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Ken Adams of AdamsDrafting [LexBlog Q & A]
By Rob La Gatta
When it comes to tightly focused blogs, few can compare to the work of Ken Adams. Ken, the subject of today's LexBlog Q & A, is a New York-based lawyer…
Construction Law Notes
Time-Bombs In Your Filing Cabinet, Part II
By Mike Pappas
By: Mike Pappas, EsquireOrignially Published In The HLG Constructor, November 2007This article is Part II in a series of articles about the dangers lurking in the files of businesses in…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Specific Performance Claim Rejected
In United Rentals, Inc. v. RAM Holdings, Inc. (Cerberus ), (Del. Ch., Dec. 21, 2007), read opinion here, the Chancery Court rejected a claim for specific performance in a 68-page opinion…
M & A Law Prof Blog
The Dog Bites: Coda
So, I've been thinking a bit more about the URI/Cerberus opinion over the weekend and have the following thoughts/questions:Chancellor Chandler again reiterates that he denied URI's motion to grant summary…
M & A Law Prof Blog
On hiatus through Dec. 26/The First Line of the URI-Cerberus Opinion
I'll be continuing on hiatus through Wed., Dec. 26 (unless an opinion comes down in URI or Genesco). And for those thinking about the URI opinion here is a possible…
M & A Law Prof Blog
On Hiatus Today/URI
I'll be on hiatus today. Hopefully, we'll have a decision by tomorrow on URI. I am very curious to see if Chandler finds that there was no common understanding of…
M & A Law Prof Blog
URI: A Timeline And Some Questions and Thoughts on the Parol Evidence
So, here is what I believe to be a good timeline of the negotiating history pieced together from Swedenburg's testimony: July 12: The lawyers meet, go through the merger agreement…
M & A Law Prof Blog
URI: No Word
Well -- an hour before market open, and still no word from the parties. But yesterday, Chandler issued a letter ruling about parol evidence (download it here) in response to…
M & A Law Prof Blog
The Order on the Expert Opinion and Testimony of Prof. Coates
Here is Chancellor Chandler's order on the testimony and report of Prof. Coates (just released by Delaware). Chandler states: After thoroughly reviewing Professor Coates’s report and both parties’ briefs, I…
M & A Law Prof Blog
The Expert Opinion of John C. Coates, IV
In a bit of a coup for Cerberus, Prof. John C. Coates, IV has agreed to be their "deal structure" expert. Prof. Coates is a very well-respected law professor at…