Wilson Sonsini’s Known Trends blog combines insights on the latest public company reporting developments and disclosure trends with incisive commentary on public company corporate governance and Delaware law matters.
Read MoreWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati released an alert around the amendments to the Delaware General Corporate Law, which will have significant impacts for both private and public companies and should mitigate many questions about market practice raised in the recent Delaware Court of Chancery rulings.
Read MoreWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati presents its 2023 Antitrust Year in Review, which provides an overview of the significant developments in antitrust law, policy, and enforcement over the past year.
Read MoreRichard Blake was on the Boardroom Governance podcast with Evan Epstein to discuss WSGR’s 2023 Silicon Valley 150 Corporate Governance Report.
Read MoreWSGR’s recent alert gives guidance on shareholder engagement in 2024. Sustained engagement helps companies communicate their strategy, understand shareholder perspectives, and even receive early warnings about impeding shareholder activism.
Read MoreWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati just released its 2023 Silicon Valley 150 Corporate Governance Report, which reviews the corporate governance practices and disclosures of the Valley's largest public companies.
Read MoreThe November 2023 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update covers news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters relevant to public and private companies internationally.
Read MoreLike a traditional SPAC, a SPARC is a shell company that is seeking to identify and combine with a private company, with the post-combination entity being a capitalized public company. Unlike a traditional SPAC, a SPARC does not raise any public capital at its onset.
Read MoreSEC Adjusts Anticipated Action Date for Publication of Final Rules for Cybersecurity Reporting and Enhanced Standardized Disclosure
Read MoreThe June 2023 issue of Wilson Sonsini’s Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update covers news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters relevant to public and private companies internationally.
Read MoreDiligent Institute, along with partners Spencer Stuart and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, hosted more than two dozen public company board members for the annual Next Gen board Leaders West Coast Summit in Spring 2023.
Read MoreWSGR recently released a client alert about U.S. privacy and consumer protection considerations associated specifically with GenAI.
Read MoreDiligent’s “Inside Today’s Boardroom” series recently featured David Berger, Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and newly elected President of the American College of Governance Counsel, to discuss important corporate governance trends from a legal perspective.
Read MoreWSGR released their recent Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice update for April 2023, covering issues around regulatory updates (in the United States and Europe), shareholder trends, M&A news, and other highlights.
Read MoreOn March 15, 2023, Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a rare post-trial decision finding a CEO personally liable for millions of dollars in damages for breaching his fiduciary duties by tilting his company’s sale process in favor of his preferred acquiror and failing to disclose material facts about the sale process.
Read MoreWilson Sonsini is recently shared updates around ESG and sustainability issues, to include news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters relevant to public and private companies internationally.
Read MoreWSGR’s 2022 Delaware Corporate Law and Litigation Year in Review discusses the most notable cases, issues, and trends for practitioners, corporations, boards, and investors, including as to controlling stockholder litigation, multiclass capital structures, director compensation, directors’ oversight obligations, stockholder activism, the Twitter battle, stockholders’ ability to obtain directors’ and officers’ emails, and the 2022 DGCL amendments.
Read MoreA recent alert by Wilson Sonsini reviews the Delaware Court of Chancery determination about duty of oversight applying to officers.
Read MoreWilson Sonsini just released its 2022 Silicon Valley 150 Corporate Governance Report, which analyzes the governance of the Valley's largest public companies and reviews various matters regarding annual meetings held between January 1 and December 31, 2022.
Read MoreWilson Sonsini released an alert about Glass Lewis’ 2023 U.S. Policy Guidelines and its 2023 ESG Initiatives Policy Guidelines.
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