The shareholder proposal rule, a longstanding feature of the federal proxy system, has rarely intersected with state corporation law, leaving many Delaware practitioners unfamiliar with its operation or implications. Yet this new focus on the intersection between federal rule and state law implicates Delaware’s corporate franchise, an important topic that the State of Delaware has recently asked the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration (IPA) to study. It is therefore timely to consider both the shareholder proposal rule and its significance in the context of Delaware’s corporate franchise.
To promote informed discussion, the Weinberg Center, in partnership with IPA, will convened a program that framed the context in terms of Delaware’s corporate franchise and then explores the shareholder proposal rule itself.
This program was recorded on December 11, 2025. For more information, please visit the John L Weinberg Center at the University of Delaware.