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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Case Alert: MALT Family Trust v. 777 Partners LLC

A recent decision from Delaware highlights the importance of expressly memorializing contracting parties’ understandings and expectations in M&A transactions involving contingent earnout consideration and/or rollover equity...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Negotiating with a Noob M&A Target? Go Easy on Them, says Delaware Chancery

Buy-side executives in an M&A deal negotiate with their sell-side counterparts for months, plying them for information, assessing the seller’s weaknesses and pressure points, and even making informal entreaties when the...more

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Rhode Island Federal Court Dismisses Securities Class Action Against CVS Arising From Statements Made After Omnicare Acquisition

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Rhode Island Federal Court Dismisses Securities Class Action Against CVS Arising From Statements Made After Omnicare Acquisition; SEC Division of Corporation Finance Suggests Companies Issue Additional Disclosures When...more

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Did You Know You’re an Escrow Agent?

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Many purchase/sale transactions require payments into escrow. Sometimes counsel for one of the parties acts as escrow agent to keep the fees down. Providing such a service has its risks. In Alexander O&G, LLC v. Nomad...more

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Art Advisors and Duty of Loyalty in Focus Again Over Sale of Basquiat

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We reviewed in December an important decision that addressed the duties of loyalty that art advisors may, or may not, owe to their clients in dealing in the art market. That question—of to what extent advisors and...more

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