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The Federal Option: Delaware as De Facto Agency, which takes a (sort of) different view. He argues that Delaware has become de facto federal agency, delegated by the federal government the power to make corporate law nationally, and that this system works well for now, though there might be circumstances where federal chartering – and the structural oversight that would come with it – might be appropriate. These could include situations where companies have received governmental bailouts, or where companies have committed significant wrongdoing and subject themselves to federal oversight as part of their settlement.
Of course, the concerns I’ve expressed in my posts are of a slightly different order – they’re about Delaware organizational law extending beyond the boundaries of internal affairs (and Delaware’s ability to define those boundaries in the first place) – but still, it’s an interesting holistic look at Delaware’s role in the co