NEW: Olshan Frome Wolosky discusses passage of a bill by the California legislature that would require increased racial and ethnic diversity on corporate boards of directors for domestic and foreign corporations having their...
Read MoreNEW: How Shifting from In-Person to Virtual Shareholder Meetings Affects Shareholders’ Voice evaluates the conduct of virtual stockholder meetings following shifts from in-person meetings in response to the coronavirus...
Read MoreNEW: Sullivan & Cromwell discusses 2020 amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law in Amendments to Delaware’s General Corporation Law. Cooley discusses recent amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law...
Read MoreNEW: $$$ Law.com discusses the opening of Georgia’s Statewide Business Court in Statewide Business Court Judge: ‘Build It, They Will Come’. The Casper Star Tribune reports that the Wyoming legislature has...
Read MoreNEW: Cooley discusses recent research regarding company disclosures regarding business impact of the coronavirus pandemic in Study looks at COVID-19 disclosure. Reuters reports that a study of corporate disclosures on...
Read MoreThe Delaware Court of Chancery issued a March 6, 2020 standing order, Standing Order Concerning COVID-19 Precautionary Measures, order (Del. Ch. Mar. 6, 2020), implementing procedural precautions, particularly the use of...
Read MoreCooley discusses transactions that have been terminated or are in litigation as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, noting trends, observations, and lessons for pending transactions in Social Distancing From a (Supposed) Life...
Read MoreThe California Secretary of State announced the availability of online corporate formation and improvements to its online corporate filing tool, intended to better serve incorporators and filers during the coronavirus emergency,...
Read MoreThe D&O Diary’s Kevin LaCroix discusses Rebecca R. Haussmann v. Werner Baumann, et al. and Bayer AG, No. 651500/20, compl. (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Mar. 6, 2020) — a stockholder derivative action filed in New York state court,...
Read MoreMajority Action criticizes the current structure of JP Morgan’s board, and specifically a director who serves as the board’s Lead Independent Director, as unlikely to promote oversight and effectively manage climate change risk,...
Read MoreFarrel Fritz discusses the New York Court of Appeals’ decision in Luciano Bonanni, et al. v. Horizons Investors Corp., et al., No. 2017-06803, opinion (N.Y. App. Jan. 29, 2020), affirming a Trail Court’s finding that an asset...
Read MoreKeith Bishop discusses proposed legislation that would simply conversion conversion of a “corporation” into a foreign corporation or a “foreign other business entity” under California’s General...
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