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Texas Enacts Business-Friendly Reforms in Bid to Dethrone Delaware’s Corporate Dominance

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The Texas Legislature recently has taken Texas-sized steps intended to make the state a more attractive place for companies to form, reincorporate, or relocate, further advancing Texas’s efforts to rival Delaware as a...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Nevada Enacts Major Changes to Entice Corporations

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Nevada advanced its quest to challenge Delaware as the go-to state for incorporation on May 30, 2025, when Gov. Joe Lombardo signed significant amendments to the Nevada Revised Statutes that govern corporations there....more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Reincorporating a Delaware Entity Elsewhere: Could This Be the Next Great DExodus?

Amidst a flurry of recent reincorporations—conveniently coined “DExits”—of major corporations such as Dropbox, Tesla, and potentially Meta, Delaware’s future as a corporate safe-haven faces uncertainty. Delaware has long been...more

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Should You Consider Texas as Your Jurisdiction for a U. S. Corporation?

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In the United States, companies can incorporate in any state of their choosing, regardless of where the company is headquartered or operates. The corporate law of the selected state will govern the internal affairs of the...more

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“O-H!” “I-N-C!”

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Consider incorporating in the Buckeye State - the home of championship college football teams and sensible, business friendly corporate laws. Recent developments have called into question the prevailing wisdom of choosing...more

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Trump Media Claims Corporate Law Decisions Are Better When Made Locals

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Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., a Delaware corporation, operates Truth Social and its securities trade on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.  The company's largest stockholder is Donald J. Trump, Jr.  Given...more

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The State Of Nevada Vilipends Vice Chancellor Laster's Ruling In Maffei v. TripAdvisor

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Much has been written about Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster's ruling in Palkon v. Maffeii, 2024 WL 678204 (Del. Ch. Feb. 20, 2024).  That case involved a challenge to TripAdvisor's planned reincorporation from Delaware to...more

Allen Matkins

Professor Bainbridge's DExit Exegesis

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A year ago, Phil Shawe, the Chief Executive Officer of TransPerfect, penned a piece for The Nevada Independent explaining the company's reincorporation from Delaware to Nevada...more

Allen Matkins

Reasons To Quit Delaware Are Gettin' Bigger Each Day

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Over the last few months, I have been following the saga of the lawsuit challenging TripAdvisor's plan to change its corporate domicile from Delaware to Nevada.   The stockholders approved the proposed redomestication last...more

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Delaware Court of Chancery Addresses Fiduciary Duty Claims Arising from Reincorporation to Nevada

On February 20, 2024, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued an opinion refusing to dismiss stockholder claims challenging the reincorporation of TripAdvisor from Delaware to Nevada and...more

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Delaware’s 102(b)(7) Exculpation of Senior Officers - One Year Later

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For more than thirty-five years, Delaware law, pursuant to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Act (DGCL), has allowed Delaware corporations to exculpate their directors from personal liability for damages...more

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