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If your company documents require disputes to be litigated in the Delaware Court of Chancery, you may have to resolve your business divorce without a jury trial, even if California law would otherwise guarantee one....more
The common train of thought when litigating as an out-of-state defendant is that it is best to be venued in federal court so as to eliminate any advantage an in-state plaintiff might have with a local jury. Typically, foreign...more
In our August 2017 alert, we cautioned that Delaware choice-of-law provisions standing alone will not confer jurisdiction in Delaware. To best support an argument for litigating in Delaware, we advised that a combination of...more
As mentioned in yesterday's post, Nevada recently enacted a bill making several changes to its corporation and limited-liability company laws. One of these changes was to the quorum requirement for stockholder meetings in NRS...more
Today is the 115th day of the 80th Session of the Nevada legislature, meaning that this session will end in just 5 days on Monday, June 3. Corporate practitioners, however, will not have to wait until next week for the...more
EnerQuest Oil & Gas, L.L.C. v. Antero Resources Corporation, No. 02-18-000178CV, 2019 BL 130860 (Tex. App. – Fort Worth Apr. 11, 2019) - A Texas appellate court recently found that an out-of-state Oklahoma-based limited...more
Public Act No. 17-108, titled An Act Concerning Limited Liability Companies and Business Corporations (the "Act"), has amended the Connecticut Business Corporation Act ("CBCA"). Effective October 1, 2017, the Act amends the...more
On September 1, 2017, Vice Chancellor Tamika Montgomery-Reeves of the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed claims for breaches of contract and fiduciary duty brought by plaintiffs against a prospective business partner,...more
In a recent Delaware Court of Chancery case - Hyatt v. Al Jazeera America Holdings II, LLC, C.A. No. 11465-VCG - Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III of the Delaware Court of Chancery took on a “familiar” issue with a “twist”:...more
The Delaware Court of Chancery recently upheld a non-exclusive forum selection clause and denied a motion to dismiss despite a prior-filed action pending in a different state based on largely the same claims. In 2013,...more