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If Delaware Wants To Stay On Top, It Should Loose The Ties That Bind

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In a lengthy post yesterday, Professor Stephen Bainbridge advanced the following argument...more

Allen Matkins

Will This Effluence Ever End? One More Public Company Proposes To Leave Delaware For Nevada

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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

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Where Corporations Most Often Propose To Reincorporate

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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

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Yet Another Corporation Proposes Move From Delaware To Nevada

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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

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Has Professor Solomon Rebutted Vice Chancellor's Theory Of Damages In Palkon v. Maffei?

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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

Allen Matkins

Another Delaware Publicly Traded Company Proposes A Nevada Move

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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

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When Two Corporate Laws Diverge, Does Choosing One Make All The Difference?

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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

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Securities Law Update - August 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of Fenwick’s Securities Law Update. This issue contains news on...more

Allen Matkins

Cave Delaware Aut Bene Dormi Delaware?

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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

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Do Nevada Courts Ignore Delaware Precedents?

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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

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DExit - Would Oliver Cromwell Reincorporate In Nevada?

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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

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Another Publicly Traded Delaware Corporation Propose Move To Nevada

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I recently came across another publicly traded Delaware corporation with plans to reincorporate in Nevada.  Interestingly, this corporation, Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc., originally began as a California corporation and then...more

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Delaware Corporate Law to Follow Canadian Corporate Law

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Corporate lawyers in Canada tend to follow decisions of the Delaware Courts involving corporate governance and shareholder matters, as decisions of the Delaware Courts are often a bellwether as to how certain aspects of...more

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Developments and Trends in Delaware Officer Exculpation Charter Amendments

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In August 2022, the Delaware General Assembly amended the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) to allow corporations to adopt charter provisions exculpating certain officers from personal liability for monetary damages...more

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No Exit: Stockholders Fail To Grant Leave To Leave Delaware For Nevada

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In news that should cheer hearts in Delaware, the stockholders of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. last week failed to approve a proposal to convert the corporation from a Delaware to a Nevada corporation.  I characterize...more

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Home Means Nevada For This Corporation, But Its Heart Remains Exclusively With The Delaware Court Of Chancery

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In 2019, the Nevada legislature added a provision to the state's corporate law permitting the articles of incorporation or bylaws to require, to the extent not inconsistent with any applicable jurisdictional requirements and...more

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How The Mandatory Indemnification Statutes Of Nevada And Delaware Differ

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Both Delaware and Nevada require corporations to indemnify certain persons against expenses (including attorneys' fees) to the extent that they have been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or...more

Allen Matkins

Converting A Corporation Is Not Domestication

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In a recent post, I took note of another Delaware corporation that had disclosed plans to convert to a Nevada corporation.  The Form 8-K filed by this company included the following statement...more

Allen Matkins

Another Public Company Announces Plan To Decamp To Nevada - Is Delaware's Dam About To Burst?

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The Delaware dam may not be bursting but there are signs that it is leaking.  In an earlier post, I observed that despite all of the talk, I had not found many recent examples of publicly traded companies reincorporating in...more

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Stay in Your Lane! Delaware Court Invalidates Stockholder Agreement Provisions that Encroach on Board Authority

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There are generally two ways you can control a corporation.  One is by owning a majority of the stock, in which case you control the board of directors.  The other is to secure control contractually, through agreements and...more

Allen Matkins

Are Delaware Corporations "Rolling Down Hill, Like A Snowball Headed For . . ."?

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For Delaware, are the good times really over for good?  University of Virginia School of Law Professor Michal Barzuza fears that they might in a recently posted a draft of her upcoming article entitled "Nevada v....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

Allen Matkins

May Directors Vote By Proxy?

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Neither California's nor Delaware's General Corporation Law expressly prohibits directors from being represented by proxy at board meetings.   However, it appears to have been well settled in Delaware since at least 1915 that...more

Allen Matkins

Does California Require "Reasonable Care" In A Board's Selection Of An Expert?

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Professor Stephen Bainbridge recently tackled the question of whether the business judgment rule applies to a corporate board's selection of an expert.   Section 141(e) of the Delaware General Corporation Law fully protects a...more

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