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6 Sep 2016, 1:58 pm by Steve Bainbridge
In Unocal at 20: Director Primacy in Corporate Takeovers, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 769-862, 2006, available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=946016, I argued that: In... [[ This is a content summary only. [read post]
14 Jan 2021, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
This may sound strange to most of you, but when I took Corporations in the fall of 1984, corporate law was kind of a sleepy backwater. [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 9:22 am by Steve Bainbridge
All of which leaves me with a coupe of basic questions to ponder: Did Unocal at 20 properly strike the balance between protecting director primacy and preserving an functional market for corporate control? [read post]
3 May 2012, 8:18 pm by Haskell Murray
Under the Unocal standard, however, the directors must act within the range of reasonableness. [read post]
12 Apr 2014, 3:44 pm by Steve Bainbridge
In an earlier post, I indicated my agreement with Vice Chancellor Travis' application of the Unocal standard of review in the recent Chen v. [read post]
14 Apr 2011, 11:36 am by Steve Bainbridge
" Shamrock sued, claiming the defensive tactics violated the Unocal standard. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 10:17 am by James Hamilton
The Court ruled that the directors satisfied the first part of the Unocal test by showing that they had reasonable grounds for believing that a danger to corporate policy and effectiveness existed because of another person’s stock ownership. [read post]
27 Jul 2005, 8:06 am
[JURIST] US lawmakers trying to block a Chinese takeover bid for US oil firm Unocal [corporate website] prior to an crucial shareholders' vote next month have added an amendment to an energy bill that would push back by more than four months the start of a US government review of the bid by China National Offshore Oil Corp. [read post]
13 Mar 2024, 12:47 pm by Steve Bainbridge
The chapter then considers the Delaware business judgment rule, with its distinction between the standard of conduct and the standard of review, and the Delaware Supreme Court’s development of a special standard of review applicable to antitakeover devices under Unocal and sales of control under Revlon. [read post]
14 May 2023, 9:01 pm by renholding
Stockholders Litigation, has potentially significant implications for corporations and their boards in the negotiation of investment agreements with significant stockholders. [read post]
In the 1980s during the great takeover boom and hollowing out of the industrial heartland, many states adopted amendments to their corporate codes that codified directors' fiduciary duties, so-called "constituency... [read post]
23 Feb 2024, 4:05 pm by Lawrence Solum
The chapter then considers the Delaware business judgment rule, with its distinction between the standard of conduct and the standard of review, and the Delaware Supreme Court’s development of a special standard of review applicable to antitakeover devices under Unocal and sales of control under Revlon. [read post]
13 Mar 2024, 9:05 pm by renholding
The chapter also considers what is perhaps the most significant innovation in corporate law since the enabling statute: the Delaware Supreme Court’s development of a special standard of review applicable to antitakeover devices under Unocal and sales of control under Revlon. [read post]
25 May 2009, 6:06 pm
While I was trying to write my final exam for Corporate Law this semester I found a new way to procrastinate. [read post]
8 Apr 2010, 5:00 am by J Robert Brown Jr.
As the court in Unitrin noted, “This Court's choice of the term draconian in Unocal was a recognition that the law affords boards of directors substantial latitude in defending the perimeter of the corporate bastion against perceived threats. [read post]
4 Sep 2007, 11:18 am
Building on his director primacy model of corporate governance and law, however, Bainbridge offers a defense of Unocal in this article. [read post]
Applying the two-prong Unocal test, Vice Chancellor Parsons held that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate a reasonable probability of success on the merits of their claims. [read post]
28 Jun 2007, 10:47 am
  We will revisit this topic when we discuss the limits on poison pills contained in the North Dakota Publicly Traded Corporations Act. [read post]