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Bermuda Court confirms personal right of action of company directors to end wrongful exclusion

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In two notable recent judgments, the Bermuda Supreme Court ruled that a director of a Bermuda company was entitled to an interim injunction prohibiting the company and its other directors from improperly excluding him from...more

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Clawback and Malus Provisions in the U.S. and Brazil: A Comparative Overview

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In today's corporate governance landscape, clawback and malus provisions have become key tools for promoting accountability and integrity. By incorporating these provisions, companies aim to align executive actions with the...more

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Managing Litigation Risk During the Business Lifecycle, Part 3: Derivative Actions

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While litigation risk is an unavoidable aspect of running a business, business owners can limit such risks with early planning. In this third installment of PilieroMazza’s blog series, “Managing Litigation Risk During the...more

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Shareholders' relief for unfair prejudice in the BVI and the Cayman Islands

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The BVI and the Cayman Islands both have regimes in place to address unfair prejudice suffered by shareholders, although each jurisdiction approaches the issue differently. The threshold for successfully bringing an...more

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Delaware Introduces Legislation to Overhaul, Strengthen D&O and Controlling Stockholder Legal Protections

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Our Securities Litigation and Securities Groups examine a Delaware bill (SB 21) that would enhance the state’s legal protections for corporations and their directors, officers, and controlling stockholders....more

Allen Matkins

It Is More Than Conceivable That The Court Of Chancery Would Correct Statutory Law

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The most distinguishing feature of Delaware law is that it is interpreted and applied by a court of equity.   A recent post by Professor Stephen Bainbridge illustrates this point...more

Morris James LLP

Anonymous Sources in Newspaper Articles Sufficed to Sustain Credible Evidentiary Basis for Books and Records Demand Investigating...

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Stockholders in a Delaware corporation are entitled to inspect certain of the company’s books and records, under Delaware General Corporation Law Section 220. A prerequisite to inspection is that the stockholder has a proper...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

New York Sales Tax: When a Responsible Person Acts Irresponsibly

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Late last year, the Office of the State Comptroller (the “OSC”) estimated that sales and use tax receipts would increase by 2.3% in the SFY 2024-2025. The OSC also projected that collections from sales and use taxes would...more

Cooley LLP

Law of Privilege: ‘Shareholder Rule’ Held to Be Unjustifiable

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In its decision last year in Aabar Holdings SARL v. Glencore PLC & Others, the High Court handed down a landmark ruling overturning the ‘shareholder rule’, which has been applied to the analysis of legal professional...more

King & Spalding

Delaware Chancery Court Rules that Creditor Aided and Abetted a Breach of the Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty

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On November 15, 2024, the Delaware Chancery Court ruled that a creditor aided and abetted a breach of fiduciary duty. The lawsuit came after Versa Capital Management LLC bought debt owed by BridgeStreet Worldwide, Inc., with...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Provides Much-Anticipated Clarity on Reincorporations

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This case stems from the proposed reincorporations of Tripadvisor, Inc. and Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. from Delaware to Nevada, which were first presented to the corporations’ respective stockholders for approval in...more

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Litigation Trends for 2025: What Will This Year Hold for Business and Commercial Disputes?

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We explore the trends for Business and Commercial Disputes in the UK, US and France/EU in 2025. Here's what you should know...more

Cooley LLP

Under the new Administration, will Enforcement have a lighter touch?

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Reuters is reporting exclusively that, according to its sources, under the new Administration, some Enforcement staff at the SEC “have been told they need to seek permission from the politically appointed leadership before...more

Hogan Lovells

Q3 2024 Quarterly Corporate / M&A decisions updates

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Below is our Corporate / M&A decisions update covering decisions in the third quarter of 2024. Decisions from the Delaware Court of Chancery this quarter included an analysis of the assignment for the benefit of creditors...more

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Delaware court finds corporate charter cannot incorporate private agreement by reference

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In Seavitt v. N-able, 321 A.3d 516 (Del. Ch. 2024), decided prior to the amendment of the Delaware General Corporate law to add Section 122(18), the Delaware Court of Chancery held that the “public nature of a charter” means...more

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Republican AGs Warn Financial Institutions that DEI and ESG Policies May Risk Enforcement Action

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A group of 11 Republican AGs announced that they have sent letters to multiple financial institutions (collectively, “Financial Institutions”) warning that the companies’ diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Can Business Conducted at Invalid Corporate Meetings Still be Valid and Effective? The BC Court of Appeal Says "Yes"

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In Yinghe Investment (Canada) Ltd. v CCM Investment Group Ltd., 2024 BCCA 285 (CCM Investment), the BC Court of Appeal upheld the chambers judge’s decision, ruling that: (1) an annual general meeting (AGM) and subsequent...more

Freiberger Haber LLP

The Absence of a Single Statute of Limitations for Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claims

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In New York, litigants often grapple with the appropriate limitation period to apply to breach of fiduciary claims. There is no single statute of limitations that the courts and the parties can look to. “Rather, the choice of...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

In ‘Case’ You Missed It: Alabama Supreme Court issues opinion clarifying the rules controlling nonprofit corporation governance

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If you have ever been to the Flora-Bama, chances are you have passed by the Caribe Resort in Orange Beach, AL. The Caribe, like many beach resorts, is a condominium building containing individually owned residential units...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

I Want You to Want Me. But I Don’t Need You to Need Me: Manti Holdings v. The Carlyle Group and the Meaning of Non-Ratable Benefit...

Delaware’s rigorous fairness standards for transactions involving controlling shareholders have recently come to the forefront of the Chancery Court’s docket. The Transaction...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Calm Before the Storm: Building Crisis Resilience for Boards and Management Teams

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Corporate crises happen—and that means we have to plan for them. While it isn’t practical to prepare for every possible corporate crisis, there are steps that boards and management teams can take to be better prepared. In...more

Hicks Johnson

SCOTX Ruling Confirms Individual Liability for Corporate Owners Who Commit Torts

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In Texas, as most other states, it is long settled that corporate agents are personally liable for their own tortious or fraudulent conduct—even if the conduct was done in their capacity as a corporate agent. Section 21.223...more

Allen Matkins

Questioning Delaware's Control Over Controlling Stockholders

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Delaware cases dealing with transactions involving controlling stockholders are often concerned with the standard of review to be applied.  See, e.g., Tornetta v. Musk, 250 A.3d 793 (2019).  Some cases engender a different...more

Allen Matkins

Court Rules That When Profits Are Hypothetical There Can Be No Civil Theft

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Under California Penal Code Section 496(a) a person who buys or receives any property that has been stolen or that has been obtained in any manner constituting theft or extortion, knowing the property to be so stolen or...more

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Japan 2024 Proxy Season

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Summary of June 2024 Annual General Shareholder Meeting Season Shareholder Proposals - - While the total number of shareholder proposals is comparable to the June 2023 general meeting season, the number of companies...more

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