This annual symposium will review case law and legislative developments in the last year, as well as virtual shareholder meetings, which many companies are considering based on the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing guidelines. The webinar panelists include Delaware attorney Michael D. Allen, a Director art Richards, Layton & Finger. He will be discussing, among other things, recent Delaware case law developments regarding advance notice bylaw provisions and Section 220 demands. California attorney Keith Paul Bishop, a partner at Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis, will highlight decisions and legislation affecting California corporations and foreign corporations located in this state.

The objective of this program is to give attorneys the tools they need to ethically identify and eliminate bias in the legal profession. Unconscious bias plays a role in how we organize and interpret the world, but if left unchecked, such biases can—and do—have significant consequences in the practice of law.