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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Officer Exculpation and the Silicon Valley 150: Year Two

Last year, we reviewed proxy statements filed by companies in the Silicon Valley 150 (SV150) to see whether they included an officer exculpation proposal in their proxy statements for stockholder meetings held from August 1,...more

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Recent Developments in Delaware Officer Exculpation Charter Amendments

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Key Takeaways: As noted in our previous Legal Update, the August 2022 amendments to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) permits a Delaware corporation to include an officer exculpation provision...more

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Recent Delaware cases clarify Caremark oversight duties for directors and executive officers

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A claim for breach of the duty of oversight is known as a Caremark claim, after the landmark Delaware Court of Chancery decision in In re Caremark International Inc. Derivative Litigation (1996). Since then, Delaware courts...more

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Delaware Extends Exculpation Rights to Senior Officers: Updates and Guidance on Corporate Charter Amendments

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Since 1986, Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) has allowed corporations to include an exculpation provision in their certificate of incorporation that eliminates or limits the personal...more

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Officer Exculpation - Delaware and Maryland

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Effective August 1, 2022, Delaware amended its General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") to permit the certificate of incorporation of a Delaware corporation to provide for exculpation of officers from liability to the corporation...more

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Amendment to Delaware Law Permits Exculpation of Officers in Corporate Charters

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Delaware has long permitted corporations to limit or eliminate monetary liability of directors from breach of fiduciary duty of care lawsuits. However, the same protections have not been afforded to a corporation’s officers....more

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Corporate Officers May Be Exculpated from Personal Liability Under New Amendment to Delaware Law

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Key Takeaways ..Newly amended DGCL Section 102(b)(7) allows Delaware corporations to provide officers with exculpatory protections for personal monetary damages resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty in certain...more

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Proposed Statutory Officer Exculpation in Delaware

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As we transition into spring, the minds of many corporate attorneys return to the annual updates proposed to the Delaware General Corporate Law (DGCL). If the changes proposed by the Council of Corporation Law Section of the...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal Of Merger-Related Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Claims Regarding Allegedly Undisclosed...

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On June 30, 2020, in an en banc opinion authored by Justice Karen L. Valihura, the Supreme Court of Delaware reversed the Delaware Court of Chancery’s dismissal of a stockholder lawsuit arising out of the merger between...more

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When Directors and Officers Are Sued: How Exculpation, Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses Works (And Doesn’t Work)

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Corporate directors and officers may face potential personal liability for claims made against them in their roles for the companies they serve. Corporations may purchase directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance to...more

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Am I Covered? What You May Be Missing In Your D&O Liability Insurance

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To address the risk of personal liability that directors and officers may face for claims made against them in their corporate roles, companies often purchase director and officer (“D&O”) liability insurance. The role of such...more

Mintz - Bankruptcy & Restructuring Viewpoints

Exculpatory Provisions Under Delaware Law: Say What You Mean And Mean What You Say

Exculpation provisions in operating agreements must be carefully crafted in order to protect members, managers, directors and officers for breaches of fiduciary duties...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Fourth Circuit: Business Judgment Rule May Not Protect Bank Officers in FDIC Action

Why it matters - Bank officers may be liable in a lawsuit brought by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) while the directors escaped liability, in a new ruling from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals interpreting...more

Cozen O'Connor

Chen v. Howard-Anderson: A Study in the Standards of Review and of D&O Conduct in the Merger Context

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Litigation over challenges to corporate mergers has swelled in recent years, exposing directors, officers and their D&O insurers to large amounts of defense costs and potentially great liability. The Delaware Chancery Court...more

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