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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

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Considérations clés relativement aux « propositions supérieures » au Canada

Quelque chose de relativement rare s’est produit au premier trimestre de 2025 dans le domaine des fusions et acquisitions (« F&A ») de sociétés ouvertes au Canada : Une proposition prétendument « supérieure » à celle visée...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Nevada Enacts Corporate Legislation and Advances Dedicated Business Court

Continuing its tradition of bipartisan, thoughtful development of corporate laws and fostering an atmosphere supportive of responsible businesses, the Nevada Legislature has approved—and Gov. Joe Lombardo has signed—Assembly...more

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New Formation and Governance Considerations: Taking Advantage of Texas SB 29

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 29 (SB 29) on May 14, 2025. SB 29 amends the Texas Business Organizations Code’s (TBOC) provisions regarding corporate governance, director and officer liability, shareholder...more

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Public Company Watch: Q1 2025

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The Q1 2025 edition of the Public Company Watch highlights critical updates and regulatory changes affecting public companies. Staying informed on these topics is crucial for effective compliance and strategic planning....more

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Another Post SB21 Proposal To Reincorporate From Delaware To Nevada

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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

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Guide to Canadian Public Mergers and Acquisitions

From navigating relevant legislation and regulators to choosing the right deal structure, there are many factors to consider in Canadian M&A deals. Our guide addresses the key challenges and questions businesses may encounter...more

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Legislature Takes Steps to Ensure Texas Remains the Most Business-Friendly State in the Union

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On February 27, 2025, Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Tyler) filed Senate Bill 29 (S.B. 29), proposing several corporate reforms designed to ensure that Texas remains the premier business-friendly jurisdiction in the nation. If...more

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Legislation Proposed to Amend the Delaware General Corporation Law

On February 17, 2025, a bipartisan coalition of Delaware lawmakers and the Governor proposed legislation that would, if enacted, address issues raised by recent Delaware judicial opinions and reincorporations by high-profile...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

How Best To Measure Your Board’s Effectiveness: FAQs

Key Points - - Board self-assessment processes aimed at improving board performance, composition, culture and processes are common but vary widely in how they are conducted and who is assessed. - Most S&P 500 companies...more

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Sheep in the Steep?

On January 27, 2025, US Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Hester Peirce gave the keynote address at the Northwestern Securities Regulation Institute in which she offered her personal views on how public...more

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Considerations for Implementing a Multi-Class Share Structure

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Dual-class share structures involve two or more classes of authorized common stock, with one class having the traditional one vote (or, in the rare case of Snap, no votes) per share, and the other class having multiple votes...more

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Dropbox Discloses Plan To Move To Nevada

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While it remains to be seen, 2025 may go down in history as the year of Dexit.  A few weeks ago, I wrote that several companies that had filed proxy materials proposing to reincorporate from Delaware to Nevada.  Last Friday,...more

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How to Ask the Tough Questions in the Boardroom: 9 Tips for Directors

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Public company directors are under more pressure than ever to oversee enterprise risk, even risk from day-to-day operations, which is normally addressed by management. Egregious failures of upper management to react to red...more

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Delaware Court of Chancery Addresses Fiduciary Duty Claims in the Direct Listing Context

On February 1, 2024, Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a decision refusing to dismiss stockholder claims against directors and officers of Coinbase Global, Inc. over their sales of...more

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Court of Chancery Provides Further Guidance on Advance Notice Bylaw Amendments Amidst a Proxy Contest

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Hi In “a tale of wins and losses on both sides,” the Delaware Court of Chancery reiterated that advance notice bylaws adopted amid an approaching proxy contest are reviewed through the lens of enhanced judicial scrutiny to...more

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Discerning When A Director Has Acted With "Reckless Disregard"

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Section 204(a)(10) of the California Corporations Code permits the articles of incorporation to include provisions eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director for monetary damages in an action brought by or...more

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Are All Lawsuits Against "Woke" Directors "Nonstarters"?

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In a recent post, UCLA Professor Stephen Bainbridge concludes: "And the law is that suits claiming woke directors breached their fiduciary duties by their decisions about how the corporation behaves in the political arena are...more

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Insights: The Delaware Edition - June 2023

In a case of first impression, the Court of Chancery held recently that officers, like directors, owe their companies a duty of oversight, although the scope of that will vary with their responsibilities. Two other Chancery...more

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Does A Board Have A Fiduciary Duty To Eliminate Delaware Franchise Taxes By Reincorporating In Nevada?

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I have recently written about TripAdvisor's proposal to redomesticate, by conversion, from Delaware to  Nevada.   The first reason given for the move in TripAdvisor's proxy statement is saving money...more

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Why Is McDonald's Former V.P. Being Judged In Delaware By Delaware Law?

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Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster's recently ruled that McDonald's Corporation's former Executive Vice President and Global Chief People Officer, David Fairhurst, owed a duty of oversight comparable to the duty articulated by...more

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Delaware Court of Chancery Issues Two Opinions in the SPAC Context

In recent weeks, the Delaware Court of Chancery has issued two noteworthy opinions in the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) context—one related to fiduciary duties and one related to the technical question of when a...more

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"The Horror! The Horror!" - Scholars Accuse Twitter Directors Of Putting Stockholders First!

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In a forthcoming case study, three scholars advance the accusation that when negotiating the sale of Twitter to Elon Musk, Twitter's leaders "chose to disregard the interests of the company’s stakeholders and to focus...more

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Key Compensation Considerations for Public Companies in a Market Downturn

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As a result of recent market trends, US public companies and their compensation committees face challenging decisions as they seek to maximize shareholder value while retaining and competitively incentivizing key employees....more

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Delaware Court Of Chancery Declares Company Actions On Behalf Of One Half Of Deadlocked Board Were Unauthorized And Contrary To...

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On June 16, 2022, Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will of the Delaware Court of Chancery granted declaratory judgment in favor of plaintiffs — four members of the board of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), including...more

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