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On May 19, 2025, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill No. 1057 (SB 1057) into law....more
In February, I wrote about a proposed offering that involved a racially based share allocation scheme. Last month, it appeared that the offering was stalled at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Recently, the company,...more
As widely reported, the Delaware legislature has responded to increasing chatter and speculation about the intentions of some companies—as well as action in some cases—to change their states of incorporation from Delaware to...more
The Case of Changyou.com Ltd v Fourworld Global Opportunities Fund Ltd and 7 others 2025 UKPC 12 - In a judgment handed down on 11 March 2025, the Privy Council has upheld the amendments made to sections 238(2)-(5) of the...more
A short-form statutory merger can be effected under the Cayman Islands' Companies Act (as revised) (the "Act") between a parent company and a Cayman Islands incorporated subsidiary. The short-form statutory merger takes...more
In 2018 and 2020, California enacted laws mandating that publicly held corporations (as defined) having their principal executive offices in California have specified minimum numbers of directors who are female and from...more
Yesterday's post took note of a proposed initial public offering by Bally's Chicago, Inc. that would impose a stockholder qualification based on race, gender and ethnic status. This qualification requirement is intended to...more
Last December, Bally’s Chicago, Inc., a Delaware corporation and indirect subsidiary of Bally’s Corporation filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise funds in connection with the...more
Since 1972, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has enforced an informal yet impactful provision, Rule 202.5(e) (17 § C.F.R. 202.5(e)), commonly referred to as the “No Admit No Deny” or just “No Deny” policy or,...more
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has granted a limited appeal in Pittsburgh’s challenge to a Pennsylvania court ruling that the city’s tax on visiting athletes and performers is unconstitutional. ...more
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 20, 2024, ruled 7-2 that Section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code, as revised by the law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, is constitutional. The issue presented to the Court in Moore v....more
On June 20, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a 7-2 opinion in Moore v. United States, 602 U.S. __ (2024), ruling in favor of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)....more
On September 27, 2022, U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty of the District of New Jersey dismissed a consolidated derivative action allegedly brought on behalf of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation against certain...more
On April 1, 2022, the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles granted the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment in a case challenging the legality of AB 979 under the California Constitution...more
Cases challenging the constitutionality of state pass-through entity (PTE) nonresident owner withholding or composite return statutes are extremely rare. However, a recent Alabama Circuit Court decision, Black Eagle Minerals,...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) brought sweeping changes to the U.S. international tax system. Along with those changes came substantial taxpayer uncertainty as to how the TCJA’s rules apply to their unique circumstances....more
A series of decisions over the past year — on issues such as make-whole premiums, intercreditor agreements, backstops for rights offerings and nonconsensual third-party releases — will likely have a significant impact in 2020...more
At its conference this Friday, January 10, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to consider the petition for a writ of certiorari filed by the plaintiffs in Collins v. Mnuchin and the petition filed by the FHFA and Treasury...more
Section 305(a) of the California Corporations Code empowers a board of directors to fill vacancies with two important exceptions. First, the articles of incorporation or bylaws may provide otherwise. Second, the board may...more
On July 16, 2018, in Collins et al. v. Federal Housing Finance Agency et al. (No. 17-20364), a Fifth Circuit panel ruled that the single-director structure of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is unconstitutional. The...more