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...for large corporations thanks in part to a transparent corporate law regime, years of legal precedent and a community of lawyers....
...A hard-to-replicate combination of decades of legal precedent and an established legal community make the state attractive to corporations....
...“The affairs of Delaware corporations, however, must be managed by Boards of Directors, not backroom deals,” said the lawsuit, saying non-Elliott shareholders never got the opportunity to approve the features...
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...A judge on Tuesday announced the “parties [had] resolved their case” in a last-minute deal reached on the cusp of a six-week trial in Delaware, which centred on claims aired on Fox News in the wake of Donald...
...What pays the bills really is the Franchise tax, a flat fee (usually $300) to register a corporation there. That fee brought in $1.6bn that year. Experts in the tax field will know all about Delaware....
...Just moments earlier, the outcome of Dominion’s legal battle was far from clear, amid the latest delay to a six-week trial that was supposed to start on Monday in Delaware, a favoured legal domicile for...
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