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Delaware: A Corporate Favorite and Here’s Why

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Delaware’s Legal System: A Foundation Businesses Can Rely On - Delaware has earned a national—and international—reputation for its sophisticated and business-friendly corporate laws....more

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How to Actually Implement a Crisis Containment Plan

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Personally, I’m sick of hearing about the Coldplay jumbotron scandal. But it does illustrate that it’s inevitable in a company’s life that there will be unexpected crises, and they are not fun if you’re someone who has to...more

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Capital Markets & Governance Insights - July 2025

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In a broad reversal of course on proposed rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the leadership of former SEC Chair Gary Gensler, on June 12, 2025, the SEC issued a notice withdrawing fourteen of...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

DExodus: Andreesen Horowitz Announces It is Leaving Delaware, Recommends Others Also Consider Leaving

Our ongoing Corporate Governance Insight series about the DExodus (or DExit) (previous installments include an overview from our Corporate Governance Insight on March 20, 2025 and an update on June 11, 2025) now includes an...more

Cooley LLP

ISS’ Global Benchmark Survey: The Primary Questions

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Last week, ISS launched its latest annual ‘Global Benchmark Policy Survey’ – responses are due by August 22nd. Here are the primary questions (I didn’t include the multiple-choice answers)...more

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Court of Appeals Again Bolsters Internal Affairs Doctrine, This Time Clipping Derivative Suits Brought on Behalf of Foreign...

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Section 626 of New York’s Business Corporation Law governs standing to sue derivatively in New York.  It states that “an action may be brought in the right of a domestic or foreign corporation . . .  by a holder of shares or...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Recent Developments for Directors July 2025

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The D&O insurance market has become more favorable for insureds, with many insurers competing for placements, allowing enterprising companies and their counsel to negotiate expanded coverage and policy enhancements....more

Fenwick & West LLP

Two Suits Challenge Application of New Texas Governance Laws

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Texas has enacted significant legislation in the past few months designed to attract more corporations to its state and challenge Delaware’s dominance as the preferred state for incorporation. We are now seeing the first...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Texas Hold ‘Em: New Law Requires Proxy Advisors to Show Their Cards if “Nonpecuniary” Factors Guide Voting Recommendations -...

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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2337 (“SB 2337”), a novel regulation that will require significant disclosure obligations for proxy advisors, such as ISS and Glass Lewis, for their voting...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Choosing your State of Incorporation

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In the wake of headline-grabbing redomiciles many executives are reevaluating whether to form or maintain their companies in Delaware or to look instead to other jurisdictions such as Nevada and Texas. In this piece, we break...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

ISS Launches Annual Benchmark Policy Survey

On July 24, 2025, Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) announced the launch of its Annual Benchmark Policy Survey. The survey results will inform ISS’s policy development for 2026 and beyond. For the U.S. market, the...more

Mayer Brown

Lei n.º 15.177/25 altera a Lei das S.A. no tocante à Divulgação de Política de Equidade

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Foi sancionada ontem, 23 de julho de 2025, a Lei n.º 15.177, que, dentre outras alterações, modifica o artigo 133 da Lei n.º 6.404/76 (Lei das S.A.) para exigir que as companhias passem a divulgar, por meio dos relatórios da...more

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Legal Privilege - the King has been advised - the Shareholder Rule no longer applies under English Law

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Yesterday in a landmark decision, Jardine Strategic Limited v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd and others, the Privy Council, on appeal from Bermuda’s Court of Appeal, has changed the law....more

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Maryland Remains the Favored Jurisdiction for REITs

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Amid continuing reports of corporations reincorporating from Delaware, including Simon Property Group reincorporating from Delaware to Indiana, the location of its headquarters, and Texas and Nevada recently amending their...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Alberta Securities Commission Releases Reasons for Cease-Trading Retroactive Poison Pill

On July 22, 2025, the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) released reasons for its decision to cease-trade a shareholder rights plan of Greenfire Resources Ltd. The rights plan had been adopted in response to the announcement...more

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Missouri AG Launches Investigation of Proxy Advisory Firms Related to Alleged ESG-Focused Recommendations

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The Missouri Attorney-General, Republican Andrew Bailey, recently announced an investigation into the two principal proxy advisory firms for potential violations of Missouri law “related to their promotion of radical...more

Woodruff Sawyer

Signed, Sealed…but Contaminated: Mitigating Environmental Risks in M&A

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Environmental-related risks in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions shouldn’t just be a technical concern for legal and compliance teams—they should also be a board-level consideration. Whether stemming from legacy...more

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Bermuda Court confirms personal right of action of company directors to end wrongful exclusion

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In two notable recent judgments, the Bermuda Supreme Court ruled that a director of a Bermuda company was entitled to an interim injunction prohibiting the company and its other directors from improperly excluding him from...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Beware of Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing: Accepting PE Investments May Create Unforeseen Problems for Private Company Majority Owners

As private companies grow, they need to secure capital to support their efforts to provide more (and/or better) products and services to their clients. The need for emerging companies to obtain growth capital often leads the...more

A&O Shearman

Luxembourg Case Law Briefing – Corporate Law Highlights - 2025 Edition

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We are very pleased to present the 2025 edition of our Luxembourg corporate law-focused case law briefing, curated by the A&O Shearman Luxembourg Corporate/M&A team. In this edition, we focus on the 2024 calendar year...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insights: The Delaware Edition - July 2025

In this issue, we recap significant developments in the Delaware courts affecting corporations, their boards and managements. Don’t Call It a Comeback: A Decade Later, the Corwin Doctrine Still Packs a Knockout Punch - ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Where’s the Beef? Delaware Courts Nix Unripe Challenges to Advance Notice Bylaws and Uphold Bylaws Adopted ‘on a Clear Day’

Almost overnight, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has become ubiquitous in numerous aspects of life, both personal and work-related. Nearly all major law firms have begun to explore and, in many instances, have...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Don’t Call It a Comeback: A Decade Later, the Corwin Doctrine Still Packs a Knockout Punch

The Delaware Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings LLC1 reshaped the landscape of merger and acquisition litigation by establishing a powerful defense for Delaware companies. Under the Corwin...more

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California Supreme Court Delivers Major Win for Delaware Forum-Selection Clauses

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On July 21, 2025, the California Supreme Court issued a decision in EpicentRx, Inc. v. Superior Court of San Diego County, which held that an exclusive forum-selection clause designating a forum where a civil jury trial would...more

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The Latest in ‘What Directors Think’

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The survey results from this “What Directors Think” publication from Corporate Board Member, Diligent Institute and FTI Consulting are based on the thoughts of more than 200 US public company directors. Here are a dozen...more

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