In Kellner v. AIM ImmunoTech Inc., the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the Delaware Court of Chancery’s closely watched ruling, which invalidated several provisions in the bylaws of AIM ImmunoTech...more
In Seavitt v. N-able, Inc., the Delaware Court of Chancery held that certain governance rights granted to a corporation’s significant stockholders were statutorily invalid. This included a provision purporting to allow those...more
The amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) are effective yesterday, August 1, and will apply retroactively to agreements and contracts that a Delaware corporation entered into, or that a Delaware...more
In In re Match Group, Inc. Derivative Litigation, the Delaware Supreme Court held that the dual procedural protections announced in the seminal case of Kahn v. M & F Worldwide Corp. (MFW) are required in order to shift the...more
In West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund v. Moelis & Company, the Delaware Court of Chancery invalidated a set of approval rights contained in a stockholder agreement as facially in conflict with Section 141(a) of the...more
In Sjunde AP-Fonden v. Activision Blizzard, Inc., the Delaware Court of Chancery refused to dismiss claims against Activision Blizzard, Inc. (the company) and its board of directors (the board) that the board had violated,...more
Recently, in Colon v. Bumble, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that certain provisions in the charter of Bumble, Inc. (Bumble), which contemplated that each share of stock carried either one vote or 10 votes depending upon...more
In Crispo v. Musk, the Delaware Court of Chancery considered the enforceability of a so-called “Con Ed” provision contained in a merger agreement governing the well-publicized and troubled acquisition of Twitter, Inc....more
A board of directors of a Delaware company may delegate its authority to grant equity awards if certain requirements enumerated in the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) are met. Effective August 1, 2023, updates were...more
Effective August 1, amendments (the 2023 amendments) to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) further update the framework under which a company's board of directors may delegate its authority to grant equity incentive...more
The latest proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) will simplify the process for ratifying defective corporate acts; eliminate or reduce the stockholder vote required to authorize some types of...more
This year’s proposed amendments to the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act (Partnership Act), the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (LLC Act), and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (LP Act)...more
This June, the Ninth Circuit sitting en banc reheard argument in Lee v. Fisher — a case in which a three-judge panel of the court affirmed the enforceability of an exclusive forum provision contained in a Delaware...more
In New Enterprise Associates 14, L.P. v. Rich, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that a covenant not to sue for breach of fiduciary duty, which was contained in a stockholder's agreement and modeled after the NVCA model...more
In a closely watched case, the Delaware Court of Chancery recently held in a bench ruling in Electrical Workers Pension Fund, Local 103, I.B.E.W. v. Fox Corporation that Fox Corporation’s (Fox) nonvoting stock was not...more
It is well known that the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) provides that a majority of the voting power of all stockholders entitled to vote is required for a Delaware corporation to take certain fundamental actions,...more
Effective as of August 1, amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) update the framework under which a company’s board of directors may delegate its authority to grant equity incentive awards....more
In a recent decision, the Ninth Circuit split with a Seventh Circuit decision on the enforceability of exclusive forum provisions contained in a Delaware corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws as to derivative...more
In what represents a victory for private equity and venture capital investors, on Sept. 13, the Delaware Supreme Court issued a decision in Manti Holdings LLC v. Authentix Acquisition Co., confirming the enforceability of...more
On June 30, Governor Carney signed into law certain amendments (Amendments) to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL), the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (LLC Act), the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act...more
On September 13, the Delaware Supreme Court issued a decision in Manti Holdings LLC v. Authentix Acquisition Co., confirming the enforceability of appraisal waivers by private contract so long as the stockholders agreeing to...more
In Teamsters Local 443 Health Services & Insurance Plan v. Chou, the Delaware Court of Chancery held, at the pleading stage, that plaintiff stockholders had stated a claim for Caremark oversight liability against certain of...more
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In a recent decision, the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that disputes regarding the internal affairs of a Delaware corporation, including stockholder inspection rights, are to be governed exclusively by Delaware law, even...more
Overview Governor Carney recently signed into law certain amendments (the Amendments) to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL) that (i) clarify the powers of boards of directors in an emergency...more
Governor John Carney recently signed legislation that will put into effect a variety of amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL), the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (DLLCA), the Delaware Revised...more
7/23/2019
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