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Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC’s White on Recent Developments on the International Front
Speech by SEC Staff: Corporation Finance and the Foreign Private Issuer Community in 2007, byJohn W. White, Director, Division of Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, at the Practising…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SIFMA Calls for Principles-Based Regulation
SIFMA issued a press release commending the UK Financial Services Authority for its recent paper on principles-based regulation and called on regulators to promote a "pragmatic, principles-based approach" to regulatory…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Paging the Bancroft Family (Where are those 13D Amendments?)
Still lots of ink today (electronic and otherwise) on News Corp.'s $5 billion dollar offer to acquire Dow Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal. My favorite is that both…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Testimony at Conrad Black Trial
Does skimming documents satisfy the directors' duty of care? All three members of the audit committee at Hollinger International have testified, and whether or not Conrad Black is found to…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Murdoch Makes Bid for Dow Jones
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has made an unsolicited $5 billion offer to buy Dow Jones & Co., the parent of the Wall St. Journal. While reportedly shares representing a majority…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Murdoch’s New, New Thing
Dow Jones' stock this morning surged $20.86, or 57 percent, to $57.19 on a televised news report that News Corp. made an unsolicited $60 a share cash bid for the…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Tuesday Takeover News
Another slow deal day.AnnouncedInternational Securities Exchange Holdings announced yesterday that it had signed an agreement for Eurex (controlled by Deutchse Borse and SWX Swiss Exchange) to acquire ISE for approximately…
The D&O Diary
First Options Backdating Related Securities Class Action Settlement
Newpark Resources has announced (here) a $9.85 million settlement of a securities class action lawsuit that, as amended, was based in part on allegations of stock options backdating.The lawsuit against…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Public Company For Sale (BO)
I noticed yesterday this ad "AIM Listed Company for Sale" on the Financial Times Website. The seller is offering you, the buyer, your very own opportunity to own an AIM-listed,…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Is There Too Much Hope?
In a WSJ commentary, Burton Malkiel warns of "irrational complacency" and wonders if securities prices are overpriced in the face of the substantial risks to the market and world economy. …