Meanings of corporate bylaws in English

Airgas' lawsuit focuses on changes to its corporate bylaws that were approved at a shareholder meeting last month.

Companies are not required to act on shareholder proposals -even if they pass -unless the proposals explicitly revise corporate bylaws.

To get an idea of what your bylaws may look like, go here to see sample corporate bylaws for a fictitious business.

Allergan's corporate bylaws require Valeant and Pershing Square to have more than 25 percent of shareholders' votes in favor of holding the meeting.

It was not immediately clear what effect Bouchard's move had on the changes in CBS's corporate bylaws by National Amusements, carried out earlier on Wednesday.