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By-laws
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Russell Law Blog
Nonprofit Bylaws: Can Your Board Answer the “Why” Question?
Nonprofit wizards say this all the time: Update your bylaws. That’s good advice. They describe the nonprofit’s bylaws as its “roadmap” or its “playbook.” Also true. Here’s what I have…
Agricultural Law & Rural Practice | Solo Small Firm & General Practice Section
Nonprofit Bylaws: Can Your Board Answer the ‘Why’ Question?
Nonprofit wizards say this all the time: Update your bylaws.That’s good advice.They describe the nonprofit’s bylaws as its “roadmap” or its “playbook.”Also true.Here’s what I have to add.The bylaws are…
Lash Condo Law Blog
Fair Condo Elections Don’t Happen by Accident
By Denise Lash
AGM season brings out the best in engaged owners. It also brings out scenarios that no one planned for. A situation we see regularly: an owner who missed the nomination…
Sidley Austin Blog
Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Limits on Hypothetical Bylaw Challenges
By Reuben Zaramian, Ram Sachs, Arthur E. Adler, Charlotte K. Newell
On April 29, 2026, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Chancery’s dismissal of consolidated challenges to advance notice bylaws adopted in 2023 by each of The AES Corporation…
Lash Condo Law Blog
Tips & Tricks for Successfully Passing By-laws
Most condo by-laws require a majority of units to vote in favour of the by-law for it to pass. Even in small condo corps, this can be a challenging task…
Sidley Austin Blog
Delaware Courts Continue to Reject Hypothetical, Unripe Bylaw Challenges
By Charlotte K. Newell, Ram Sachs
On April 14, 2025, the Court of Chancery issued a decision in Siegel v. Morris that reaffirms the limits of challenges to companies’ bylaws based on their language alone. This…
Religion Clause
Civil Courts Can Decide Dispute Over Catholic Organization’s Bylaws
In Foundation for the Advancement of Catholic Schools, Inc. v. Blair, (CT App., Feb. 25, 2025), a Connecticut state appellate court held that a controversy over interpretation of the Foundation's bylaws…
California Corporate & Securities Law Blog
Court Sticks Toe Into The "Dismal Swamp" Of Unincorporated Association Bylaws But Declines To Wade In
Yeong Wo is an unincorporated association that serves as an umbrella group for a dozen constituent organizations, called “tangs.” In Hee Shen Cemetery & Benevolent Assoc. v. Yeong Wo Assoc., 2024…
Tax-Exempt Organizations Bulletin
Boards & Bylaws: Officers (5th in a series of 8)
By Pamela A. Mann, Jeremy S. Steckel, Lauren W. Shandler, Jack Meininger
Join Carter Ledyard and management consultants Plan A Advisors on a lively exploration of nonprofit boards and bylaws. This multi-part series will help nonprofit executives and board members consider revisions and amendments…
GT Israel Law Blog
Considerations for Public Company Bylaw Amendments in View of the New SEC Universal Proxy Rules
By Doron Lipshitz, Justin E. Mann, Frank M. Placenti, Nathan P. Emeritz, Greenberg Traurig
This alert provides an overview of the new Universal Proxy Rules adopted by the SEC in August 2022 and some considerations for companies in view of its implantation. The Rule…