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Shareholder Value
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Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
Being Bought Out of Your Illinois Company? Why the “Fair Value” of Your Shares Is Higher Than the Offer
By Peter S. Lubin, James V. DiTommaso
The offer to buy your shares arrives as a single page. You built a quarter of the company over fifteen years, and the letter values your stake at a number…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
The Hidden Benefit of ESG
By Dov Solomon, Ido Baum, Rimona Palas, Dalit Gafni
Few issues in corporate governance have become as politically charged as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies. What began as a framework for integrating ESG factors into investment and risk…
Across The Board
The Corporation in the 21st Century: A Different Perspective on Shareholder Value
Webinar | April 16, 202612:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ETRegister here. As part of our Getting on Board series, join us for a book talk with Sir John Kay on the…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Can a Shareholder Focus Create Value for All Stakeholders?
By John Ampong, Matthew E. Souther
In the debate over whether corporations should give priority to shareholder interests or stakeholder interests, among the thorniest issues is whether one approach creates more value for a company than…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Did SB21’s Changes to Delaware Corporate Law Harm Shareholders?
By Tiago Duarte-Silva, Aaron Dolgoff
On March 26, 2025, Delaware Governor Meyer signed into law Senate Bill 21 (“SB21”) updating Delaware’s corporate law. While there has been considerable discussion of whether the bill was beneficial…
The D&O Diary
Guest Post: D&O Risk and Insurance in a Post-Chevron World
Walker Newell Theresa Milano In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a June 2024 decision, overruled its 40-year-old precedent known as the “Chevron doctrine.” Under Chevron, federal courts were…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
ESG, the Corporate Contract, and Managers’ Incentives
Each of the two most oft-propounded notions of ESG – environmental, social, and governance – carries some persuasive weight in the debate about ESG’s impact on corporate governance. If ESG…
The Right Coast
Bud Light May Now Have a Lawsuit on Its Hands After Shareholder Values Tank
Corporations that wrecked their images in woke marketing campaigns could pay a price for decisions that cost shareholders money.On May 30, America First Legal took to Twitter on a fishing…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Does the Market Misprice Companies’ “Strategic Alternatives” Announcements?
By Jenny Zha Giedt, Hyun Jung Rim
Seeking “strategic alternatives” is a euphemism for a company trying to sell itself, which typically results in an acquisition premium for shareholders, and many announcements of strategic alternatives explicitly state…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Highlights of Prof. Bainbridge’s Latest Book, Called The Profit Motive: Defending Shareholder Value Maximization
Regular readers of these pages over the last 18 years are familiar with one of the nation's most prolific corporate law scholars: Professor Stephen Bainbridge, who is often cited in…