Companies have continued to shift between jurisdictions in 2026. The September update identified 59 jurisdictional moves. That number has risen to 71. An updated copy of the running spreadsheet is available here.
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Pay transparency laws continue to expand across the United States, creating new compliance obligations for employers that post jobs, recruit candidates, set compensation ranges, or maintain pay records across multiple jurisdictions. As we have previously covered, jurisdictions across the
Corporate titles have proliferated. Delaware’s officer-consent statute has not. In Altigen Communications, Inc. v. Day, C.A. No. 2025-1298-JTL (Del. Ch. Aug. 21, 2026), Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster held that the Delaware Court of Chancery lacked personal jurisdiction over
Public Benefit Corporation: What Anthropic Reveals About Founder Control, Investors and Exits by Carter Gaines
Public Benefit Corporation: What Anthropic Reveals About Founder Control, Investors and Exits
Anthropic is preparing for one of the largest IPOs in history, but investors
Corporate officers occupy an unusual place in corporate law. They are among the most important actors in the modern corporation, making many of the decisions that shape a company’s day-to-day operations, strategy, risk taking, and compliance.[1] Yet compared with
On September 30, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit revived a putative securities fraud class action against Ocugen, Inc., a small, publicly traded pharmaceutical company, holding that a stock’s rapid price recovery after a corrective
Earnouts are often described as a way to bridge a valuation gap. But they can just as easily turn into a bridge to the courthouse. The Delaware Court of Chancery’s September 30, 2026 post-trial opinion in ACON Igloo Holdings, LLC
A recent Chancery decision rejected several defenses to advancement, including the commonly unsuccessful argument that the claims in the underlying case were not made against those seeking advancement in their capacity as former officers. In Esposito v. Drivers History Information
A recent webinar presented by Lewis Brisbois’ Directors and Officers Litigation Practice Group, for CLE credit, discussed why recent developments do not suggest an imminent change in Delaware’s status in the corporate world. We provide statistics on the number of
Our latest Delaware Corporate Litigation Insights podcast discusses the recent Chancery decision highlighted on these pages in Hassanein v. NTO Fund I, LLC, that provides 21 reasons why an LLC is not simply a creature of contract. Delaware corporate litigator
