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9 Jun 2010, 6:32 pm by Kevin Jon Heller
by Kevin Jon Heller I haven’t had enough time to blog about Philip Alston’s excellent report on drone warfare, but interested readers should check out today’s conversation between Scott Horton and Alston at Harpers.com. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 7:49 pm by Kevin Jon Heller
by Kevin Jon Heller Philip Alston has posted an important new essay on targeted killing on SSRN. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 7:44 am by Broc Romanek
Webcast: "Growing Controversies Over Company Valuations Under Delaware Law" Tune in tomorrow for the webcast - "Growing Controversies Over Company Valuations Under Delaware Law" - to hear Kevin Miller of Alston & Bird, Jennifer Muller of Houlihan Lokey and Kevin Shannon of Potter Anderson discuss whether - despite case law to the contrary - fair value (in appraisal) and fair price (under entire fairness) shouldn't be viewed as identical. [read post]
28 May 2010, 5:08 pm by Kevin Jon Heller
by Kevin Jon Heller Like Ken, I plan on discussing Phillip Alston’s report on drone strikes when it’s released. [read post]
4 Dec 2007, 9:07 pm
Kevin Miller, an excellent M&A lawyer at Alston & Bird, has a post up on DealLawyers.com concerning the possibility of specific performance being ordered in the URI case. [read post]
15 Aug 2006, 8:21 am
Summary: Comments Submitted on Proposed NASD Fairness Opinion Rule Thanks to Kevin Miller of Alston & Bird, below is a summary of the comments submitted to the SEC on proposed NASD Rule 2290 regarding fairness opinions (Release No. 34-53598, April... [read post]
11 Jul 2006, 7:51 am
" Join Kevin Miller of Alston & Bird, who is a former in-house lawyer for an i-bank,... [read post]
28 Jul 2006, 10:28 am
Damages for Lost Merger Premium Under New York Law Kevin Miller of Alston & Bird notes: As many of you probably are aware, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit applying New York law held last year that under... [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 7:38 am by Broc Romanek
DOL Proposal Would Define 'Fiduciaries' of Employee Benefit Plans to Include Providers of Fairness Opinions to Plans From Kevin Miller of Alston & Bird, a member of our Advisory Board: Last Thursday, the Department of Labor proposed regulations that would, if adopted, significantly expand the circumstances in which a person will be treated as a fiduciary under ERISA by reason of providing investment advice for a fee to an employee benefit plan. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 3:17 am by Broc Romanek
Tune in tomorrow for the webcast – “Rural/Metro & the Role of Financial Advisors” – to hear Steve Haas of Hunton & Williams, Kevin Miller of Alston & Bird and Blake Rohrbacher of Richards Layton discuss a whole host of topics, including the viability of claims for aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duty in […] [read post]
24 Jun 2020, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
Tune in tomorrow for the webcast – “M&A Litigation in the Covid-19 Era” – to hear Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Steve Haas, Wilson Sonsini’s Katherine Henderson and Alston & Bird’s Kevin Miller review the high-stakes battles being waged over deal terminations and other M&A litigation issues arising out of the Covid-19 crisis. [read post]
11 Mar 2016, 3:37 am by Broc Romanek
Tune in on Monday for the webcast – “Rural/Metro: Aiding & Abetting Breach Claims Now” – to hear Potter Anderon’s Brad Davey, Alston & Bird’s Kevin Miller and Richard Layton’s Blake Rohrbacher discuss what you should now be considering as you prepare deals after the latest Rural/Metro decision from the Delaware Supreme Court. [read post]
10 Mar 2015, 3:25 am by Broc Romanek
Here’s news from Kevin Miller of Alston & Bird: As some of you will recall, in OTK v Friedman (aka Morgans Hotel), C.A. [read post]
1 Apr 2014, 3:28 am by Broc Romanek
Tune in tomorrow for the webcast – “Rural/Metro and Claims for Aiding & Abetting Breaches of Fiduciary Duty” – to hear Kevin Miller of Alston & Bird; Brad Davey of Potter Anderson; Stephen Bigler of Richards Layton, Stephen Kotran of Sullivan & Cromwell and Bill Lafferty of Morris Nichols as they discuss a case expected to have a dramatic impact on the viability of claims for aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duty in connection with… [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 4:45 am
A New York (and Bankruptcy) Market MAC Case: Solutia Seeks Specific Performance or $2.25 billion With our "MAC Clauses: All the Rage" webcast coming up next week, Kevin Miller of Alston & Bird notes a new case: Recently we have seen a number of cases in which buyers have alleged that they are not obligated to close an M&A transaction because of a MAC or MAE. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 5:45 am
More on Roche and Genentech's Tangled Web - by Kevin Miller, Alston & Bird As a follow-up to the excellent piece by John Jenkins, I thought the following point worth noting: Under Pure Resources, any shareholder of Genentech should be able to get Roche's tender offer enjoined until Genentech publicly discloses a summary of the financial analyses of Goldman Sachs underlying Goldman Sach's inadequacy opinion on which the Genentech special committee… [read post]
3 Dec 2007, 6:16 pm
URI's Request for Specific Performance: The Elephant in the Room From Kevin Miller of Alston & Bird: With the recent spate of busted buyouts, the legal and financial community - as well as the press - have devoted significant time to dissecting the relevant provisions of the relevant merger agreements and other transaction documents. [read post]
17 Nov 2010, 6:54 am by Broc Romanek
VC Laster Blesses Top-Up Option in Carlisle/Hawk Merger Agreement From Kevin Miller of Alston & Bird, a member of our Advisory Board: At last Thursday's M&A session of the PLI Securities Law Institute, VC Laster gave a shout out to the top-up option provision in the merger agreement pursuant to which Carlisle Companies is acquiring Hawk Corp. saying it had everything a properly drafted top up option should have and even an extra feature (i.e., requiring payment of… [read post]
8 Dec 2016, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
Here’s an interview that I recently conducted with Kevin Miller, a Partner with Alston & Bird LLP in New York, looking back at RBC v. [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 3:33 am
Wrigley Case: Illinois Court Dismisses Shareholder Claims Against Financial Advisor - by Kevin Miller, Alston & Bird In a decision entered yesterday - in Young v. [read post]