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Major Decisions and Legislative Reforms Shape Corporate Governance

If 2024 was the year Delaware’s corporate law establishment got nervous, 2025 was the year it fought back. And fought back hard.

For those of us who follow Delaware corporate law closely, the past year has been nothing short of remarkable. What began with hand-wringing over the…

In a noteworthy decision from the Delaware Court of Chancery, Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn dismissed a stockholder’s attempt to use an appraisal petition as an alternative method to obtain corporate books and records.

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What struck me most about this opinion is the court’s thorough analysis of the statutory distinctions between Sections 220 and 262.