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Recent Amendments to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

On August 1, 2025, legislation went into effect amending the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) of the state of Delaware as contained in Senate Bill No. 95. The following is a brief summary of some of the more...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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Court of Chancery Holds that Stockholder is Not a Controller When Plaintiff Fails to Allege Specific Facts Regarding its Alleged...

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Turnbull v. Klein, C.A. No. 2023-1125-BWD (Del. Ch. Jan. 31, 2025) - One way a plaintiff can rebut the business judgment rule is by pleading a conflicted controller transaction....more

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Court of Chancery rules that supermajority voting provision did not apply to conversion

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In Gunderson v. The Trade Desk, Inc., the Delaware Court of Chancery held that a company’s conversion pursuant to Section 266 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) did not require a supermajority vote because that...more

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Court: Nevada Allows Controllers To Vote In Their Own Interest

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Yesterday’s post concerned the recent decision by U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Eskridge in Rowe v. Doris, 2025 WL 963590 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 31, 2025).  The case involved claims arising from the merger of two Nevada...more

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Court of Chancery Holds Supermajority Vote Not Required for Nevada Reincorporation

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Gunderson v. The Trade Desk Inc., C.A. No. 2024-1029-PAF (Del. Ch. Nov. 6, 2024) - The board of a Delaware corporation recommended that the corporation reincorporate as a Nevada corporation subject to a majority vote...more

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No breach of fiduciary duty where directors approved merger that stripped common stock of its value

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In Jacobs v. Akademos, the Delaware Chancery Court ruled that a cash-out merger that provided common shareholders in a privately held corporation, Akademos, Inc., with no value was nonetheless entirely fair. This decision...more

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Chancery Finds Sufficiently Pled Fiduciary Duty Claims Relating to De-SPAC Transaction

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Solak v. Mountain Crest Capital LLC, et al., C.A. No. 2023-0469-SG (Del. Ch. Oct. 18, 2024) - The Court of Chancery found that the plaintiff stated legally-sufficient claims in connection with a merger transaction against...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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Delaware Enacts Sweeping Changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law

The Delaware Legislature passed, and Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer signed on March 25, 2025, the landmark Senate Bill 21. Senate Bill 21 amends the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") in significant ways, with broad...more

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Analysis of Lost Premium Damages Provisions Following the Adoption of DGCL Section 261 Amendments

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Effective August 1, 2024, Delaware adopted a set of amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") intended to address, among other things, the Delaware Chancery Court's 2023 decision in Crispo v. Musk. In...more

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Dealmaker's Digest: A Top 10 Bulletin - March 2025

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In Dealmaker’s Digest, read the top 10 latest developments in global transactions. We offer insights into M&A activity across industries and borders. Proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law would address...more

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In re Oracle Corporation Derivative Litigation: Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Chancery Court Decision Not to Impose Fiduciary...

On January 21, 2025, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Chancery’s decision in In re Oracle Corp. Derivative Lit., finding that a less than 50% stockholder does not owe fiduciary duties absent evidence of either...more

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Delaware Proposes Significant Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law

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On February 17, 2025, Senate Bill No. 21 was introduced in the Delaware State Senate to amend the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL)....more

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Nevada Bill Would Expressly Allow Directors To Approve Documents In "Preliminary Form"

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Almost one year ago, Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick ruled that a board of directors of a Delaware corporation must at a "bare minimum" approve an "essentially complete" version of the merger agreement.   Sjunde...more

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New Delaware bill would offer safe harbor for conflicted transactions—will it convince companies to stay put in Delaware?

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As discussed earlier this month, there has been a lot of chatter and speculation recently about companies changing their states of incorporation from Delaware to other states. In an interview with Business Insider, the new...more

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Insights: The Delaware Edition - December 2024

In this issue, we explore ongoing corporate law issues involving controlling stockholders, with significant decisions anticipated from the Delaware Supreme Court in 2025; the rise in litigation over earnout provisions in...more

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Delaware Court Of Chancery “Barely” Sustains Claims Challenging Representations About Value Of SPAC Shares

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On October 18, 2024, Vice Chancellor Glasscock of the Delaware Court of Chancery declined to dismiss a putative class action brought by stockholders of special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) Mountain Crest Acquisition...more

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Series of Delaware Court of Chancery Decisions Highlights Importance of Earnout Drafting

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In recent months, the Delaware Court of Chancery has decided four significant cases regarding merger agreement earnout provisions. Most notably, in one of the largest judgments ever awarded by the Court, it found Johnson &...more

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Insights - September 2024

In this edition of Insights, we take a closer look at the megadeals and sponsor transactions driving recent M&A activity, the importance of staying ahead of the risks in AI development and deployment, and other diverse...more

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2024 Delaware Entity Statutory Amendments

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On August 1, 2024, the 2024 amendments to Delaware’s entity statutes went into effect. These include amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “LLC Act”),...more

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Delaware Governor Signs Into Law Amendments to Delaware’s General Corporation Law

On July 17, 2024, Delaware Governor John Carney signed into law amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) from Senate Bill 313 that had sparked considerable controversy within the corporate law and governance...more

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2024 Amendments to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware Go into Effect

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The latest amendments (the “Amendments”) to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) went into effect today, August 1, 2024, to address, among other things, (i) stockholder agreements related to corporate governance;...more

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2024 Delaware General Corporation Law Amendments

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As part of the annual process of reviewing and updating the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), Delaware’s state legislature recently approved 2024 amendments. In summary, these include the following changes... ...more

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Amendments to DGCL Proposed After Chancery Decisions on M&A Practice and Stockholder Agreements on Corporate Governance Rights

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The Council of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association has proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law that, if enacted by the General Assembly, will address issues raised in three...more

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