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Document Retention for Engineering and Architecture Services Companies

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Document retention. That phrase reminds me of a Dilbert cartoon from about a decade ago that depicted the “pointy-haired boss” confronting Alice, the engineer, about her exceeding the company’s permitted email storage. The...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Bearing the Books and Records Burden: Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Section 220 Order in AmerisourceBergen

This past year, Proskauer’s private fund litigation blog highlighted a Delaware Chancery case adopting an expansive view in favor of parties seeking information from companies under Section 220 of the Delaware General...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Recent Trends in Books and Records Litigation

Recently, the frequency of stockholder demands to inspect corporate books and records pursuant to Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law has increased. In turn, the case law concerning Section 220 demands is...more

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Court Affirms Contempt Order Based On A Beneficiary’s Refusal To Produce Trust Documents, Holding That The Beneficiary Had A Right...

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In In re Topletz, the trial court ordered a party jailed for civil contempt for failing to comply with an order to produce documents from a family-run trust during post-judgment discovery in a suit against him individually...more

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Two (More) Scary Tales Of FINRA’s Abuse Of Rule 8210

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Once again – twice again, actually – FINRA has used Rule 8210 as a cudgel, beating the poor unfortunate recipients of the “request” for documents and information into submission, or worse. This has got to stop. The first...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Delaware Supreme Court Rejects Presumption of Confidentiality for Books-and-Records Productions

The Delaware Supreme Court yesterday rejected a presumption of confidentiality for documents produced pursuant to books-and-records inspection requests under § 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. The decision in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Delaware Supreme Court Clarifies When Emails Should Be Produced

On January 29, 2019, the Delaware Supreme Court provided guidance to the Court of Chancery regarding the scope of a stockholder’s inspection rights under Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or similar LLC or...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

The Importance of Documenting Corporate Actions: Delaware Supreme Court Requires Production of Emails in Books-and-Records Request

The Delaware Supreme Court held yesterday that a corporation can be required to produce emails and other electronic documents where necessary to satisfy a shareholder’s legitimate request to inspect corporate books and...more

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Delaware Chancery Court Holds Garner Fiduciary Exception Does Not Justify Compelled Production Of Privileged Documents Relevant To...

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On July 27, 2017, Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights III of the Delaware Court of Chancery found that stockholder plaintiffs had not satisfied their burden of showing “good cause” under the Garner fiduciary exception to the...more

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When a Director May Inspect the Company's Books and Records

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Section 220(d) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) permits a director to inspect a company's books and records "for a purpose reasonably related to the director's position as a director." It is well settled under...more

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Ground-Breaking Delaware Opinion: Books and Records include Electronic Documents Subject to Inspection and to be Incorporated in...

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On February 2, 2016, Vice Chancellor Laster of the Delaware Chancery Court ordered a tailored production of the electronic and other documents identified by the plaintiff, Amalgamated Bank, in its demand for inspection of...more

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Cooperation, the SEC and FOIA

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A critical part of cooperating with an SEC or DOJ investigation for FCPA or other possible violations is the production of documents. In order for the company to assess what happened it must conduct an internal investigation...more

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