Consent in Corporate Law

Recent Delaware case law explores and extends what the author describes as the "doctrine of corporate consent," under which a stockholder is deemed to consent to changes in the corporate relationship that are adopted pursuant to statutory authonty (such as by directors adopting bylaws). Th...

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description Recent Delaware case law explores and extends what the author describes as the "doctrine of corporate consent," under which a stockholder is deemed to consent to changes in the corporate relationship that are adopted pursuant to statutory authonty (such as by directors adopting bylaws). This essay examines whether and to what extent there may be limits on the application oj the doctrine of corporate consent and whether fee-shifting bylaws exceed those limits.
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Civil society
Commercial law
Consent
Consent (Law)
Corporate bylaws
Corporate regulation
Corporation law
Corporations
Directors
Essay
Evaluation
Investments
Investors
Laws, regulations and rules
Legal consent
Limited liability companies
Shareholders
Statutory law
Stock shares
Stockholders
Studies
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