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According to this Form 8-K filed on April 29, 2025, Tripadvisor, Inc. finally completed its reincorporation from Delaware to Nevada by means of a statutory conversion, which it erroneously denominated a...more
A year ago, I posited the question whether a derivative suit can survive a conversion. I raised that question in reference to Palkon v. Maffei, 2024 WL 678204 (Del. Ch. Feb. 20, 2024), in which the plaintiffs unsuccessfully...more
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
The ink has barely dried on Delaware's hotly debated amendments to its General Corporation Law and already another company has proposed reincorporation in Nevada. In preliminary proxy materials filed yesterday with the...more
Three days after Delaware’s governor, Matt Meyer, signed into law controversial amendments to Delaware's General Corporation Law, another publicly traded company filed preliminary proxy materials with the Securities and...more
A recent New York Times article titled “Delaware Law Has Entered the Culture War“ has highlighted a surprising trend: companies like Tesla, Dropbox, and Meta are reconsidering their incorporation in Delaware, long considered...more
I began writing about Nevada corporate law more than three decades ago with an article for the California Business Law Reporter entitled "The Nevada Corporation: Is it a Good Bet?" Over the years, I have written several...more
In in a recent LinkedIn post, J. Travis Laster (not posting as Vice Chancellor of the Court of Chancery) noted the following...more
Professor Stephen Bainbridge recently took note of a draft essay by Yale Law School Professor Jonathan R. Macey, Delaware Law Mid-Century: Far From Perfect but Probably Not Leaving for Las Vegas. Professor Macey posits that...more
Recently, I wrote about a proposal by The Trade Desk, Inc. to convert from a Delaware to a Nevada corporation. Predictably, a stockholder challenged the proposed reincorporation. Gunderson v. The Trade Desk, Inc., 2024 WL...more
Gaxos.ai Inc. lists its corporate headquarters as Roseland, New Jersey, but like many companies it is incorporated in Delaware. Last week, it joined several other companies that are proposing to reincorporate in Nevada. In...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
Recently, I wrote that The Trade Desk, Inc. is proposing to reincorporate from Delaware into Nevada. An appendix to the company's definitive proxy statement includes a table of Proposed Reincorporations, Proxy Filings from...more
Regular readers of this blog will know that Nevada corporate law has been a long-time interest for me. That interest began several decades ago when I wrote the first treatise on Nevada corporate law. That treatise was...more
Although much attention of late has been devoted to proposals to reincorporate in Nevada from Delaware, not every corporation is swimming in the same direction. Last May, Kintara Therapeutics, Inc., a Nevada corporation,...more
Palkon v. Maffei, 311 A.3d 255 (Del. Ch. 2024), cert. denied, No. 2023-0449-JTL, 2024 WL 1211688 (Del. Ch. Mar. 21, 2024) involved a challenge to the proposed reincorporation of TripAdvisor, Inc. from Delaware to Nevada. ...more
Earlier this week, The Trade Desk, Inc. filed preliminary proxy materials for a special meeting of stockholders. The purpose of the meeting is to approve the reincorporation of the corporation from the State of Delaware to...more
Last week, Chromocell Therapeutics Corporation filed preliminary proxy materials that included a proposal to reincorporate in Nevada. Rather than convert, the company is proposing to effect the reincorporation by means of a...more
In a new article, professor of law Wendy Gerwick Couture aims for "a fuller understanding of Nevada corporate law, both substantively and theoretically, as compared with Delaware corporate law". For the title and them of her...more
I continue to be on the lookout for Delaware corporations that have made the decision to reincorporate in Nevada. Last Friday, Elevai Labs Inc. filed a preliminary information statement with the Securities and Exchange...more
I began writing about Nevada Corporate Law more than three decades ago with an article entitled "The Nevada Corporation: Is It A Good Bet?". 14 CEB California Business Law Reporter 259 (1992). In the ensuing decades, I have...more
As the debate continues regarding DExit, I have been on the lookout for companies making the move from Delaware to Nevada. Recently, I came across this information statement filed by Viewbix Inc., a digital advertising...more
In a recently released article, Professor Stephen Bainbridge tackles the question of just how real the DExit phenomenon might really be. Among other things, he responds to my argument that Nevada eschews Delaware law...more
Yesterday's post highlighted Professor Stephen Bainbridge's recently posted article, DExit Drivers: Is Delaware's Dominance Threatened? His article analyzes the reasons that companies give for leaving Delaware for other...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