Product Description

Delaware entity law developments are important to Massachusetts lawyers because Massachusetts lawyers frequently form and advise Delaware entities and Delaware law often influences how Massachusetts entity laws are applied. There have been some significant changes in Delaware entity law in recent years that Massachusetts lawyers advising both Delaware and Massachusetts entities should be familiar with. In this program, an experienced panel of Delaware and Massachusetts lawyers who regularly advise entities in these states review these changes and the most recent cutting-edge developments with emphasis on their relevance for Massachusetts practitioners.

Agenda & Materials

• 1:00 - 1:05 pm

  Welcome and Introduction

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  Stanley Keller, Esq., Troutman Pepper Locke LLP , Boston
  
• 1:05 - 1:55 pm

  Significant Recent Developments in Delaware Corporate Law

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  • Relevance for Massachusetts
  • Relevance for LLCs and LPs

  Panel
  
• 1:55 - 2:25 pm

  Delaware Law Pitfalls and Massachusetts Counterparts

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  Megan Foscaldi, Esq., Locke Lord LLP , Boston
  James A. Smith, Foley Hoag LLP , Boston
  John Mark Zeberkiewicz, Esq., Richards, Layton & Finger, PA , Wilmington
  
• 2:25 - 2:30 pm

  Break
• 2:30 - 3:00 pm

  Delaware Non-Corporate Entity Pitfalls

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  Tarik J. Haskins, Morris, Nichols, Arsht and Tunnell LLP , Wilmington
  
• 3:00 - 3:10 pm

  Delaware Business Law Update: How Far Does Freedom of Contract Go and What Are the Limits?

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  Tarik J. Haskins, Morris, Nichols, Arsht and Tunnell LLP , Wilmington
  John Mark Zeberkiewicz, Esq., Richards, Layton & Finger, PA , Wilmington
  
• 3:10 - 3:25 pm

  Delaware Business Law Update: Validating Defective Action

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  Tarik J. Haskins, Morris, Nichols, Arsht and Tunnell LLP , Wilmington
  James A. Smith, Foley Hoag LLP , Boston
  John Mark Zeberkiewicz, Esq., Richards, Layton & Finger, PA , Wilmington
  
• 3:25 - 3:35 pm

  Officer Exculpation

  Megan Foscaldi, Esq., Locke Lord LLP , Boston
  James A. Smith, Foley Hoag LLP , Boston
  John Mark Zeberkiewicz, Esq., Richards, Layton & Finger, PA , Wilmington
  
• 3:35 - 3:45 pm

  Derivative action ground rules and direct v. derivative claims

  Megan Foscaldi, Esq., Locke Lord LLP , Boston
  John Mark Zeberkiewicz, Esq., Richards, Layton & Finger, PA , Wilmington
  
• 3:45 - 3:55 pm

  Use of forum selection provisions

  John Mark Zeberkiewicz, Esq., Richards, Layton & Finger, PA , Wilmington
  
• 3:55 - 4:00 pm

  Is Massachusetts an alternative to “escaping” Delaware?

  Megan Foscaldi, Esq., Locke Lord LLP , Boston
  James A. Smith, Foley Hoag LLP , Boston
  

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