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Sidley Austin LLP | USA | 17 May 2022
A Recent Reminder For Outside Directors: Your Emails May Be Fair Game
As stockholders continue to seek expansive books and records collections, and particularly as requests for materials outside “formal” board materials…
Shearman & Sterling LLP | USA | 17 May 2022
California Appellate Court Affirms Decision To Dismiss Putative Securities Class Action Against Hair Implantation Company Because Of Federal Forum Provision
On April 28, 2022, the First Appellate District Court of Appeals for the State of California affirmed the dismissal of putative securities class…
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP | USA | 16 May 2022
One of the Perils of 50/50 Ownership and Control: A Vague Standard for Determining the Validity of Board Actions Legally Taken but Alleged to Have Had an “Inequitable Purpose”
50/50 ownership and control of a portfolio company is almost always fraught with peril. This is particularly true in the corporate context when there…
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | USA | 16 May 2022
‘Mission Critical’—Revisiting the Board’s Oversight Role After In re: Boeing Co.
Recent rulings in the United States and overseas, coupled with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recently proposed disclosure rules…
Seyfarth Shaw LLP | USA | 16 May 2022
Delaware Becomes Eleventh State to Enact Paid Family Leave Law
On May 10, 2022, Delaware Governor John Carney signed the Healthy Delaware Families Act (the "Act") into law. Paid leave under the Act becomes…
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | USA | 13 May 2022
Delaware Chancery Holds Its Nose and Finds Tesla’s Acquisition of SolarCity To Be “Entirely Fair”
Elon Musk is inescapable these days. The richest man in the world is buying Twitter. He runs the largest car manufacturer — by market cap — in the…
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 13 May 2022
Ninth Circuit Upholds Delaware-Forum Bylaw That Precludes Assertion of Federal Proxy Claim
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a shareholder derivative action in light of an exclusive-forum bylaw requiring…
Real Estate USA
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Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. | USA | 12 May 2022
Real Estate USA in USA - Delaware
DLA Piper | USA | 12 May 2022
California court approves enforcement of federal forum selection provision for Securities Act claims: Practical implications of Wong v. Restoration Robotics
The decision of the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District in Wong v. Restoration Robotics, Inc. is the first authoritative California…
