Podcast: Illinois Tool Works Inc. & Subsidiaries v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Nevada famously limits directors and officers from personal liability. However, it would be an overstatement to say that Nevada is a "liability free" jurisdiction. For example, the Nevada Supreme Court recently held that...more
1. Types of Business Entities - Italian law provides multiple forms of organizational structures to do business in Italy. They differ from one another due to the extent of liability undertaken by its members. In...more
Separate corporate personality is not a loophole or technicality, but is an essential principle of corporate law, the Alberta Court of Appeal recently reiterated in Condominium Corporation No. 0828219 v Carrington Holdings...more
1. Types of Business Entities - 1.1 Premises - The Italian law provides multiple forms of organizational structures in order to do business in Italy, which differ from one another due to the extent of the liability...more
Section 189 of the California General Corporation Law defines "subsidiary" as follows...more
Okpabi and others (Appellants) v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another (Respondents) [2021] UKSC 3, 12 February 2021. The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the English courts have jurisdiction to hear a claim by over 40,000...more
Google announced late Tuesday that co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are “stepping down from executive roles at Google’s parent company, Alphabet.” Google CEO Sundar Pichai will now helm both operations, while Page and...more
Since January 1, 2019 there have been approximately 20 spinoff transactions announced. And to date there have been a number of instances of litigation arising out of spinoffs, some of which have insurance-related issues in...more
We set out in the attached Newsletter a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place in the first half of 2019 and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these...more
California, like Delaware and other states, authorizes a short-form merger procedure. Essentially, this involves a merger of a subsidiary into its parent or vice versa. Under California's statute, the parent corporation must...more
Ruling provides guidance on how close to insolvency a company needs to be before directors must consider creditors’ interests. The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that the payment of a lawful dividend did not, on the facts,...more
We set out in the attached Newsletter a number of interesting English court decisions and market developments which have taken place in the second half of 2018 and their impact on M&A transactions. This review looks at these...more
The General Court of the European Union recently held, in Goldman Sachs v. Commission, that purely financial investors such as investment funds may be held jointly and severally liable for competition law violations...more
Stockholder claims alleging wrongful dilution are typically considered to be derivative in nature. Several decisions out of Delaware, however, have created exceptions to this general rule allowing stockholders to sue...more
On June 4, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule (Final Rule) containing changes to its Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). Some of the changes codify informal guidance that the...more