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Did the Seventh Circuit Just Sound the Death Knell for Mootness Fees?

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For decades, corporate merger and acquisition deals have been plagued by meritless claims asserting, typically, that the companies and their officers and directors have provided insufficient disclosures. Courts have sought to...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Chancery Analyzes Interested Stockholder Provision of DGCL Section 302

Suzanne Flannery v. Genomic Health, Inc. et al is a case about the acquisition of Genomic Health, Inc. (“Genomic” or the “Company”) by Exact Sciences Corp. (“Exact”) pursuant to a Merger Agreement....more

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Second Circuit Upholds Insider Trading Conviction, Finding Sufficient Confidentiality Duty and Personal Benefit

The Second Circuit yesterday affirmed the insider trading conviction of the principal of a potential acquiror who, in breach of a nondisclosure agreement with a potential target company, had provided a tippee with nonpublic...more

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Shareholders have accused Under Armour of “concealing the impact” of Sports Authority’s bankruptcy from investors in order to artificially inflate its stock price. The suit comes on the heels of a disastrous Q4 for UA, in...more

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The weekend’s business news was dominated by the word that AT&T has agreed to buy Time Warner for $85.4 billion in the biggest yet in a series of telecomm mergers....more

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