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Gray Reed

Breaking Up Is Not Always Hard To Do—Consider A Tax-Free Corporate Division

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Disagreements happen.  In the corporate context, one or more shareholders may share a different vision for the company than the other shareholders.  Or, there may be acrimony amongst the shareholders for other reasons, as can...more

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The Legal 500’s Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide

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Our London Financial Restructuring team authored the UK chapter of the 8th Edition of The Legal 500’s “Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide". The guide provides information on the current issues affecting...more

Mayer Brown

I Shall (Not) Be Released: With Purdue Pharma Decision, US Supreme Court Remakes Chapter 11 Landscape

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They say every man needs protection, they say that every man must fall. For over 40 years, “the bankruptcy community has recognized the resolution of mass tort claims as a widely accepted core function of bankruptcy courts,”...more

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Trust Beneficiary Engages In Like Kind Exchange Using Trust Property

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It is a basic principle of the income tax that the gain or loss realized by a taxpayer from the conversion of property into cash, or from the exchange of property for other property that differs materially in kind from the...more

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The Death of the Acreage Dedication?

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Acreage dedications in midstream oil and gas contracts have been subject to considerable scrutiny and legal debate in recent years. This article provides an overview of the current state of acreage dedications, examining key...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Canadian Mergers & Acquisitions: A Guide for Investment Banks, Bidders and Boards, 10th edition

Davies’ Canadian Mergers & Acquisitions guide draws on our substantial cross-border M&A experience to offer guidance on both the legal framework and practical aspects of Canadian mergers and acquisitions, including critical...more

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Pre-Consolidation Conversions in the Accounting World – Tax Considerations

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Another Change- Last week BDO confirmed that it was going to convert from an entity organized as a limited liability partnership under state law to one organized as a corporation. With that, BDO became the latest in a...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

[Webinar] Crypto Contagion: The World of Cryptocurrency Bankruptcies - January 26th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm PST

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This panel will explore various aspects of cryptocurrency bankruptcies including: - The turmoil with crypto companies - How stakeholders fare in bankruptcy - Legal issues of first impression - What’s on the horizon ...more

Allen Matkins

When Non-Voting Shares Must Approve A Reorganization

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The California General Corporation Law permits a corporation to issue shares with no voting rights, provided that at the time one or more classes or series of outstanding shares or debt securities, singly or in the aggregate,...more

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Dividing the Multi-Family Corporation

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Sibling Rivalry- You have probably encountered family-owned corporations in which the founder’s offspring are involved in the business to varying degrees. They may even own some equity, typically having received such equity...more

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BEIS issues anticipated National Security & Investment Act market guidance notes

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Following on from its first annual report on the National Security and Investment Act (“NSIA”) in June 2022 ), on 19 July 2022 the UK’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”) published its first set of...more

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New York’s Pass-Through Entity Tax, F Reorgs, and the Sale of An Electing S Corp

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Timing- I had planned to post this piece during the third week of December, a day or so after the exchange between Senator Manchin and the White House sealed the fate of the Build Back Better plan, at least in its current...more

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Selling Your S Corporation’s Business? What If It’s Not an S Corporation?

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Haste Makes Waste? How many of you are suffering from Build Back Better Fatigue? Seriously, it’s a thing. Sure, the House passed its version of the President’s tax and spending bill on November 19, and the Senate...more

Allen Matkins

When A Majority Vote May Not Suffice

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The California General Corporation Law imposes an intricate set of rules with respect to shareholder approval of reorganizations (defined in Section 181).  In general, the GCL requires that the principal terms of a...more

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In California, Not Every Merger Is A "Reorganization"

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Yesterday's post discussed the relevance of the maturity date of a debt security to the definition of a "sale-of-assets" reorganization under California's General Corporation Law.   The CGCL recognizes two other types of...more

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A Taxonomy Of Issuer And Nonissuer Transacations

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Yesterday's post concerned a recent ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton concerning whether a plaintiff's purchase of a cryptocurrency was subject to qualification as an "issuer transaction" under the...more

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Do Bankruptcy Courts Have Constitutional Authority to Approve Nonconsensual, Third-Party Releases?

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Yes, says the Third Circuit. The Third Circuit recently held that the Bankruptcy Court has the authority to confirm a chapter 11 plan which contains nonconsensual, third-party releases when such releases are integral to the...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Five Things to Know about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Even with the bill still in Conference, here are some things businesses should follow closely. Both House and Senate Bills call for deemed repatriation of accumulated foreign profits at reduced tax rates. ...more

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Mutual Company Reorganizations

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The merger of or into a mutual corporation would seem to be a great candidate for reorganization treatment. And generally that is true, with one huge exception. Paulsen v. Commissioner, 469 U.S. 131 (1985), ruled that the...more

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Killing the Killer B: The Treasury and IRS Issue a Sixth Set of Rules on Killer B Transactions

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On December 2, 2016, the Treasury issued Notice 2016-73, describing future regulations that will modify the Killer B regulation issued in 2011; the modifications will stymie newly discovered variations of the Killer B...more

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Beware Transferee Liability

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One of the great features of corporations is that liability in the corporation generally does not extend to its shareholders, including tax liability. Like any rule, though, there is almost always an exception. In this...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Doing Business in Canada

This Guide provides non-Canadians with an introduction to the laws and regulations that affect the conduct of business in Canada and, in particular, in the province of Ontario. In some cases, this Guide also identifies issues...more

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Significant Legislation Affecting Business Passed by General Assembly

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At the end of last week, the North Carolina General Assembly passed significant legislation affecting the State’s business legal climate. With large bipartisan majorities, the Legislature adopted Senate Bill 853 (SB 853),...more

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