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Federal Judge Finds Exception To Exclusivity Of California Dissenters' Rights Remedy To Be "Likely" Even Though The Statute Says...

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California Corporations Code Section 1312(a) provides: No shareholder of a corporation who has a right under this chapter...more

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Cayman Court of Appeal Provides Important Guidance on Leave to Appeal to the Privy Council in Re Changyou.com Limited

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On 20th December 2022, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal (“CICA”) delivered its second judgment in the matter of Changyou.com Limited v Fourworld Global Opportunities Fund Ltd & others (“Changyou.com case”). The CICA...more

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Cayman Islands Court of Appeal Effectively Rewrites Section 238 of the Cayman Islands’ Companies Act

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In a recent judgment in the case of Re Changyou.com Limited, CICA (Civil) Appeal 6 of 2021, delivered on 16 September 2022, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has applied the interpretative provisions of section 25 and...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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Leaving California By Short-Form Merger Without Shareholder Approval Fugetaboutit!

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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

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Chancery Declines to Award Fees to Stockholders Who Opposed “Corporate Benefit”

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Almond v. Glenhill Advisors LLC, C.A. No. 10477-CB (Del. Ch. Apr. 10, 2019). Under the “corporate benefit doctrine,” litigants whose efforts result in a substantial benefit to a Delaware corporation or its stockholders...more

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US Finalizes CFIUS Reform: What It Means for Dealmakers and Foreign Investment

After significant deliberation and discussion, Congress passed and the president is expected to shortly sign the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), the first legislation in over a decade to...more

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Delaware Amendments Would Apply ‘Market Out’ Exception to Section 251(h) Back-End Mergers, Clarify Ratification Procedures

On April 19, 2018, the Executive Committee of the Delaware State Bar Association approved proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL). This year’s amendments would provide for the application of the...more

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Delaware Law Updates: 2017 Year To Date Review

Our Delaware Corporate and Alternative Entity Law attorneys closely follow the opinions coming from Delaware’s Supreme Court and Court of Chancery. Our 2017 Year to Date Review is a collection of brief summaries of selected...more

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Court Of Chancery Upholds Claim Based On Low-Ball Self Tender

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Buttonwood Tree Value Partners L.P. v. R.L. Polk & Co. Inc., C.A. No. 9250-VCG (July 24, 2017) - This an interesting decision because it upholds a claim that the controllers of a Delaware corporation breached their...more

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Pleading Failures Doom Disclosure Claims in Short-Form Merger Case

Vice Chancellor Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves of the Delaware Court of Chancery (the “Court”) issued a Memorandum Opinion on January 4, 2017, dismissing a lawsuit arising from a short-form merger involving United Capital...more

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Court Of Chancery Explains Limits On Stockholder Challenges To Short-Form Mergers

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It is well understood that minority stockholders have limited rights to object to a short-form merger under Delaware law. This decision affirms that minority stockholders cannot challenge the merger on fairness grounds...more

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"Sanctions in Takeover Situations: Navigating Regulatory Hurdles"

The U.S. government frequently uses sanctions as a key tool in pursuing its foreign policy agenda. As a result, transactions involving sanctioned individuals and entities (Sanctioned Persons) are often prohibited. The...more

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"Amendments to Delaware General Corporation Law Signed Into Law"

On June 16, 2016, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell signed into law amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) described in our March 16, 2016, client alert. Among the amendments are changes to Section 262 to impose...more

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2015 Guide to Acquiring US Public Companies

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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

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Court Of Appeal Says Legislature Was “willing to tolerate some dead cats to keep management honest.”

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Chapter 13 of the California General Corporation Law establishes the rights of “dissenting shareholders” (defined in Section 1300(c)) to demand payment of cash for their shares in reorganizations and short-form merger...more

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Delaware Corporation Law Amended to Eliminate Need for Stockholder Approval of Back-End Merger following Successful Tender Offer

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Recent amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) include a new subsection that will, in many cases, eliminate the need to obtain stockholder approval of a back-end merger following a successful tender offer,...more

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