Equity Award Delegations for Publicly Traded Companies — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Law Brief®: Rich Schoenstein and Robert Heim Discuss Musk v. Twitter
Episode 5: Business Divorce, Delaware Style
Meritas Capability Webinar - Controlling Where to Fight and Who Pays for it?
CorpCast Episode 6: A Brief Introduction to the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act
CorpCast Episode 2: Advancement 101
CorpCast Episode 1: Sections, 204, 205 and In re Numoda
On March 25, 2025, Delaware enacted an amendment (the “Amendment”) to Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”). The Amendment clarifies what materials constitute a corporation’s “books and records.” It...more
On March 25, 2025, significant amendments to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL), intended to provide greater certainty to transaction planners in light of recent Delaware case law developments,...more
In a notable opinion that impacts how Delaware corporations consider advancement of litigation expenses to their officers and employees, the Delaware Chancery Court signaled that, when corporations grant a right to...more
Our Securities Litigation and Securities Groups review revisions proposed by the Delaware State Bar Association’s Corporation Law Council to a Delaware bill (SB 21) that would significantly impact the state’s statutory...more
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 February 17, 2025, Senate Bill No. 21 was introduced in the Delaware State Senate to amend the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL)....more
Proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) introduce safe harbors for liability from transactions involving directors, officers and controlling stockholders and define and limit a stockholder’s right...more
On February 17, 2025, Delaware’s legislative leaders and Governor announced landmark legislation and initiatives that would, if enacted into law, result in welcome and much-needed amendments to Delaware corporate law to...more
In Gunderson v. The Trade Desk, Inc., the Delaware Court of Chancery held that a charter provision requiring supermajority stockholder approval to amend or repeal The Trade Desk, Inc.’s (Trade Desk) charter was not triggered...more
The California General Corporation Law expectedly grants inspection rights to shareholders and directors of California corporations. Unexpectedly (at least to practitioners outside California), the GCL extends those rights...more
Last week, I wrote about a recent Delaware case involving an attempt to enforce a non-compete provision in a limited liability company agreement. Sunder Energy, LLC v. Jackson, 2023 WL 8166517. The case was brought in the...more
Neither California's nor Delaware's General Corporation Law expressly prohibits directors from being represented by proxy at board meetings. However, it appears to have been well settled in Delaware since at least 1915 that...more
Effective August 1, 2022, Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) was amended to permit a Delaware corporation to include in its charter a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of...more
On March 15, 2023, Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a rare post-trial decision finding a CEO personally liable for millions of dollars in damages for breaching his fiduciary...more
For almost 30 years, the Delaware courts have held that corporate directors are charged with a fiduciary duty of “oversight.” Directors must make sure that their corporations both (1) implement reasonable information and...more
The Court of Chancery’s decision in In re Match Group, Inc. Derivative Litigation1 is the latest example of how the Delaware Supreme Court’s watershed 2014 decision in Kahn v. M & F Worldwide Corp. (MFW)2 has been applied to...more
How do advancement or indemnification rights arise? Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) allows corporations to protect present and former directors and officers from expenses incurred in connection...more
Earlier this week, the Delaware Supreme Court issued a significant decision reinforcing Delaware's strong policy favoring private ordering and giving effect to agreements among sophisticated stockholders. The decision...more
The Situation: In response in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Delaware legislature amended the Delaware General Corporation Law to address emergency bylaws and related powers exercised by a corporation's board of...more
Day v. Diligence, Inc., C.A. No. 2020-0076-SG (Del. Ch. May 7, 2020) - By letter ruling, the Court of Chancery held that plaintiff, a director and former officer of the entity defendant, (“Plaintiff”), was entitled to the...more
This issue focuses on important, developing areas of Delaware corporation law and deal litigation, including recent trends in Delaware corporate disclosure law, the Delaware Supreme Court’s important ruling in Marchand v....more
Recently, Delaware corporations faced with demands for books and records under 8 Del. C. § 220 have increasingly been forced to contend with demands for electronic communications, such as emails. Historically, the Delaware...more
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
Section 223 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) provides an invaluable remedy to stockholders when there are no directors in office, or when, due to vacancies or newly created directorships, the directors in...more
Companies want to attract talented leadership, and protections for officers and directors against lawsuits can be part of the total package. This is one reason why many businesses incorporate in Delaware—Delaware law...more