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Quarterly State Compliance Review

By Sandra Feldman
December 31, 2013

This edition of the Quarterly State Compliance Review looks at some legislation of interest to corporate lawyers that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2014. It also looks at four recent decisions of interest from the Delaware courts.

IN THE STATE LEGISLATURES

Legislation affecting corporations, LLCs and other types of business organizations went into effect in a number of states on Jan. 1, 2014. Highlights from around the country include the following:

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