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Compulsion No, Opportunity Yes in the Delaware Law of Externalities

Reynolds Holding

State-based corporate law in general, and Delaware law in particular, is a poor vehicle for addressing externalities. That legal requirement promotes legal compliance in its own right, while also providing a mechanism for holding fiduciaries accountable when they knowingly cause an entity to violate positive law. Derivative.