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The District of Columbia Office of Planning (OP) recently issued a status report in response to a request by the Zoning Commission (Commission) to review the existing Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) program and provide recommendations to create additional affordable housing opportunities in the District. The program, which is being referred to as "IZ XL," was presented…...By: Holland & Knight LLP

In 2014, the Delaware Supreme Court’s landmark Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp.1 (MFW) decision established that the deferential business judgment standard of review could apply to controlling stockholder “squeeze-out” mergers under certain circumstances. Six necessary conditions must be satisfied for a transaction to obtain business judgment review under MFW: (i) the transaction is conditioned ab initio, or “from inception,” on the approval of a special committee and a majority-of-the-minority....

Power projects usually contain a period of time, prior to completion and taking over, where power is being generated and can be sold into the grid or to an offtaker. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Victoria ordered an EPC Contractor not to prevent power generation for an onshore wind farm project during such a period....By: White & Case LLP

Key Takeaways from Foley's National Directors Institute Conference Panel - When it comes to a corporate board’s oversight of compliance programs, it’s no longer business as usual. In 2019, a Delaware court shifted the board oversight standard from “sustained or systemic failure of the board to exercise oversight” to a proactive requirement that directors “must make a good faith effort to implement an oversight system and the monitor it” – a requirement that dovetails with the Departmen...

In Fairstone Financial Holdings Inc v Duo Bank of Canada, Koehnen J. of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) had the opportunity to further the limited jurisprudence on material adverse change/material adverse effect (MAE) clauses. Unsurprisingly, this jurisprudence has become more prominent as a result of the suddenness and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this decision, Koehnen J. considered the applicability of an MAE clause and other covenants in a share purchase.....

It is the rare construction project that is completed without any change in the work. In most sophisticated construction projects, the contractual mechanism for managing these changes involves the issuance of a change order. However, managing change orders is not something project teams are always well-trained on, which can cause issues for small and big contractors alike. Let’s walk through some of the items a contractor should keep in mind when negotiating a change order with an owner......By...

More than a decade ago in the seminal case Gantler v. Stephens, the Delaware Supreme Court clarified that officers of Delaware corporations owe the same fiduciary duties of care and loyalty that directors owe to the corporation and its stockholders. While directors and officers owe the same fiduciary duties, they are not entitled to the same defenses. Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) permits a corporation to adopt a provision in its certificate of incorporation.....

2020 is drawing to a close, but the heat of the SPAC, which will be hot starting in 2019, has not diminished at all. More and more private equity funds, financial institutions and other investors are setting up SPAC. The number of companies listed in the U.S. through SPAC is also at an all-time high in 2020.......By: Morrison & Foerster LLP

Contractors that obtain coverage under the Virginia General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities (“Construction General Permit” or “Permit”) will soon need to disclose information regarding the disposal of excavated material from project sites....By: Vandeventer Black LLP

In re Baker Hughes Inc. Merger Litigation, C.A. No. 2019-0638 AGB (Del. Ch. Oct. 27, 2020). This decision arose out of a merger involving Baker Hughes and the oil and gas segment of General Electric (GE). Stockholders of Baker Hughes brought post-closing breach of fiduciary duty claims against certain officers of Baker Hughes and aiding and abetting claims against GE, with the allegations focused on certain financial statements provided by GE in connection with the merger....By: Morris James LL...