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Cooley’s 2023 Activism Year in Review: Wolf Packs at the Gate

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As we look ahead to the 2024 proxy season (and beyond), let’s review the key 2023 trends and developments from activism playbooks, with a sharp focus on the ever-changing landscape in the technology and healthcare sectors....more

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Federal Reserve Board Adopts Final Control Regulation

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On January 30, 2020, the Federal Reserve Board (the “Board”) adopted final rules (the “Final Control Regulation”) to provide increased transparency and consistency around determining when an investor company has “control”...more

White & Case LLP

Federal Reserve Finalizes Rule Updating Controlling Influence Framework

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On January 30, the Federal Reserve released a highly anticipated final rule that substantially updates and clarifies the agency's regulatory framework for determining when an investor exercises a controlling influence over a...more

Dechert LLP

Federal Reserve Proposes Revisions to its Control Framework: Implications for Asset Managers and Other Bank Investors

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The Federal Reserve Board (FRB) recently issued a proposed rule that would codify and clarify when a company is presumed to have a controlling influence over the management and policies of a second company (Proposed...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Are Activist Investors Risk Factors?

lululemon athletica inc.’s Form 10-K includes the following risk factor: Our business could be negatively affected as a result of actions of activist stockholders, and such activism could impact the trading value of our...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Dealing with Activist Investors

Shareholder activism is on the rise. Through the first three quarters of 2013, activist investors submitted 91 initial Schedule 13D filings, well on pace to eclipse the 109 filings made in all of 2012. In addition, proxy...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

“Greenmail” Makes a Comeback

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The much-maligned 1980s tactic of “greenmail” appears to have made a comeback in 2013. “Greenmail” has generally been defined as the practice of purchasing enough shares in a company to threaten a takeover, and then using...more

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