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Prior to the early 1900s, New Jersey was the preferred state of incorporation for U.S. businesses. Eager to cash in on America’s epic industrialization via franchise tax revenues, Delaware directly challenged New Jersey’s...more
Last year, I reported that the stockholders of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. had failed to approve a proposal to convert the corporation from a Delaware to a Nevada corporation. The company has not given up on the...more
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
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
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
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
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