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Will Blockchain Solve Corporate Governance–Including for Appraisal?

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The Harvard Business Law Review (whose articles we’ve covered before ) has published a piece concerning Delaware allowing blockchain to be used for company stock ledgers. While we have written about blockchain repeatedly , the new HBLR article examines how blockchain-based securities could fundamentally change corporate governance. Using Dell and Dole as examples, the author discusses how blockchain can solve delayed settlement and unrecorded transfers issues – issues that can be critical when i

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Del. Supreme Court Hears SWS Oral Argument

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We’ve written before about the SWS appraisal case, decided in mid 2017. After the ruling, petitioners appealed to the Delaware Supreme Court. On Wednesday, February 21, the Delaware Supreme Court held oral argument (which you can watch on this site ). Part of the argument focused on the concept of size premium – a primer on which is available here – and which is being contested in the SWS appeal.