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The Delaware Supreme Court Provides Clarity for Advance Notice Bylaws

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A recent monumental decision of the Delaware Supreme Court (Court), dubbed a “first-of-it-kind” ruling by Bloomberg Law, provides clarity for both public companies looking to amend their bylaws and shareholder activists who...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Strikes Down Advance Notice Bylaws as "Unintelligible" or Adoption with an Improper Purpose on a "Cloudy...

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In a much-anticipated decision, the Delaware Supreme Court echoed the Court of Chancery's pronouncement that advance notice bylaws adopted amid an approaching proxy contest are reviewed through the lens of enhanced judicial...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Important Ruling for Multi-Class Companies Concerning Class Votes

On January 17, 2024, the Delaware Supreme Court issued a significant decision affirming that the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL) does not require companies with multiple classes of common stock to obtain separate...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Proposed Changes to Delaware Law Would Facilitate Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts, Disposition of Pledged Assets, Stock...

The proposed 2023 amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) approved by the Delaware State Bar Association are intended to address a number of practical issues facing corporations and their counsel and to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Current Bounds on Books and Records Demands

For decades, Delaware courts have encouraged stockholders to use the “tools at hand” — before initiating lawsuits — by obtaining corporations’ books and records through 8 Del. C. § 220 (Section 220). As described in prior...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insights: The Delaware Edition - December 2022

In this issue, we discuss recent Delaware court decisions further developing the bounds around books and records demands. Other articles focus on recent developments concerning advance notice bylaws and the standards used by...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Delaware Court of Chancery Blesses MFW Process and Dismisses Challenge to Stockholder-Approved Charter Amendment Extending...

On July 29, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a noteworthy decision confirming the broad application of the "MFW" framework—based on the Delaware Supreme Court's decision in Kahn v. M & F Worldwide Corp., 88 A.3d 635...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insights: The Delaware Edition - May 2022

In this issue we discuss how plaintiffs are finding creative ways to obtain books and records, and appraisal cases where Delaware courts held that fair value rose between signing and closing. Other articles describe how the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Delaware Courts Continue To Enforce Unambiguous Advance Notice Bylaws, But Incumbent Director Conduct Remains Subject to Equitable...

In early 2020, in BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Tr., et al. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd., the Delaware Supreme Court reiterated that Delaware courts will enforce clear and unambiguous advance notice bylaws according...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

California Appellate Court Affirms Lower Court Decision Enforcing Federal Forum Selection Clause in Company’s Charter

As previously discussed in our Sept. 10, 2020, client alert, in Wong v. Restoration Robotics, Inc., Case No. 18-CIV-02609 (Cal. Super. Ct. Sept. 1, 2020), the Superior Court of California for the County of San Mateo dismissed...more

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Q4 2021 Quarterly Corporate / M&A decisions updates

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Below is our Corporate / M&A decisions update covering decisions in the fourth quarter of 2021. This update is designed to highlight selected important M&A, corporate, and commercial court decisions on a quarterly basis....more

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Delaware Supreme Court Confirms Validity of Federal Forum Selection Bylaws for Securities Act Claims

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The decision is a positive development for Delaware corporations seeking to reduce duplicative state court litigation arising from public securities offerings. On March 18, 2020, the Delaware Supreme Court issued its...more

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Advance Notice Bylaw Provisions Upheld by Delaware Supreme Court

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In a previous blog post, we discussed the Delaware Chancery Court’s decision in Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd. v. Blackrock Credit Allocation Income Trust and its relevance to the interpretation of advance notice bylaw...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Finds Dissident Board Nominees Ineligible Because Of Noncompliance With Bylaws Deadline To Respond To...

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On January 13, 2020, in an opinion authored by Justice Karen L. Valihura, the Supreme Court of Delaware held that defendants—two investment trusts—were permitted to disqualify the board nominees of a plaintiff shareholder for...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Corporate Governance Litigation & Regulation: A Periodic Review and Predictions for the Remainder of 2019

Since the start of 2018, state and, to a lesser extent, federal courts around the country, as well as state legislatures and Congress, have issued decisions or considered legislation having a substantial impact on corporate...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Confirms Preclusive Effect of Dismissal of Derivative Actions Based on Lack of Demand Futility

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The Delaware Supreme Court held yesterday that the dismissal of a shareholder derivative action for lack of demand futility can preclude other derivative actions as long as the plaintiff in the dismissed case adequately...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insights: The Delaware Edition - October 2015

We are pleased to share with you the inaugural issue of Insights: The Delaware Edition, a periodic publication addressing significant Delaware deal litigation and corporation law developments. In This Issue: - Q&A...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Q&A With Delaware Litigation Partner Ed Micheletti"

What is the most significant recent development in Delaware, from a litigation standpoint? While there have been a number of important cases and statutory developments, an often-overlooked and extremely important recent...more

McCarter & English, LLP

New Delaware Law Invalidates “Fee-shifting” and Validates "Forum-selection" Provisions

Prohibition on Fee-Shifting Provisions - The legislation signed into law last week responds to the Delaware Supreme Court’s decision in ATP Tour, Inc. v. Deutscher Tennis Bund, 91 A.3d 554 (Del. 2014) in which the Court...more

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