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Bucking the trend of S&P 500 companies

  • Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 12 2013

Governance surveys indicate that the S&P 500 companies have largely dismantled their takeover defenses and have established so-called "good"

New method of cash-out: Demand for Sale of Shares

  • Clifford Chance LLP
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  • Japan
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  • June 7 2013

A new method of cash-out, the Demand for Sale of Shares, will be introduced in order to improve the procedure for the exit of minority shareholders

Delaware Chancery Court ruling provides for business judgment review where transactions with controlling stockholders are conditioned on special committee approval and vote of a majority of the minority stockholders

  • Bryan Cave LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 7 2013

Delaware Chancellor Leo E. Strine, Jr. Recently sent a message to large stockholders and corporate boards, offering them hope of a more tolerant

New rules for base payment in the commercial transactions

  • Caiado Guerreiro & Associados
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  • Portugal
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  • June 7 2013

The Decree-Law nr. 622013 of 7th of June, that transposes the European Directive nr.20117CE, establishes new rules for the commercial

Delaware Court of Chancery finds business judgment rule review standard applicable to controlling stockholder merger conditioned on the approval of both an independent special committee and a majority-of-the-minority stockholder vote

  • White & Case LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 4 2013

A recent decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery, In re MFW Shareholder Litigation, held that the business judgment rule standard of review

A right to match can provide multiple benefits

  • Burns & Levinson LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 4 2013

A client recently forwarded me an article about a lawsuit that Oakley brought against Nike and golf wonder-boy Rory McIlroy. In that suit, Oakley

Delaware Chancery Court issues roadmap for controlling person mergers to be reviewed under the business judgment rule

  • Kaye Scholer LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 3 2013

On May 29, 2013, Chancellor Leo F. Strine of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a decision in In re MFW Shareholders Litigation that, if upheld

Deferential business judgment rule can apply to going private transactions with controlling stockholders

  • Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 3 2013

In In Re MFW Shareholders Litigation, Chancellor Strine held that the standard of judicial review applicable to going private mergers with

Dispute over American Airlines CEO’s $20 million severance may be coming in for a landing

  • Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 3 2013

You might think that a company in bankruptcy wouldn't be able to give its CEO a multi-million-dollar severance payment. But just because a company

Proper use of letters of intent

  • Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
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  • USA
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  • June 3 2013

The parties to purchase or lease transactions involving long term care facilities frequently sign letters of intent as a preliminary step in