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19 Feb 2010, 5:00 am
Specifically, plaintiffs’ complaint alleged breaches of fiduciary duty by the defendants by 1) approving a strategic merger with Rohm & Haas Company (“R & H”), 2) misrepresenting the relationship between the R & H transaction and another transaction with Kuwait’s Petrochemicals Industries Company ("Kuwait"), 3) failing to notice and avoid alleged bribery in connection with Dow’s merger with Kuwait,… [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 6:04 am
The Dow Chemical Case Dow was a shareholder derivative suit filed nearly a year ago amid turmoil over Dow’s planned acquisition of another chemical company, Rohm & Haas, for aggregate consideration of approximately $18.8 billion. [read post]
17 Feb 2010, 5:22 am
Dow has failed to convince me that the information Wachtell had access to regarding Dow’s strategies and asset values in 2006 and 2007 will substantially advance the interest of Rohm and Haas in this litigation. [read post]
19 Jan 2010, 7:51 am
Continued Oversight Deference to Directors: Delaware Dismisses Derivative Claims Below is analysis of a recent decision from Brad Aronstam of Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz: Last week, Chancellor Chandler - in In re Dow Chemical Company Derivative Litigation - dismissed derivative claims that Dow's officers and directors breached their fiduciary duties to the company in connection with Dow's more than $18 billion acquisition of Rohm & Haas… [read post]
17 Jan 2010, 8:45 am
On January 11, 2010, a year after a major corporate battle between the Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) and Rohm & Haas Company (“ROH”) regarding a $19 billion merger, Chancellor Chandler dismissed derivative claims including Caremark-type allegations against Dow’s current directors and officers for failure to adequately plead demand futility under Court of Chancery Rule 23.1. [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 5:00 am
Rohm & Haas Co., 308 F.3d 721 (7th Cir. 2001), where a severance package of an executive replaced his right to receive employment benefits for the remainder of his contract. [read post]
16 Aug 2009, 11:23 am
Given that the shell company was without resources, sellers were put in the position of relying on the reputational risk to the private equity firm if its wholly owned shell company breached its obligations as well as the possibility of veil piercing. [read post]
3 Jun 2009, 5:00 am
Moose, who also serves as a director of Rohm and Haas Company, The AES Corporation, Natixis Advisor Funds, and Loomis Sayles Funds. [read post]
1 May 2009, 11:00 am
: In re Kubin and KSR International Co v Teleflex Inc (Patent Docs) US Patents – Decisions CAFC: USPTO, Tafas & GSK request extension for reconsideration (IP Watchdog) CAFC: Patent on sex aid is obvious: Ritchie v Vast Resources (AKA Topco) (Patently-O) (Hal Wegner) CAFC: Assigning patent rights: Euclid Chemical v Vector Corrosion (Patently-O) (Hal Wegner) District Court E D Michigan: LEDdynamics wins summary judgment in LED tube patent suit (Green Patent Blog) District… [read post]
3 Apr 2009, 10:27 am
On the same day that Dow Chemical finally closed on its $16.5 billion buyout of Rohm and Haas, the chemical company also agreed to sell Rohm's Morton Salt unit to a German agrichemicals company for $1.7 billion to help finance the acquisition. [read post]
11 Mar 2009, 1:25 pm
Dow Chemical may not have to sell the company silver to pay for Rohm & Haas after all. [read post]
10 Mar 2009, 10:23 am
Dow Chemical, on the eve of a trial, has reversed course and agreed once again to go forward with a deal to buy Rohm & Haas. [read post]
10 Mar 2009, 6:00 am
shareholder settlement ripens the company for merger offers; Dow Chemical and Rohm and Haas come to terms; and a Morgan Lewis partner sues MercExchange. [read post]
10 Mar 2009, 4:14 am
I wrote a column a month ago sympathizing with Dow Chemical and its unwillingness to complete its $15 billion purchase of Rohm & Haas, the Philadelphia-based specialty chemical company. [read post]
9 Mar 2009, 6:20 am
Dow Chemical/Rohm and Haas: Will Dow Chemical and Rohm and Haas spend today distributing deal toys or duking it out? [read post]
6 Mar 2009, 12:49 pm
In a joint statement issued Friday, the companies — Dow Chemical Co. and Rohm & Haas Co. [read post]
6 Mar 2009, 10:32 am
Shares of Rohm & Haas were up 18 percent, to $63.67 after the companies disclosed the talks in a news release. [read post]
13 Feb 2009, 2:21 am
Here’s the deal: “Last summer, the Dow Chemical Company won a heated auction for a well-run, highly valued specialty chemical company called Rohm & Haas. . . . [read post]
10 Feb 2009, 10:18 am
Updated at 5:01 p.m. with Dow's response Rohm & Haas is arguing that Andrew Liveris, the chief executive of Dow Chemical, took steps to delay his company's $15 billion takeover of Rohm, in what are the largest details to emerge in the contentious legal battle between the two chemical companies. [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 7:50 am
Arguing that Dow Chemical Company should be free to walk away from its agreement to buy specialty chemical manufacturer Rohm & Haas, Mr. [read post]
