On February 17, 2025, a bipartisan coalition of Delaware lawmakers and the Governor proposed legislation that would, if enacted, address issues raised by recent Delaware judicial opinions and reincorporations by high-profile...more
On December 11, 2024, in Alliance for Fair Board Recruitment v. SEC, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in a 9-8 vote that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) adoption of the Nasdaq board diversity...more
On November 19, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final amendments to the disclosure rules affecting Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) and related financial disclosures....more
12/8/2020
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Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Statements ,
MD&A Statements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation
In Channel Medsystems, Inc. v. Boston Scientific Corporation, the Delaware Court of Chancery rejected an attempt by Boston Scientific to terminate and thus avoid consummating a merger agreement with Channel on the grounds...more
1/8/2020
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Bright-Line Rule ,
Business Expenses ,
Business Litigation ,
Contract Termination ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Equity ,
FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Fraud ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Letters of Intent ,
Material Adverse Effects ,
Materiality ,
Medical Devices ,
Merger Agreements ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Pre-Termination Notice ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Remediation
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed amendments to the business description, legal proceedings and risk factor disclosures required by registered companies in annual and quarterly reports and registration...more
9/19/2019
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Deregulation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Statements ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Registration Statement ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Factors ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In a decision as notable for its criticisms of the trial court judge as its contributions to Delaware appraisal jurisprudence, the Delaware Supreme Court in Verition Partners Master Fund Ltd. v. Aruba Networks, Inc. reversed...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) approved a final rule on December 18, 2018 implementing Section 955 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”). ...more
In a trio of recent appraisal decisions, Delaware courts declined to use the deal price as the best evidence of fair value, instead using discounted cash flow analyses (“DCF”) and the unaffected market price to determine fair...more
On November 1, 2017, the staff of the Division of Corporate Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission published Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14I. SLB 14I provides additional guidance to companies and shareholders...more