March 15, 2017
Delaware: 2017 Proposed DGCL Amendments
This Richards Layton memo reviews this year’s proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law. Here’s the intro:
Legislation proposing to amend the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) has been released by the Corporate Council of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association and, if approved by the Corporation Law Section, is expected to be introduced to the Delaware General Assembly.
If enacted, the amendments will, among other things, (i) provide statutory authority for the use of “blockchain” or “distributed ledger” technology for the administration of corporate records, (ii) dispense with the requirement that stockholder consents be individually dated, thereby eliminating a common “foot fault” for the validity of stockholder consents, (iii) update and harmonize the various provisions of the DGCL dealing with the authorization and accomplishment of mergers and consolidations involving different types and forms of entities, and (iv) make other clarifying technical changes.
– John Jenkins