News & Analysis as of

Corporate Governance Ratification

Venable LLP

Changes to Maryland General Corporation Law and Maryland REIT Law Effective October 1, 2022

Venable LLP on

​​​​​​​The General Assembly of Maryland has enacted House Bill 996/Senate Bill 879 (Chapters 289 and 290 of the Laws of Maryland 2022) and House Bill 999/Senate Bill 431 (Chapters 292 and 293 of the Laws of Maryland 2022),...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

California Adopts Ratification and Verification Statute for Corporations

Throughout the life cycle of a company, and especially during the leaner early start-up stages, corporate actions that are defective due to failures to obtain the correct board or shareholder votes, errors in the approval...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Preparing for the Shareholder Proposal Season

On November 13, 2018, Skadden held our webinar “Preparing for the Shareholder Proposal Season.” The panelists were Peter da Silva Vint, Vice President of BlackRock’s Americas Investment Stewardship Group; Michael Garland,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Reporting & Compliance and Corporate Governance Series

On February 13, 2018, Skadden hosted a webinar titled “ SEC Reporting & Compliance and Corporate Governance Series: Key Trends in Executive Compensation, Employment Law and Compensation Committee Practices.” Executive...more

Morris James LLP

Court Of Chancery Explains Section 205 Jurisdiction

Morris James LLP on

Under the fairly new provisions of Section 205 of the DGCL, the Court may validate certain “defective corporate acts,” including “any act or transaction purportedly taken by or on behalf of the corporation that is … within...more

Allen Matkins

Chancellor Bouchard Rules There Can Be No Ratification Without Works

Allen Matkins on

In reading Chancellor Andre G. Bouchard’s ruling yesterday in Espinoza v. Zuckerberg, 2015 Del. Ch. LEXIS 273 (Del. Ch. 2015), I was reminded of the theological debate among Christians concerning justification by faith.  The...more

Allen Matkins

Nevada Enacts Provisions Permitting Ratification Of Corporate Acts

Allen Matkins on

Etymologically, one might view the meaning of “ratify” as to make as one had thought.  It is derived from two Latin words – ratus (the past participle of the verb meaning to think) and facere (the infinitive of the verb...more

7 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide