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J. Travis Laster

Government of the State of Delaware - Court of Chancery

Vice Chancellor

New Castle County Courthouse

500 N. King Street , Suite 11400

Wilmington, DE 19801-3734

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

7

DOWNLOADS

2,872

TOTAL CITATIONS

2

Scholarly Papers (7)

1.

Changing Attitudes: The Stark Results of Thirty Years of Evolution in Delaware M&A Litigation

To appear as a chapter in Sean Griffith, Jessica Erickson, David H. Webber, and Verity Winship, editors, RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON REPRESENTATIVE SHAREHOLDER LITIGATION (2017, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 09 Jun 2017
J. Travis Laster
Government of the State of Delaware - Court of Chancery
Downloads 934 (62,482)

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Delaware, Mergers and Acquisitions, Court of Chancery, Revlon, Unocal

2.

An Eras Tour of Delaware Corporate Law

Number of pages: 90 Posted: 09 May 2025
J. Travis Laster
Government of the State of Delaware - Court of Chancery
Downloads 720 (90,336)

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corporate law, delaware, corporation law, business law, history of delaware law

3.

The Distinctive Fiduciary Duties That Stockholder Controllers Owe

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 28 Oct 2024
J. Travis Laster
Government of the State of Delaware - Court of Chancery
Downloads 605 (114,649)
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Corporate governance, controlling stockholder, controller, fiduciary duties, fiduciary, delaware law, corporate law

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NOT NEW: A RESPONSE TO CLAIMS ABOUT "NEW CONTROL" IN CONTROL AND ITS DISCONTENTS

Number of pages: 92 Posted: 20 Apr 2026
J. Travis Laster
Government of the State of Delaware - Court of Chancery
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5.

Discovery as a Compliance Problem

Journal of Corporation Law, Vol 50
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Jan 2025 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2025
J. Travis Laster and Elise Bernlohr Maizel
Government of the State of Delaware - Court of Chancery and Michigan State University - College of Law
Downloads 139 (540,814)
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discovery, compliance, litigation, shareholder litigation, commercial litigation, corporate governance, delaware, professional responsibility, legal ethics

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How to Evaluate Non-Majority Control: What History and Statutes Tell Us -- Part One: The Historical Dominance of Functionalism

31 Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law 1 (2025)
Number of pages: 102 Posted: 19 Dec 2025
J. Travis Laster
Government of the State of Delaware - Court of Chancery
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HOW TO EVALUATE NON-MAJORITY CONTROL: WHAT HISTORY AND STATUTES TELL US PART TWO: THE DEFINITIONAL CONSENSUS

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 26 Apr 2026 Last Revised: 02 May 2026
J. Travis Laster
Government of the State of Delaware - Court of Chancery
Downloads 104 (867,774)

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