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M&As – Novation and Recertification
Tax Provisions in Business Acquisition Agreements
The M&A Word of the Day® from the Book of Jargon® – Global Mergers & Acquisitions Is Best Efforts
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In Ap-Fonden v. Activision Blizzard, Inc., C.A. No. 2022-1001-KSJM, 2024 WL 863290 (Del. Ch. Feb. 29, 2024), the Delaware Court of Chancery (McCormick, C.) declined to dismiss a claim alleging that the Board of Directors of...more
As previously discussed in our report, “Developments in Securities Fraud Class Actions Against U.S. Life Sciences Companies,” 210 federal securities class actions were filed in 2021, a 34% drop from the 319 filings in 2020...more
On January 27, 2022, in Levy Family Investors, LLC v. Oars + Alps LLC the Delaware Court of Chancery (the “Court”) released a memorandum opinion providing clarity with regard to Delaware’s infamous “Anti-Bootstrapping Rule”...more
Online Healthnow, Inc. et al v. CIP OCL Investments, LLC et al considers whether certain indemnification limits violate the public policy of the State of Delaware....more
Below is our Quarterly Corporate / M&A Decisions Update for decisions in Q4 2020. This update is designed to highlight selected important M&A, corporate, and commercial court decisions on a quarterly basis. Brief summaries of...more
No One Likes a Bad Deal- Sometimes an acquired company’s revenues and earnings decline substantially following an acquisition. The investment is worth less to the new owner and the reputations of the deal team that...more
Once it has been determined that a breach of a financial statement representation in an acquisition agreement has occurred—specifically with respect to an identified income statement—the question arises as to the quantum of...more
These updates are designed to highlight selected important M&A, corporate and commercial court decisions on a quarterly basis. ...more
In 2018, the Delaware courts issued a broad range of important decisions addressing various corporate law and governance issues. Those decisions are relevant for public and private companies and will help shape...more
In 2017, the Delaware courts once again issued many substantive corporate law decisions covering a wide range of issues critical to boards, stockholders, and officers. In addition, decisions from recent years continued to...more
In addition to the deal-structuring issues that typically arise in any acquisition, M&A transactions involving a party incorporated or based in California raise a number of special issues and opportunities. Some of these...more
This update provides a summary of recent Delaware caselaw and statutory developments concerning mergers and acquisitions, including new cases regarding appraisal rights, fraud claims and fiduciary duty and deal process...more
For many years, it was assumed and accepted that Delaware corporate law was more advantageous to corporations than the corporate law of other states. While Delaware case law regarding corporations is still more developed...more
This guide summarizes certain important considerations for acquiring a publicly traded US-based target corporation through a negotiated (i.e. “non-hostile”) tender offer, exchange offer or merger. US public companies are...more