DE Supreme Court, Shareholder Rights, Delaware General Corporation Law

Delaware Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of SB 21

Fenwick & West LLP on 6/12/2025

The Delaware Supreme Court has agreed to accept questions certified to the court relating to the constitutionality of Senate Bill 21 (SB 21), which was signed into law back in March 2025. ...more

Delaware Court of Chancery Issues Two Opinions in the SPAC Context

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/26/2023

In recent weeks, the Delaware Court of Chancery has issued two noteworthy opinions in the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) context—one related to fiduciary duties and one related to the technical question of when a...more

Northern District of California Dismisses Traders’ Suit Against Bitmex Crypto Exchange with Prejudice

Goodwin on 9/22/2021

Northern District of California Dismisses Traders’ Suit Against Bitmex Crypto Exchange with Prejudice; Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Chancery Court Ruling That Stockholder Appraisal Rights Can Be Waived by Contract;...more

Delaware Supreme Court Holds That Stockholders Need Ordinarily Only Identify a ‘Credible Basis’ for Possible Wrongdoing, Not...

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer on 12/17/2020

Last week, the Delaware Supreme Court issued an important decision effectively broadening the scope of stockholder pre-litigation inspection rights. ...more

Delaware Stockholders Need Only Present Reasonable Inference of Managerial Wrongdoing for Inspection of Company’s Records

White and Williams LLP on 11/22/2019

Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law affords stockholders a qualified right to inspect a corporation's books and records. A Section 220 inspection is a powerful stockholder right, and indeed, the Delaware...more

Skadden's 2019 Insights: Key Delaware Corporation Law Developments

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/24/2019

The Delaware courts issued a number of significant decisions in 2018 that are likely to have ripple effects throughout 2019. Among them were a series of cases that further developed the parameters of the Corwin and MFW...more