Delaware Chancery Court holds that a reverse triangular merger is not an assignment by operation of law *

USA - April 30 2013
On February 22, 2013, the Delaware Chancery Court in Meso Scale v. Roche1 restored a degree of certainty to M&A planning by holding that the…

Co-authors: Peter J. Schaeffer, Andrew P. Beame.

Special protection for artists *

USA - August 28 2012
New York by statute has prescribed additional duties to protect consignors who are artists.

Co-authors: Peter J. Schaeffer, Jo Backer Laird.

Dealing in hidden risk: agency and fiduciary liability in the dealer-seller relationship *

USA - August 28 2012
Last winter, elderly collector Jan Cowles sued Larry Gagosian and the Gagosian Gallery in connection with the sale of a work by Roy Lichtenstein.

Co-authors: Peter J. Schaeffer, Jo Backer Laird.