Sidley Perspectives on M&A and Corporate Governance

Sidley is pleased to share the March 2020 issue of Sidley Perspectives on M&A and Corporate Governance, a quarterly newsletter designed to keep you current on what we consider to be the most important legal developments involving M&A and corporate governance matters.

ANALYSIS

• Warren Buffett’s Idea for Better Corporate Governance—Dueling Experts
• When CEOs Speak Up

JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS

• Delaware Chancery Court Decision Analyzes Concepts of “Materiality” and MAE, Which Are “Analytically Distinct”  
• Stockholders Are Not Required to Describe How They Plan to Use Corporate Books and Records Requested Under DGCL Section 220
• Delaware Supreme Court Upholds “Clear and Unambiguous” Deadline in an Advance Notice Bylaw
• Corporations Do Not Have a Right to Recover Excess Prepayments Under the Delaware Appraisal Statute

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DEVELOPMENTS

• BlackRock and State Street Call for Sustainable Business Practices and Improved ESG Disclosure
• New York State Will Require Corporations to Report on Board Gender Diversity
• SEC Leaders Remind Audit Committees of Their Oversight Responsibilities

Current and past issues of Sidley Perspectives on M&A and Corporate Governance are available on our website. View the March 2020 issue here and past issues here.

If you have any questions regarding this issue of Sidley Perspectives or suggestions for topics to be covered in future issues, please contact the Sidley lawyer with whom you usually work or Claire Holland, the editor of the newsletter, at cholland@sidley.com.