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Allen Matkins

Is Pareto Optimality The Answer For Controlling Stockholder Transactions?

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Yesterday's post concerned the Delaware Supreme Court's decision that the business judgment rule applied to TripAdvisor's decision to reincorporate in Nevada.  Maffei v. Palkon, 2025 WL 384054 (Del. Feb. 4, 2025).  This...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Investment Management Update - February 2024

In this issue, we cover regulatory developments from the fourth quarter of 2023 impacting the investment management sector, including the use of shareholder rights plans as an alternative to state control share statutes....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Delaware Court of Chancery Clarifies Fiduciary Limitations on Controlling Stockholder's Exercise of Voting Power

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In a landmark decision, the Delaware Court of Chancery addressed, for the first time, the precise duties that a controlling stockholder owes, and the standard of review that will apply, when a controlling stockholder takes...more

Gray Reed

Compelling Justification Required when Interfering with Stockholder Voting Rights

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The Coster v. UIP Companies, Inc. decision provides a framework for evaluating stockholder disenfranchisement claims.  Directors should carefully consider how, and under what conditions, they will take actions that dilute...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Withdrawal of Prior SEC Staff Letter on Control Share Statutes Clears Way for Closed-End Funds

On May 27, 2020, the staff of the Division of Investment Management (Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a statement regarding the intersection between state control share acquisition statutes...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Newly Released SEC Statement Permits Closed-End Funds’ Reliance On Control Share Acquisition Statutes As Defensive Measure

On May 27, 2020, the staff of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (the “Division”) issued a new statement (the “Staff Statement”) addressing the intersection between state control share acquisition statutes and the...more

Downey Brand LLP

Valuation Discounts in Modern Estate Planning

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For most family business owners, the old way of discount planning has become perishable. For many years, closely-held business owners routinely heard estate planners advise them to give or sometimes sell family members’...more

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SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee Airs Concerns Over Multi-Tiered Offerings Following Snap’s IPO

Snap Inc., which debuted on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 2nd, was the largest tech IPO since Alibaba went public in 2014. Initially priced at $17 per share, the share price jumped to more than $24 by the end of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Activist Investing in Europe: A Special Report (September 2016)"

This report offers an overview of the state of activism in Europe, as well as country-specific profiles for the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, including information and commentary on noteworthy...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - JOBS Act

SEC Revises C&DI on Selling Securityholder Disclosure

On July 26, 2016, the SEC revised Question 140.02 of its Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“C&DIs”) on Regulation S-K, pertaining to selling securityholder disclosure. Revised Question 140.02 states that a...more

Morris James LLP

Court Of Chancery Explains When A Dilution Claim Is Direct

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It is often said that when a majority stockholder issues more stock to himself at an unfair price that is a direct claim and not derivative. But as this decision points out, that is a little too simplistic....more

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