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29 May 2009, 6:32 am
The test for bad faith action laid down in In re the Walt Disney Company Derivative Litigation, 906 A.2d 27 (Del. 2006), is intentional dereliction of duties or a conscious disregard of one's responsibilities. [read post]
28 Feb 2009, 1:23 pm
Background In August 2004, the board of directors of First Niles Financial, Inc. authorized a process to sell the company, and retained financial and legal advisors to assist. [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 10:56 am
Davis will revisit several high profile annual meetings in 2009, mostly to present the shareholder proposal she has long championed that urges boards to adopt cumulative voting in director elections. [read post]
28 Nov 2008, 12:14 pm
– Tackling music piracy in Africa (Afro-IP)   Australia Patent infringement and account of profits: Black & Decker Inc v GMCA Pty Ltd (No 5) (IP Down Under) MONSTER ENERGY keeps battling: Hansen Beverage Company v Bickfords (Australia) Pty Ltd (Australian Trade Marks Law Blog) High Court provides guidance on contributory infringement provision: Northern Territory v Collins (International Law Office)  PricewaterhouseCooper report – Making the… [read post]
29 Sep 2008, 9:10 pm
Pico BlvdBuilding 100 - Room 5080Los Angeles, CA 90035Robert IgerPresident and CEOThe Walt Disney Company500 S Buena Vista StreetBurbank, CA 91521-6369Dear Gentlemen:We believe it is clear that our members would fail to ratify your proposal of June 30, 2008. [read post]
13 Sep 2008, 7:10 pm
Noble held that the failure of the board of directors of a target company to actively engage itself in the CEO-dominated sale of the companyâ€â [read post]
18 Mar 2008, 11:08 pm
The former duty requires a director to take an active and direct role in the context of a sale of a company from beginning to end. [22] Disney Lastly, a $140 million executive compensation and severance package of former Walt Disney Company President Michael Ovitz was the basis for the breach of fiduciary duty suit against Disney's officers and directors. [23] Shortly after Ovitz joined Disney, it became… [read post]
4 Feb 2008, 10:00 am
We couldn't help but notice that Robert Iger, the CEO and President of Walt Disney Corporation, recently received a five year contract. [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 5:15 am
Wal-Mart, AIG, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Walt Disney and Bristol Myers. [read post]
20 Jul 2007, 8:52 am
At Walt Disney, investors gave 58 percent support to a novel bylaw proposal by Harvard University Professor Lucian Bebchuk that called for a 75 percent vote by independent directors to adopt or amend a pill plan. [read post]
18 May 2007, 9:23 am
At Walt Disney, investors gave 58 percent support to a novel bylaw proposal by Harvard University Professor Lucian Bebchuk that called for a 75 percent vote by independent directors to adopt or amend a pill plan. [read post]
21 Mar 2007, 10:24 pm
As a result, I was frustrated by the final Disney decision, which appeared to enable that company's officers and directors to get away with observing lax governance standards. [read post]
2 Mar 2007, 1:23 pm
The comparitive law paper Disney in a Comparative Light (author; with thanks to Adam Savett, now at Securities Litigation Watch, for the notification) explores a number of differences between Delaware and German corporate law, using cases against The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS; opinion) and Mannesmann AG (opinion and press release, both in German) as a starting point. [read post]
23 Feb 2007, 10:59 pm
My only prior encounter with this has been in several Delaware cases, including In re Limited Inc. and  In re Walt Disney Co. [read post]