Ellen Bardash

Valihura, who spent 25 years as a corporate litigator at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom before she became the second woman ever to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court, said stepping down from the court is a bittersweet moment of both endings and new beginnings. She'll be teaching law in her life and career after the bench.

The lawsuit alleges Five Below attributed its declining financial results, which were first disclosed in June 2024, to shrinkage from in-store theft rather than its merchandising practices.

The decision that decertified the class in Delaware federal court was filed Tuesday by Third Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas, sitting by designation, and marks a victory for the team of McGuireWoods and Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor attorneys representing Global Plasma Solutions Inc.

The partial reversal benefits appellees Tomales Bay Capital Anduril III LP, Tomales Bay Capital Anduril III GP LLC and Iqbaljit Kahlon, represented by Kirkland & Ellis and Ross Aronstam & Moritz.

A statement from the firm said the task force is focused on finding ways to achieve those reforms as part of resolutions to traditional securities fraud cases, rather than solely through derivative cases that are primarily litigated in Delaware.

Vice Chancellor Lori Will wrote that based on the responses, she would evaluate whether an evidentiary hearing or oral argument would be necessary to determine if sanctions should be leveled against the firm itself, the director who signed off on the filings and chairs the firm's AI subcommittee, or both.

Judge Calvin L. Scott Jr. granted dismissal on Monday, a win for the Davis Wright Tremaine and Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor team representing the Guardian.

Delaware Superior Court Judge Megan Adams' decision noted that the issues presented in the case "reveal a new frontier for defamation law, in which artificial intelligence tools are allegedly employed to effectuate the defamatory ends of their makers."

Candace Owens' attorneys have asked Superior Court Judge Sheldon Rennie to dismiss the complaint, filed a year ago by French President Emanuel Macron and first lady Brigitte Macron, or to strike the amended complaint the couple has since filed.

The decision marks the first time the Court of Chancery has addressed whether the Delaware Supreme Court's 1986 decision in Revlon Inc. v. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. applies to a public benefit corporation.