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Delaware Restores Balance and Provides Greater Certainty for Fiduciaries and Stockholders Alike

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On March 25, 2025, Delaware enacted amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") that provide much-needed clarity, promote predictability for the benefit of stockholders and fiduciaries alike, and appropriately...more

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Legislature Takes Steps to Ensure Texas Remains the Most Business-Friendly State in the Union

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On February 27, 2025, Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Tyler) filed Senate Bill 29 (S.B. 29), proposing several corporate reforms designed to ensure that Texas remains the premier business-friendly jurisdiction in the nation. If...more

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Why Corporations Looking to Move from Delaware Should Consider Redomiciling to Bermuda: A Legal Perspective

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Recent decisions in the Delaware courts have prompted many corporate groups to re-evaluate if Delaware is the best domicile for their operations. Delaware has been the first choice US jurisdiction for incorporating corporate...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Massachusetts: A Compelling Alternative for Public Companies Considering Dexit

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Delaware is the most common jurisdiction for public corporations and benefits from well-developed case law and a legislature that annually revises the corporate statute. The Delaware Chancery Court, however, often appears to...more

Allen Matkins

Can DExit Be Ended By Amputating The Chancellor’s Foot?

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During over four decades of legal practice, any questioning the quality and predictability of the Delaware Court of Chancery was nothing short of heretical.  That changed with one famous post by Elon Musk ("Never incorporate...more

K2 Integrity

Roundtable Discussion Of The 2024 Global Internal Audit Standards Updates

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On 20 March 2024, K2 Integrity hosted a webinar on the implications of the recent updates to the Global Internal Audit Standards (“Standards”). The discussion included David Hyman, senior vice president and senior audit...more

Allen Matkins

Don't Say You Weren't Warned! Court Of Appeal Declines To Enforce Delaware Forum Selection Clause In Delaware Corporation's...

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Ten years ago, I questioned in this space whether a Delaware forum selection charter provision would survive constitutional scrutiny if it involved a de facto waiver of a jury trial...more

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SPAC Litigation: What Happens if the “Blank Check” Bounces?

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The demand for Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) formations in the Cayman Islands increased through the first quarter of 2021 following robust performance in 2020. Whilst the second quarter of 2021 has seen a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Activists at the Gate: Court of Chancery Weighs In on Claims Involving Activist Stockholders

Several recent decisions applying Delaware law offer helpful insight about the impact that activist investor involvement has on board decision-making leading to a transaction and how those decisions will be reviewed by the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2013 Changes to Delaware Corporate and LLC Law

In this alert we summarize the most important recent additions and amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “DLLCA”). These changes include...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Ninth Circuit Remands “Say-on-Pay” Cases Back to State Court for Lack of Jurisdiction

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the lower court’s decision to remand to state court two “say-on-pay” cases, finding no questions of federal law had been raised. In the shareholder derivative actions,...more

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