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Contingent consideration: shareholders it’s your risk

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia
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  • June 18 2013

As highlighted in recent editions of our Merger & Acquisitions Update, there has been a significant rise in the number of schemes of arrangement which

Court of Appeal clarifies time for determining whether breach of contract repudiatory

  • Ince & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 18 2013

The fact that the Court of Appeal in this case disagreed with the first instance Judge on whether a landlord’s breaches of a lease agreement were

Contingent consideration payable on subsequent change of control

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia
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  • June 18 2013

The scheme of arrangement proposed by PR Finance Group Ltd provides a further example of how additional consideration payable on a contingency may be

Shareholder liability

  • NautaDutilh
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  • Belgium
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  • June 18 2013

The ongoing economic crisis has prompted an intensified search for persons who can be held liable for companies' debts. In this context, shareholder

From concept to completion: contract execution â“ some basic rules

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • Australia
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  • June 18 2013

For a contract to be valid, binding and enforceable, it needs to be executed correctly. This article provides a short refresher on contract execution

Basic guidelines for protecting company trade secrets

  • Lewis and Roca LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 18 2013

Under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA), "trade secrets" are generally defined as confidential proprietary information that provides a

Panel doesn't go to water in fiery bid

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Australia
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  • June 18 2013

The Takeovers Panel (the Panel) has in Firestone Energy Limited made a declaration of unacceptable circumstances in relation to the bid for Firestone

What’s so “special” about a “special committee”?

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada, USA
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  • June 18 2013

In a recent bench ruling in Re Plains Exploration, the Delaware Court held that a special committee was not required to take the lead in merger

Legal advice of in-house counsel protected by duty of confidentiality

  • NautaDutilh
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  • Belgium
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  • June 18 2013

The Belgian Act of 1 March 2000 provides that legal advice rendered by in-house counsel is considered confidential when the company lawyer is acting

Supreme Court declines to hear antitrust case leaving uncertainty regarding customer loyalty programs

  • Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 18 2013

On April 29, 2013, the Supreme Court declined to review a decision that had created uncertainty as to when a manufacturer's customer loyalty program