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Delaware Court of Chancery applies business judgment rule to controlling stockholder going-private transaction

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 5 2013

On May 29, 2013, in the case of In Re MFW Shareholders Litigation, Chancellor Leo Strine of the Delaware Court of Chancery held that controlling

The Public Company Adviser - Spring 2013

  • Schiff Hardin LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 8 2013

On February 27, 2013, the Supreme Court decided two cases under the federal securities laws, one a victory for plaintiffs in class actions for damages

Fried Frank M&A quarterly - 1st quarter 2013

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • April 5 2013

In public company sale processes, confidentiality agreements executed by bidders almost universally include "standstill" provisions

What matters: A review of 2011 and 2012

  • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 1 2013

As you know, the last two years have seen a somewhat improved, but by no means robust, business climate. At the same time, structural shifts in the

SEC enforcement outlook for investment funds: focus on valuation, insider trading and other fraudulent practices

  • Kaye Scholer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 27 2013

The SEC continues its enforcement efforts relating to hedge funds and private equity funds. In recent remarks, Bruce Karpati, Chief of the SEC

You may get lucky by not discussing merger talks

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 18 2013

Corporate officials, who did not disclose merger talks with a competitor, did not commit securities fraud. See Filing v. Phipps, 6th Cir., No

International regulatory update 7 - 11 January 2013

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • European Union, France, Global, India, Poland, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • January 14 2013

EMIR: Extension of scrutiny period for Commission Delegated Regulations Basel III: Basel Committee releases revised version of Liquidity Coverage

U.S. private equity fund is not responsible for pension liabilities of portfolio companies

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 10 2012

A recent decision of the United States District Court of the District of Massachusetts provides some much-needed clarity for private equity funds on how to structure their investments to avoid controlled-group liability

2012 first half case nuggets

  • Chadbourne & Parke LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 19 2012

Delaware and federal courts issued a number of important opinions in the first half of 2012, dealing with business combinations and securities laws, among other things

District court rejects SEC argument that general partnership interests in joint ventures are securities

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 14 2012

The Securities and Exchange Commission brought an enforcement action against defendant Geodymanics, Inc. and others alleging fraud in connection with four oil and gas exploration and drilling ventures, each of which was governed by a separate but comparable joint venture agreement