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Recent Amendments to the North Carolina Business Corporation Act - Update

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The Business Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association was active this past year in proposing certain changes to the North Carolina Business Corporation Act. Below is a summary of the amendments that were adopted this...more

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Paperless Listing Regime and Mandatory Electronic Dissemination of Corporate Communications: Impact on Bermuda, Cayman Islands and...

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The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited has recently published conclusions to their consultation launched last December on proposals to expand the paperless listing regime and other Listing Rule amendments. The key proposal...more

White & Case LLP

Legal Reform: Ability to hold Shareholders’/Partners’ Meetings and Board of Directors’ Meetings remotely through electronic means

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On October 20, 2023, a decree was published to reform and add several provisions of the General Law on Commercial Entities (Ley General de Sociedades Mercantiles) (the "Law") to allow the use of electronic means for the...more

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Digital Decision Making: Community Association Board of Directors Can Conduct Business Electronically

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This year at the 2023 Community Associations Institute (CAI) Law Seminar in New Orleans, Louisiana, one breakout session focused on Boards of Directors conducting Association business electronically through various modern...more

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Rethink How You Communicate with Outside Directors: Certain Communications May Not Be Protected

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A recent decision from the Delaware Court of Chancery is changing how companies communicate confidential information to outside directors. In In re WeWork Litigation, C.A. No. 2020-0258-AGB, a discovery dispute arose within...more

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Responding to Books and Records Demands in an Increasingly Digital World - 3 Key Tips

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Stockholder “books and records” requests have become increasingly prevalent in the past decade. These requests can be a used as tools by activist investors to gather information to support demands for corporate change or a...more

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Emails and Texts Could Constitute Corporate Books and Records

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Directors, corporate secretaries and company counsel must be mindful of good corporate housekeeping practices involving the maintenance of corporate books and records. Earlier this year, a handful of Delaware court opinions...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Supreme Court Provides Further Guidance on Demands to Inspect Electronic Communications

Recently, Delaware corporations faced with demands for books and records under 8 Del. C. § 220 have increasingly been forced to contend with demands for electronic communications, such as emails. Historically, the Delaware...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Delaware Court Provides Guidance for Books and Records Demands to Limit Producing Electronic Data to Stockholders

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Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows stockholders to inspect various books and records of a company upon showing a proper purpose for the request, among other statutory requirements. In this electronic...more

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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

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

ISS Releases 2018 Policy Survey

As is usual in the doldrums of summer, ISS has released its 2018 policy survey which generally foreshadows changes to ISS’ voting policies. In prior years, not everything on the survey resulted in a new voting policy. ...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert - Community Associations: Amendments to Chapters 718 & 720, Florida Statutes

On July 1, 2015, recent amendments to Chapters 718 and 720, Florida Statutes went into effect which will impact all condominium and homeowners’ associations in the state of Florida....more

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Can A Director Consent By Email?

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The California General Corporation Law authorizes board action by written consent. Cal. Corp. Law § 307(b). Sometimes, I’ve been asked about signing an email consent. Section 17 of the Corporations Code (which governs, but is...more

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