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10 Jan, 2008 3:40 pm
... increased more than tenfold during 2007, reaching 144,431 hits in December. Altogether, the Blog received 874,622 hits during 2007. We featured some 191 posts during the
year, covering a wide range of subjects. A chart of the traffic to our Blog, depicting our exponential growth during 2007, is displayed below: We are grateful to the ... 1) Go to
[blogs.law.harvard.edu]. 2) Look for "To have email updates sent to you each time a new post
is added to the Corporate Governance Blog", and click ...
7 Jan, 2008 7:31 pm
Recently, in Reinier Kraakman's Corporations course here at Harvard Law, Justice Jack B.
Jacobs of the Delaware Supreme Court treated students to a highly insightful talk on Delaware's Takeover Law. Justice Jacobs's talk provided a
rare insider's perspective on the evolving standards of international takeover law-and the Delaware cases that govern most American
acquisitions. Justice Jacobs gave a detailed analysis of the institutions that regulate takeovers in the United Kingdom ...
20 Dec, 2007 4:48 pm
Recently, the Mergers, Acquisitions, and Split-Ups course here at Harvard Law School, co-taught by Professor Robert Clark and Vice Chancellor Leo Strine, Jr., hosted a fascinating talk by Martin
... the successful defense of those measures before the Delaware courts. Questions from the audience led to an insightful discussion of changes in modern corporate governance-including shareholder activism, the increased presence of independent directors, and the
prominence of private equity-and their effects ...
2 Jan, 2008 3:51 pm
Recently, in the Mergers, Acquisitions, and Split-Ups course here at Harvard Law, co-taught by
Professor Robert Clark and Vice Chancellor Leo Strine, Jr., practitioners from three major hedge funds gave ... discussion, entitled Hedge Fund
Activism, provided considerable practical insight on the range of regulatory, competitive, and political issues a fund manager must consider before participating actively in a
contested election. The panelists, including William Ackman and Roy Katzovicz of Pershing ...
11 Dec, 2007 6:09 pm
Recently, in the Law, Economics, and Organization Seminar here at the Law School, Robin Greenwood presented his paper, co-authored with Michael Schor, entitled Hedge Fund Investor Activism and Takeovers. Using data derived from 13D
filings following ... funds' short investment horizons make them better suited to identifying undervalued targets and prompting a takeover than at fixing corporate strategy or tackling long-term corporate governance issues. The
full Article is available for download here.
26 Dec, 2007 7:42 pm
Recently, in the Mergers, Acquisitions, and Split-Ups course here at Harvard Law, co-taught by
Professor Robert Clark and Vice Chancellor Leo Strine, Jr., two expert practitioners shared their insights on the complex cross-border
transactions that increasingly define ... took students through case studies of two recent cross-border deals that illustrate the sensitive issues that corporate counselors face in a major international merger: Mittal Steel's acquisition of Arcelor, and Basell' ...
9 Jan, 2008 6:11 pm
Recently, the New England Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors hosted a breakfast panel featuring Vice Chancellor Leo E.
Strine, Jr. and Martin Lipton of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz ... & Dodge previously posted on the talk here.) The NACD has released highlights of the talk, entitled The
Delaware Courts, the Corporate Bar, and Being a Director. The summary describes the panelists' insights on the upcoming proxy season, executive
compensation, the committee structure in ...
21 Dec, 2007 3:51 pm
(Editor's Note: This post comes to us from Jie Cai and Ralph A. Walkling of Drexel University.) We have recently released a new paper entitled Shareholders' Say on Pay: Does it
Create Value? The paper ... , positive manner to the Say-on-Pay Bill. The positive market reaction is stronger among the firms with weaker, but not the weakest governance. In addition, abnormal returns are higher in the subset of firms more likely to receive higher disapproval votes from shareholders and firms more
likely to ...
26 Feb, 2007 6:13 am
... ownership considerations and issues of governance and liability that are critical to the creation, maintenance and long term health of
business communities (corporate use of Web 2.0 ... Big. Scott Felsenthal at The Legal Scoop, a new law student collaborative blog by three students from Tennessee law schools, provides a look at the
what's happening across campuses ... would have happened if the physicians chose not to respond. Are you an avid T.J. Maxx or Marshalls shopper? If so, check out Law Practice ...
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