Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 274: Winter OCI Update (w/Sadie Jones)
Episode 3.23: Rebecca Bratter of Greenspoon Marder on Life, Career, and Impacting the Community
The Do’s and Don’ts of Interviewing
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 266: Preparing for Virtual OCI (w/Sadie Jones)
From Distance Meetings to Diversity Reports: 2020 Updates for NY State Businesses
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Digital Planning Podcast - Interview With Leeza Garber
VIRTUAL ADR UPDATE – TECHNOLOGY, CYBERSECURITY AND UNIQUE ISSUES PRESENTED BY HON. JOHN P. DIBLASI
Government in the Virtual World: A Look at Public Meetings and Hearings
The Impact On Litigation - Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton COVID-19 Litigation Podcast Series
Despite being home to the Silicon Valley, California has not embraced with abandon virtual-only meetings of shareholders. Section 600(e) of the Corporations Code currently does not permit virtual only meetings unless one of...more
The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) provided initial guidance on virtual shareholder meetings in February 2022 to: (i) assist reporting issuers in fulfilling their obligations under securities legislation; and (ii)...more
The Mexican Senate, on Sept. 12, 2023, unanimously approved the draft Decree reforming several provisions of the General Law of Commercial Companies (Ley General de Sociedades Mercantiles or LGSM). By virtue of this reform,...more
We previously issued a QuickStudy reporting that the Massachusetts legislature had extended to March 31, 2023 the COVID-19 pandemic relief that allowed Massachusetts public companies and Massachusetts non-profit corporations...more
South Carolina-chartered corporations may now hold virtual meetings of shareholders whereby shareholders and proxy holders not physically present at the annual or special meeting location may participate by means of remote...more
The Ontario government introduced an omnibus bill (Bill 91) on April 3, 2023 that proposes both welcome and concerning amendments to the Ontario Business Corporations Act’s (OBCA) regulation of shareholder meetings. The...more
Die Möglichkeit, Hauptversammlungen unter Ausschluss der Anwesenheit der Aktionäre rein virtuell abzuhalten, war erstmals aufgrund der Covid-19-Pandemie vom Gesetzgeber eröffnet worden. Die ursprüngliche Regelung vom 27. März...more
Currently, the California Corporations Code prohibits a California corporation from conducting a meeting of shareholders solely by electronic transmission by and to the corporation, electronic video screen communication,...more
The Massachusetts Legislature recently extended the provisions of a special act that allows Massachusetts public companies and Massachusetts non-profit corporations to hold shareholder and member meetings entirely remotely....more
The Council of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association has provided recommendations to the Delaware General Assembly for a number of changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law, some of them...more
Amongst the many pro-business responses of the Irish Government to the challenges presented by the onset of Covid-19 in 2020 was the swiftly-enacted Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions)(Covid-19) Act 2020 (the “Covid-19...more
Last year, the California legislature enacted AB 663 (Chen) in order to provide California corporations with greater flexibility to hold virtual-only meetings of shareholders. Among other things, AB 663 amended Corporations...more
In September 2021, the North Carolina General Assembly passed, and Governor Roy Cooper signed into law, Session Law 2021-162 (House Bill 320), Part I of which includes amendments to the North Carolina Business Corporation Act...more
On September 20, 2021, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed House Bill 320 into law, permitting North Carolina corporations to hold shareholders’ meetings solely by means of remote communication under the North Carolina...more
As discussed in our March 17, 2020 and April 3, 2020 client alerts, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the ability of North Carolina corporations to hold in-person meetings of shareholders. Because the North...more
What You Need To Know: •New Jersey corporations may now hold fully remote shareholder meetings even absent a state of emergency. •Boards of directors must still adopt guidelines and procedures governing remote...more
Massachusetts Governor Charles Baker’s COVID executive order permitting public companies incorporated in Massachusetts to hold virtual-only shareholder meetings is set to expire on August 14, 60 days after the June 15 lifting...more
Dorsey Assists Alaska Corporations to Hold Annual Virtual and Hybrid Meetings - The Alaska Legislature unanimously passed Senate Bill 24, on March 22, 2021, allowing corporate shareholder meetings and nonprofit member...more
Le novità da considerare per l’imminente stagione assembleare e per aggiornare la corporate governance anche alla luce delle disposizioni introdotte per l’emergenza COVID-19. Le nuove modalità per l’assemblea dei soci tra...more
As we approach our 11th month of COVID-19 restrictions, the pandemic continues to evolve with new variants, while vaccination efforts move forward at a snail’s pace because of limited supplies in many states. Many hoped for a...more
As our clients and friends know, each year Mintz provides an analysis of the regulatory developments that impact public companies as they prepare for their fiscal year-end filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission...more
Holding Your Annual Meeting Virtually—Lessons Learned From 2020 - In light of the circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it comes as no surprise that there was a dramatic increase in the number of virtual...more
Just in time for the new proxy season comes this Report of the 2020 Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Practices for Virtual Shareholder Meetings from the Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance, the Council of...more
Many companies held virtual annual shareholder meetings in 2020. This was principally the result of the COVID-19 pandemic and related state shutdowns or stay-at-home orders. Typically, companies switched from the more...more
Through December 31, 2020, New York business corporations and New York Not for Profit corporations may hold virtual annual or special shareholder and member meetings through electronic means. Recognizing Governor Andrew...more