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What Are “Books and Records”? Delaware Reduces Uncertainty Surrounding Stockholder Inspection Rights

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With the whirlwind of recent events threatening Delaware’s standing as the preeminent jurisdiction for incorporation in America, press coverage understandably has centered around certain high-profile billionaires and the...more

Allen Matkins

Can The California Attorney General Enforce The Inspection Rights Of Stockholders And Directors Of Delaware Corporations?

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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

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Recent Decisions From Delaware Court of Chancery Slow Trend Toward Wider Inspection in Corporate Books and Records Demands

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Corporate books and records demands are on the rise. And as the Delaware courts have made it easier for shareholders to demonstrate a proper purpose to seek inspection, corporations increasingly must defend these actions by...more

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

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

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Delaware Chancery Court Holds That Stockholders Had a “Proper Purpose” to Seek Board Materials From Opioid Distributor, and Orders...

In a 63-page decision issued on Jan. 13, 2020, in Lebanon County Employees’ Retirement Fund v. AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery found that stockholders of...more

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Grants Books And Records Request Arising From Caremark Claims Related To Facebook User Privacy

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On May 30, 2019, Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights III of the Delaware Court of Chancery granted a stockholder demand to inspect Facebook’s books and records in connection with their Caremark claims arising from alleged data...more

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Emails and Texts Could Constitute Corporate Books and Records

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Directors, corporate secretaries and company counsel must be mindful of good corporate housekeeping practices involving the maintenance of corporate books and records. Earlier this year, a handful of Delaware court opinions...more

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