Last year, we reviewed proxy statements filed by companies in the Silicon Valley 150[1] (SV150) to see whether they included an officer exculpation proposal[2] in their proxy statements for stockholder meetings held from August 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023 (“Year One”). As reflected in our previous post and Client Alert, during Year One, only nine SV150 companies included an officer exculpation proposal in their proxy statements, of which seven passed and two failed.Continue Reading Officer Exculpation and the Silicon Valley 150: Year Two
Significant Amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law Are Set to Become Effective
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Our recent Client Alert discusses the extensive and important set of amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL) that will become effective on August 1, 2024. The amendments, which will apply both prospectively and retrospectively, were largely intended to address several recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions that…
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Effective August 1, 2022, Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) was amended to permit a Delaware corporation to include in its charter a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of certain officers for direct claims for breaches of their fiduciary duty of care. While this amendment…
Continue Reading Officer Exculpation and the Silicon Valley 150Delaware Court of Chancery Issues Important Ruling for Multi-Class Companies Addressing Class Votes
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Our recent Client Alert discusses an important ruling issued by Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery on March 29, 2023. This ruling concluded that two companies with multiple classes of common stock were not required, under the Delaware statute, to obtain separate class votes of…
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