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17 Nov 2011, 8:00 am by J Robert Brown Jr.
Iger served on the Disney board with Jobs and is, therefore, likely to be someone who will maintain continuity with the Jobs era, no doubt an important priority for the company and the board. [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 1:42 pm by Steve Bainbridge
In the 2004 shareholder revolt at The Walt Disney Company, for example, shareholder activists opposed the election of CEO Michael Eisner and certain other candidates. [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 7:49 am by Theo Francis
Jobs also has been a director of The Walt Disney Company (‘Disney’) since May 2006. [read post]
21 Jun 2011, 5:00 am by Samuel Hagreen
Sandberg has served as Chief Operating Officer of Facebook Inc., and she also currently serves on the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 11:56 am by Steven Weissman
John Bryson has quite a resume for a green evangelist: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Office of Edison International from 1990-2008; a director of the Boeing Company since 1995; Chairman of the Board of BrightSource Energy, member of the Board of Overseers of Keck School of Medicine at USC; a trustee of the California Institute of Technology; a director of the Western Asset Income Fund from 1986 to 2006: a Director of the… [read post]
16 May 2011, 1:51 am by Kevin LaCroix
In many U.S. public companies, director election requires only a plurality vote, so that a director candidate in an uncontested election who receives only one vote will be elected. [read post]
4 May 2011, 5:00 am by J Robert Brown Jr.
  This certainly seems to be one of the implications of the analysis in In re Walt Disney, 731 A.2d 342 (Del. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 3:26 pm by Steve Bainbridge
Chandler’s most famous decision, delivered in 2005 in the Walt Disney case, exemplifies the tension between Delaware’s traditionally wide berth for directors and officers and the growing consciousness of shareholder rights and demands for best practice. [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 7:18 am by Ken Davidson
On this day in 2005, a Delaware court ruled that the board of directors of the Walt Disney Company did not breach their fiduciary duty by giving Michael Ovitz a $140 million compensation package. [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 6:58 am
(Intellogist Blog) Patent searching by classification (Intellogist Blog)   Global – Copyright Complete ACTA text finally leaked (Ars Technica) (Michael Geist) (IPKat) Toward an ACTA super-structure: How ACTA may replace WIPO (Michael Geist) ACTA’s anti-camcording provision faces opposition from Australia, NZ, Switzerland (Michael Geist) ACTA’s de minimis provision: Countering the iPod searching border guard fears (Michael Geist) New ACTA leaks: IP categories and border… [read post]
23 Jan 2010, 11:12 am by Charles M. Nathan, Latham & Watkins LLP,
The increasing success of shareholder activists in designating or electing directors is altering the composition of public company boards. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 2:18 pm by Trey Drury
This result shows Roy's relative power and influence - the Disney election played a significant role in the adoption of a majority voting standard for director elections at many companies. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 2:18 pm
This result shows Roy's relative power and influence - the Disney election played a significant role in the adoption of a majority voting standard for director elections at many companies. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 7:50 am by Michelle Leder
The Walt Disney Co. filed its 10-K yesterday and this exhibit in the filing caught our attention. [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 6:37 am
He quoted from the Delaware Chancery Court decision in Walt Disney in which the Court explained that the common law cannot require adherence to aspirational best practices. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 6:37 am
Can a corporate raider use a new maneuver to install his chosen board members and take over a company? [read post]