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Proxy Contests
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Socially Aware Blog
Social Media and Proxy Contests
By Enrico Granata, Jenny Wang, Phil Smoke
As the use of social media continues to grow, social media is likely to play an increasingly more prominent role in proxy contests. In this context, the recent Compliance and…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Corporate governance’s ring of fire
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
Ron Gilson and Jeff Gordon weigh in on activist pills and Sotheby's at the Blue Sky Blog:Delaware corporate governance rests on two conflicting premises: on the one hand, the board…
Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch
Rights Plans and Proxy Contests: Chancery Court Denies Activist’s Motion to Enjoin Sotheby’s Shareholder Meeting
On May 2, 2014, the Delaware Chancery Court denied a motion to preliminarily enjoin Sotheby’s annual stockholder meeting based on allegations by an activist stockholder, Third Point LLC, that the…
Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch
The Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Report (May 2014)
Rights Plans and Proxy Contests: Chancery Court Denies Activist’s Motion to Enjoin Sotheby’s Shareholder Meeting (Benet J. O'Reilly and Aaron J. Meyers) Schedule 13D’s Ten-Day Window, Insider Trading Law and Other…
Timely disclosure
Canadian Proxy Contest Study – 2014 Update
By Aaron Atkinson, Dan Batista, Bradley Freelan
A follow up to our ground-breaking 2013 Canadian Proxy Contest Study, our 2014 Update sheds additional light on some of the issues and trends that we previously identified and raises…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Charter prepares for a proxy fight
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
So, rumors are flying that Charter will nominate its own slate for the Time Warner Cable board today. This is all part of the ongoing effort by Charter to get…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Icahn throws wrench in Dell works
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
Carl Icahn has been very busy over the past year. Now, he has moved on to Dell. In a letter to the board (see Sched 14A with lett and board…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Validus – Transatlantic bylaw litigation
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
Validus' efforts to acquire Transatlantic Holdings have taken another turn. When we last checked in on this hostile acquisition attempt, we found out that Chancellor Strine is a fan of…
Delaware Business Litigation Report
Why Do We Care About ‘Poison Pills’?
This article was originally published in the Delaware Business Court Insider | June 08, 2011 Why do so many people care about whether the Delaware courts will continue to…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Hey Sanofi – hire me!
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
The talks between Genzyme and Sanofi apparently continue with the parties still at odds over a proposed earnout tied to performance of a pipeline drug. I guess though the talks…