This Week in Chancery Court: Blue Bell Trial, SpaceX-Based Funds

The first-ever trial of corporate oversight claims in the Delaware Chancery Court wraps up this week, with expert testimony expected in a lawsuit over a fatal listeria outbreak in Blue Bell Creameries’ ice cream in 2015.

Here’s a look at what’s happening in court this week:

Wednesday: Marchand v. Barnhill, Del. Ch., No. 2017-0586, trial 3/25/26.

At issue: A shareholder seeks to hold Blue Bell’s senior leaders accountable for allegedly failing to adequately monitor operations or ignoring “red flags” before the outbreak that killed three consumers of its ice cream products. The start of the five-day trial last month ...