashamed to admit that's more than I pay for wine (so, no) www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Reposted by Ellen Bardash
area man beats sandwich crime charge, will not be sub-poenaed
August 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
area man beats sandwich crime charge, will not be sub-poenaed
Look I know from experience prisons will do anything to keep media out, but now that Jen Shah, Elizabeth Holmes and Ghislaine Maxwell are all in the same prison Bravo should have at least made some phone calls floating a new Housewives franchise
August 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Look I know from experience prisons will do anything to keep media out, but now that Jen Shah, Elizabeth Holmes and Ghislaine Maxwell are all in the same prison Bravo should have at least made some phone calls floating a new Housewives franchise
I put together an update on what's been going on with the constitutional challenge to SB 21 since the Supreme Court agreed to consider it in June.
Clearway Safe Harbor Constitutionality Briefing Continues With Amici Bid From Law Professors | Law.com
In question is a pair of certified questions over the legality of "safe harbor provisions" added to the Delaware General Corporation Law earlier this year. The academics agree with the argument agains...
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August 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I put together an update on what's been going on with the constitutional challenge to SB 21 since the Supreme Court agreed to consider it in June.
Imagining a good CMS experience brought me the closest I've ever been to having any interest in seeing any superhero movie
This jumped out at me in “Superman.” The workflow and the “copy ready” /“web ready” buttons were adopted by NYT developers for the new CMS around 2010-11 after many meetings. Still in use there and elsewhere. In theory you could publish from a chopper. comicbookclublive.com/2025/07/12/s...
'Superman' Finally Gets CMS Right | Comic Book Club
One thing Superman, the new movie from James Gunn, got totally correct? The way it used the Daily Planet's CMS.
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August 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Imagining a good CMS experience brought me the closest I've ever been to having any interest in seeing any superhero movie
well well well, looks like there IS something AI can't do better than I can
August 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
well well well, looks like there IS something AI can't do better than I can
Reposted by Ellen Bardash
THEY LITERALLY DID THE ONION HEADLINE
July 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
THEY LITERALLY DID THE ONION HEADLINE
Sure the decline of SEPTA means every day it takes me longer to get to the office I have to go to for no discernible reason, but if it were fully functional or I worked from home I wouldn't have walked past the man who yelled angrily that he liked my dress this morning. Balance
July 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Sure the decline of SEPTA means every day it takes me longer to get to the office I have to go to for no discernible reason, but if it were fully functional or I worked from home I wouldn't have walked past the man who yelled angrily that he liked my dress this morning. Balance
Does every Uber driver in Philadelphia have a broken AC in their car or do I just have horrible luck? I'm too sweaty of a person for this even when it's not 90 degrees
July 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Does every Uber driver in Philadelphia have a broken AC in their car or do I just have horrible luck? I'm too sweaty of a person for this even when it's not 90 degrees
VC Will said during yesterday's hearing that she has concerns about civility within the Chancery bar: "Some of the very sad public food fighting that we've recently seen on social media, even among senior members of our bar, is starting to bleed into court filings." www.law.com/delbizcourt/...
Will: Endeavor Filings 'Slinging Wild Accusations' Reflect Trend in Delaware's Bar | Law.com
Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will said at the beginning of a hearing Tuesday that she would not condone the accusations Abrams & Bayliss and Rolnick Kramer Sadighi attorneys have leveled against each other...
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July 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
VC Will said during yesterday's hearing that she has concerns about civility within the Chancery bar: "Some of the very sad public food fighting that we've recently seen on social media, even among senior members of our bar, is starting to bleed into court filings." www.law.com/delbizcourt/...
I've gotta say, VC Cook really reeled me in with this opening line (from courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Dow...)
July 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I've gotta say, VC Cook really reeled me in with this opening line (from courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Dow...)
I went totally offline while on vacation all last week and today am dealing with the aftermath: literally 700 unread emails
June 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I went totally offline while on vacation all last week and today am dealing with the aftermath: literally 700 unread emails
Perpetually unclear why TSA at PHL is designed to give every passenger the experience of Ralphie in A Christmas Story being told "Hey, kid! The line ENDS here. It BEGINS there" by someone gesturing to a 1/4 mile long single file line
June 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Perpetually unclear why TSA at PHL is designed to give every passenger the experience of Ralphie in A Christmas Story being told "Hey, kid! The line ENDS here. It BEGINS there" by someone gesturing to a 1/4 mile long single file line
The Delaware Supreme Court has reversed the Columbia Pipeline case.
courts.delaware.gov
June 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Delaware Supreme Court has reversed the Columbia Pipeline case.
There are two types of people in the world: people who consider the Trump/Elon feud to be today's biggest news on social media, and people who think it's Paige DeSorbo announcing she's leaving Summer House
June 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
There are two types of people in the world: people who consider the Trump/Elon feud to be today's biggest news on social media, and people who think it's Paige DeSorbo announcing she's leaving Summer House
A website called delawarebusinesslitigation.com has popped up, set up like a law firm's website.
Across most of it, "Delaware Business Litigation" is used as a firm name, but as far as I know, that's not the name of an actual Delaware law firm.
Across most of it, "Delaware Business Litigation" is used as a firm name, but as far as I know, that's not the name of an actual Delaware law firm.
Home - Delaware Business Litigation
Delaware Business Litigation LLP Welcome to Delaware Business Litigation At Delaware Business Litigation, we understand the challenges that businesses face when dealing with legal disputes. Our team o...
delawarebusinesslitigation.com
May 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A website called delawarebusinesslitigation.com has popped up, set up like a law firm's website.
Across most of it, "Delaware Business Litigation" is used as a firm name, but as far as I know, that's not the name of an actual Delaware law firm.
Across most of it, "Delaware Business Litigation" is used as a firm name, but as far as I know, that's not the name of an actual Delaware law firm.
Stellantis has a new CEO named Antonio Filosa and for those who had the same "wait, isn't that..." reaction to that news I did let me confirm it's NOT this guy
May 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Stellantis has a new CEO named Antonio Filosa and for those who had the same "wait, isn't that..." reaction to that news I did let me confirm it's NOT this guy
Time it takes to drive from Philly to Wilmington:
40 min Oct.-March, if skies are perfectly clear & all luck is on your side (yet somehow 60 min for me if I'm trying to get to court 20 min early)
+20 min 7-10 a.m./3-6 p.m.
+15 min April-Sept. (construction)
+10 min if it's raining/snowing AT ALL
40 min Oct.-March, if skies are perfectly clear & all luck is on your side (yet somehow 60 min for me if I'm trying to get to court 20 min early)
+20 min 7-10 a.m./3-6 p.m.
+15 min April-Sept. (construction)
+10 min if it's raining/snowing AT ALL
May 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Time it takes to drive from Philly to Wilmington:
40 min Oct.-March, if skies are perfectly clear & all luck is on your side (yet somehow 60 min for me if I'm trying to get to court 20 min early)
+20 min 7-10 a.m./3-6 p.m.
+15 min April-Sept. (construction)
+10 min if it's raining/snowing AT ALL
40 min Oct.-March, if skies are perfectly clear & all luck is on your side (yet somehow 60 min for me if I'm trying to get to court 20 min early)
+20 min 7-10 a.m./3-6 p.m.
+15 min April-Sept. (construction)
+10 min if it's raining/snowing AT ALL