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Post date: Posted on: November 20, 2014

Francis Pileggi has an article in NACD Directorship about forum selection/limitation clauses in Delaware corporate bylaws: "

Tags: Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Commercial Litigation, Corporations, Courts, Equity / Chancery, Securities
Post date: Posted on: October 31, 2014

The Delaware Corporate and Legal Services blog hosts a short piece explaining the business judgment rule, a critical component of corporate law.

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Commercial Litigation, Corporations, Courts, Equity / Chancery, Fiduciary Duties
Post date: Posted on: October 29, 2014

Professor Haskell Murray offers thoughts on Ello, a Delaware public benefit corporation that owns and operates a t

Tags: Corporations, Fiduciary Duties, Securities, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Media, Technology & Law
Post date: Posted on: October 21, 2014

Facebook has filed suit against a number of major law firms, including DLA Piper and Milberg LLP, that represented a party-opponent.

Tags: Commercial Litigation, Contracts, Corporations, Intellectual Property, Legal Ethics, Legal Industry, Social Media, Technology & Law, Torts
Post date: Posted on: September 10, 2014

In Ross Holding and Management Co. v. Advance Realty Group LLC,[1] the Delaware Court of Chancery has held again that traditional corporate fiduciary duties of care and loyalty apply to the members and managers of limited liability companies.  The Court wrote:

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Comparative Law, Corporations, Equity / Chancery, Fiduciary Duties, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships
Post date: Posted on: August 28, 2014

Some types of business entities (most famously, corporations) offer limited liability to their managers, owners, and officers. That is, under most circumstances such parties will have no personal liability for debts incurred (through tort or contract) by the business entity.

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation / Civil Procedure, Commercial Litigation, Contracts, Corporations, Courts, Creditor / Debtor Law, Equity / Chancery, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Real Estate / Real Property, Torts
Post date: Posted on: August 13, 2014

New Hampshire has become the latest state to enact a benefit corporations statute. In July 2014, Governor Maggie Hassan signed into law the New Hampshire Benefit Corporation Act, NH RSA 293-C.

Tags: Alternative Business Entities, Business Ethics, Corporations, Fiduciary Duties, Legal Theory, Legislation, Social Entrepreneurship

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