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Navigating Recent Amendments To The Delaware General Corporation Law: Governing Conflicted Transactions

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In this episode, Mayer Brown partners Andrew Noreuil and Brian Massengill discuss this year’s amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, which have fundamentally altered the landscape for conflicted transactions. Our...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Significant DGCL Amendments Expand Protections for Corporate Insiders

Amendments to Section 144 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) broaden safe harbor protections for interested director and officer transactions and extend such protections to controlling stockholder transactions....more

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Delaware’s New Approach To Interested Director and Minority Stockholder Protections

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On March 25, Delaware governor, Matt Meyer, signed into law Substitute 1 to Senate Bill 21 (SB 21), following its rapid approval by the Delaware state legislature. This legislative measure aims to counter the current trend of...more

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Developments in Delaware Corporate Law

On March 25, 2025, Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer signed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL), introducing notable changes to Sections 144 and 220 of the DGCL. These amendments took immediate effect and may...more

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Delaware Amendments Provide Clarity on Conflicted Transactions and Books and Records Requests

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Delaware amended the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) to create safe harbors for transactions involving directors, officers and controlling stockholders and to limit both the documents subject to and the purposes...more

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Delaware Amends DGCL Section 144 to Add Safe Harbors for Interested and Controlling Stockholder Transactions

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On March 25, 2025, the governor of Delaware signed into law significant changes to Section 144 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”). The changes provide safe harbors to Boards of Directors and controlling...more

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State of Delaware Adopts Milestone Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law

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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

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Landmark Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law

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On March 26, 2025, Delaware Governor Matt Meyer signed into law a significant piece of corporate legislation amending the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”). While subject to significant controversy among various...more

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Delaware Amendments Provide Safe Harbors for Interested D&O and Controller Transactions, and Restrict Books and Records Demands

On March 25, 2025, Delaware Governor Matt Meyer signed into law amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (Amendments). In a February 28, 2025, client alert, we addressed the initial iteration of the Amendments, and...more

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Delaware Creates More Corporate Clarity and Overhauls Rules Governing Conflicted Transactions

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In February 2025, the Delaware General Assembly introduced legislation to significantly amend Section 144 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) to improve the legal framework surrounding transactions involving...more

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Delaware Amends General Corporation Law to Create Safe Harbor for Controller Transactions and Place Limitations on a Stockholders’...

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Last week, the Delaware Governor signed a bill amending Section 144 of Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) to create a safe harbor from litigation for transactions between corporations and their controlling...more

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Delaware SB 21 signed into law

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Controversial Delaware SB 21 was signed into law last evening after passage yesterday by the legislature. According to this Statement from the office of Delaware Governor Matt Meyer, the Governor has “signed Senate Bill 21...more

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Bill Would Require Passively-Managed Funds To Vote Proxies As Instructed By Investors

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Last week, U.S Senator Dan Sullivan introduced a bill to require passively managed funds to vote proxies as instructed by their investors.  I have not seen a copy of the bill yet, but according to the Senator's press release,...more

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2015 Nevada Business Entities Law Update

The 78th Session of the Nevada Legislature made a number of changes to provisions of Title 7 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) governing business entities, including corporations, limited liability companies and limited...more

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