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Business Judgment Rule
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The CLS Blue Sky Blog
The Federal Corporate Law of Bankruptcy
By Renholding
In a recent article, we argue that chapter 11 fundamentally changes the corporate-governance regime applicable to a business, but that courts and practitioners have largely failed to recognize the significance…
Bradley Business Divorce
Welcome to Texas! Liability Protections Fuel the DExit: 3 Strategic Moves for Business Owners to Consider in Q4
By Ladd Hirsch
Texas isn't just bigger — it's also better, having become a more favorable place for private company owners to do business. Just last year, the Texas Legislature amended the Business…
Business and Commercial
New Treatise Entitled: “The Business Judgment Rule and Stockholder Derivative Litigation” by Stephen A. Radin.
I was delighted this week to receive a courtesy copy of the newest contribution, in hardback, to corporate law scholarship by Stephen Radin as an update to his iconic 4-volume…
Business and Commercial
New Treatise Entitled: “The Business Judgment Rule and Stockholder Derivative Litigation” by Stephen A. Radin.
I was delighted this week to receive a courtesy copy of the newest contribution, in hardback, to corporate law scholarship by Stephen Radin as an update to his iconic 4-volume…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
New Treatise Entitled: “The Business Judgment Rule and Stockholder Derivative Litigation” by Stephen A. Radin.
I was delighted this week to receive a courtesy copy of the newest contribution, in hardback, to corporate law scholarship by Stephen Radin as an update to his iconic four-volume…
Adam Leitman Bailey's Blog
Cooperative Board Minutes Minimum Requirements to Reject a Cooperative Purchase Application
By Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio How is a co-op applicant to know whether a rejection decision was made for legitimate corporate purposes, or because of one or…
Adam Leitman Bailey's Blog
Whether Co-op Boards Can Reject Purchasers for a ‘Too Low’ Sales Price
Adam Leitman Bailey and John Desiderio discuss ‘Stromberg v. East River’ which provides new guidance on when co-op boards may consider sale price in rejecting a purchaser without losing protection…
The D&O Diary
Guest Post: Business Judgment Rule in Malaysian Corporate Law
JJ Chan In the following guest post, my good friend JJ Chan takes a look at some key principles of Malaysian corporate law, including important appellate cases interpreting the Business…
New York Commercial Division Practice
Context Matters: Commercial Division Declines Application of the Business Judgment Rule in a Going-Private Merger Transaction.
The business judgment rule is a common-law principle that generally prohibits courts from questioning the propriety of actions taken by corporate directors and officers, provided those actions are taken in…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Era of “Controller Primacy”
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
Prof Christine Hurt at SMU posted a new paper, Texas, Delaware, and the New Controller Primacy in which she correctly identifies the new corporate governance era we are moving into…