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Introduction The Supreme Court of the United States recently clarified the scope of appellate review over "purely legal" issues in cases where no post-trial motions were filed prior to an appeal. In Dupree v. Younger, No. 22-210, the Court unanimously reversed a decision of the United States Court...
Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware was amended to permit Delaware corporations to exculpate certain corporate officers from monetary liability for breaches of the fiduciary duty of care. Previously, similar protections were available only to directors. This...
Final regulations published on September 30, 2022 (the “final Regulations”) by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the Department of Treasury under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) grant business owners a reprieve, but not a pardon, with respect to their looming beneficial...
On July 27, 2022, Delaware Governor John Carney signed into law the 2022 amendments to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “LLC Act”), the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “LP Act”), and the Delaware...
On June 30th, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in West Virginia v. EPA. The Court concluded that the EPA had exceeded its authority under the Clean Air Act by establishing emission caps in the Clean Power Plan (CPP) that would have required a shift in electrical generation from...