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18 Dec 2008, 2:49 pm
The first panel discussion, involving William Donaldson, Martin Lipton, Harvey Pitt, and Leo Strine and moderated by The New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin, considered the outlook for regulation, legislation, and litigation. [read post]
5 Jan 2023, 6:17 pm by Steve Bainbridge
Borak owned around 2000 shares of Case stock and sought to enjoin the merger on the grounds, inter alia, that the company’s proxy materials were false and misleading. [read post]
23 Mar 2018, 6:23 am
Haas, Hunton & Williams LLP, on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 Tags: Boards of Directors, Delaware cases, Delaware law, Disclosure, Materiality, Merger litigation, Mergers & acquisitions Collateral Damage Posted by Gary B. [read post]
14 Jul 2008, 10:45 am
"These companies have a fiduciary duty to their stockholders," Holmsteadsaid. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 11:46 am by Tracy Coenen
  It’s basically when a big company tries to shut up a little guy with expensive litigation. [read post]
14 Jul 2020, 1:16 pm by Kevin LaCroix
According to Frankel, the group effort was organized by Grundfest and former Chancellor William Chandler, who is now at the Wilson Sonsini law firm, which is representing Dropbox in the state court litigation. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 4:35 am by Broc Romanek
These provisions gained traction, particularly for IPO companies, ever since Vice Chancellor Laster suggested in a 2010 opinion that they would be enforceable (see In re Revlon S'holders Litig., 990 A.2d 940 (Del. [read post]
13 Mar 2017, 7:36 am by Renae Lloyd
Stockholder value has been wiped out, and creditors owed more than $250 million stand to collect little beyond the proceeds of this litigation. [read post]
9 Aug 2016, 10:44 am by Chris Castle
 Of course, if the Obama Administration intends to request Senate confirmation of Hesse and William J. [read post]
9 Apr 2016, 6:26 am by Chris Castle
From The Scottish Play, by William Shakespeare MTP readers will recall Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s struggle to get answers from Google about their troubling business practices. [read post]
24 Oct 2021, 12:03 pm by Francis Pileggi
Blackrock, not Blasius The court rejected the plaintiffs’ contention that the incumbent board’s alleged self-serving conduct and mismanagement triggers review under former Chancellor William Allen’s seminal Blasius Indus., Inc. v. [read post]
4 Jun 2021, 6:27 am
Hopt (Max Planck Institute), on Monday, May 31, 2021 Tags: Banks, Compliance & ethics, Debt, Debtor-creditor law, Europe, Financial institutions, Financial regulation, International governance, Misconduct, Oversight, Whistleblowers Corwin Doctrine Remains Powerful Antidote to Post-Closing Stockholder Deal Litigation Posted by William Savitt, Ryan A. [read post]
In rejecting this argument, the court stated clearly that “the beholdenness or dominance of any director is irrelevant because there is no fear that the dominating director, without a personal or adverse interest, will do anything contrary to the best interest of the company and its stockholders. [read post]
22 Feb 2023, 9:05 pm by renholding
Ch. 2011). [6] Wachtell Client Memo, Delaware Court Reaffirms the Poison Pill and Directors’ Power to Block Inadequate Offers, Feb. 16, 2011. [7] The Williams Companies Stockholder Litigation, 2021 WL 754593 (Del. [read post]
9 Apr 2016, 6:26 am by Chris Castle
From The Scottish Play, by William Shakespeare MTP readers will recall Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s struggle to get answers from Google to Hood’s subpoena of the company regarding their troubling business practices. [read post]
29 Jan 2021, 6:01 am
Cheffins and Richard Williams (University of Cambridge), on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 Tags: Boards of Directors, International governance, Shareholder primacy, Shareholder value, Stakeholders, UK Former CFTC Chair Gary Gensler to be Nominated as SEC Chair Posted by Cydney Posner, Cooley LLP, on Thursday, January 28, 2021 Tags: CFTC, Disclosure, Joe Biden, Political spending, SEC, Securities… [read post]
24 Apr 2020, 4:42 am
Schwenkel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, on Saturday, April 18, 2020 Tags: Boards of Directors, Disclosure, Fairness review, Go-shop, Going private, Mergers & acquisitions, Private equity, Revlon, Rule 13e-3, Schedule 13D, Securities litigation, Securities regulation, Special committees Governance Litigation and the COVID-19 Pandemic Posted by William Savitt, Ryan A. [read post]