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2009 Amendments to Delaware LLC, LP and GP Acts
Allison L. Land, July 15, 2009
Below is a summary of the 2009 amendments to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (DLLCA), the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (DRULPA) and the Delaware Revised Uniform PartnershipAct (DRUPA) (collectively, the Acts), which will become effective on August 1, 2009.

Shareholder Proxy Access for Director Elections: What You Should Know
Peter Allan Atkins, Daniel E. Stoller, Edward P. Welch, Edward B. Micheletti, August 5, 2009
Shareholder proxy access for the election of directors is about to arrive.

Directors' Duty of Oversight and Assessment of Business Risk in a Meltdown Environment: Some Comments in the Wake of In Re Citigroup Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation
Peter Allan Atkins, Edward P. Welch, Jennifer C. Voss, August 5, 2009
This note was prompted by our review of the recent decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery in In Re Citigroup Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, C.A. No. 3338-CC.

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