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DGCL Section 220 Request for Corporation’s Political Contributions

By Francis Pileggi on January 8, 2013
Posted in Chancery Court Updates

Qualcomm was sued recently in the Delaware Court of Chancery based on a request pursuant to DGCL Section 220, seeking corporate records regarding the company’s political contributions. Professor Stephen Bainbridge provides a scholarly analysis with copious citations to case law, suggesting that the prerequisites of Section 220 are not likely to be satisfied in such a claim.

Yours truly was quoted in an article about the suit in the publication called Law360, with a similar prediction.

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