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Keeping Shareholder Activism Alive: A Comparative Approach To Outlawing Dead Hand Proxy Puts In Delaware, Danielle A. Rapaccioli
Keeping Shareholder Activism Alive: A Comparative Approach To Outlawing Dead Hand Proxy Puts In Delaware, Danielle A. Rapaccioli
Fordham Law Review
Current trends in shareholder activism have brought to light the competing interests of management and stockholders. With a rise in shareholder activism, firms are continuing to include change in control provisions, known as proxy puts, in their debt agreements to counter activist success. Recent litigation regarding the use of these provisions has created a debate as to whether these provisions are valid under Delaware law. Moreover, companies and lending institutions have morphed these provisions into a more restrictive form, known as “dead hand proxy puts.” The controversy analyzed in this Note arises out of the use of dead hand proxy …
The Sum Of Its Parts: The Lawyer-Client Relationship In Initial Public Offerings, Jeremy R. Mcclane
The Sum Of Its Parts: The Lawyer-Client Relationship In Initial Public Offerings, Jeremy R. Mcclane
Fordham Law Review
This Article examines the impact of the quality of a lawyer's working relationship with his or her client on one of the most important types of capital markets deal in a company's existence: its initial public offering (IPO). Drawing on data from interviews with equity capital markets lawyers at major law firms, and analyzing data from IPOs in the United States registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission between June 1996 and December 2010, this study finds a strong association between several measures of IPO performance and the familiarity between the lead underwriter and its counsel, as measured by the …
Don't Blame Me, Blame The Financial Crisis: A Survey Of Dismissal Rulings In 10b-5 Suits For Subprime Securities Losses, Christopher J. Miller
Don't Blame Me, Blame The Financial Crisis: A Survey Of Dismissal Rulings In 10b-5 Suits For Subprime Securities Losses, Christopher J. Miller
Fordham Law Review
This Note surveys thirty-four district court decisions on motions to dismiss in actions brought under SEC Rule 10b-5 for losses suffered during the recent financial crisis. This Note focuses on issues of scienter and loss causation, the elements of a 10b-5 claim most likely to be affected by a market-wide downturn. In the opinions surveyed, successfully pleading scienter proved the biggest hurdle for plaintiffs in surviving a motion to dismiss, and this Note proceeds to analyze the factors that influenced whether a district court found scienter to be adequately pleaded. This Note also examines efforts by both plaintiffs and defendants …
Team Of Rivals? Toward A New Model Of The Corporate Attorney-Client Relationship, David B. Wilkins
Team Of Rivals? Toward A New Model Of The Corporate Attorney-Client Relationship, David B. Wilkins
Fordham Law Review
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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting The Rule Of Law, The Corporate Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Colin Marks, Nancy B. Rapoport
The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Promoting The Rule Of Law, The Corporate Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Colin Marks, Nancy B. Rapoport
Fordham Law Review
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Alien Tort Statute Accomplice Liability Cases: Should Courts Apply The Plausibility Pleading Standard Of Bell Atlantic V. Twombly?, Amanda Sue Nichols
Alien Tort Statute Accomplice Liability Cases: Should Courts Apply The Plausibility Pleading Standard Of Bell Atlantic V. Twombly?, Amanda Sue Nichols
Fordham Law Review
When a corporation operating abroad either conspires with, or aids and abets, an oppressive regime in violating human rights, victims can seek redress in U.S. courts under the Alien Tort Statute. In assessing such claims, some courts have chosen to apply a liberal pleading standard, while others have applied a heightened pleading standard to combat frivolous lawsuits. This Note suggests that courts should apply a third standard--the plausibility standard applied to claims under section 1 of the Sherman Act by the U.S. Supreme Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly. This Note argues that applying that standard to Alien Tort …
The Corporate Governance And Public Policy Implications Of Activist Distressed Debt Investing, Michelle M. Harner
The Corporate Governance And Public Policy Implications Of Activist Distressed Debt Investing, Michelle M. Harner
Fordham Law Review
Activist institutional investors traditionally have invested in a company's equity to try to influence change at the company. Some of these investors, however, are now purchasing a company's debt for this same purpose. They may seek to change a company's management and board personnel, operational strategies, asset holding, or capital structure. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Allied Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates exemplify the stategies of activist distressed debt investors. In the Allied cases, Yucaipa Companies, a distressed debt investor, puchased approximately 66% of Allied's outstanding general unsecured bond debt. Yucaipa used this debt position to exert significant influence …
Time, Uncertainty, And The Law Of Corporate Reorganizations, John M. Czarnetzky
Time, Uncertainty, And The Law Of Corporate Reorganizations, John M. Czarnetzky
Fordham Law Review
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An Economic Analysis Of The Potential For Coercion In Consent Solicitations For Bonds, Royce De R. Barondes
An Economic Analysis Of The Potential For Coercion In Consent Solicitations For Bonds, Royce De R. Barondes
Fordham Law Review
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The Wake Of Paramount V. Qvc: Can A Majority Shareholder Avoid Triggering The Auction Duty During A Merger And Retain A Significant Equity Interest? Suggestion: A Pooling Of Interests, Phillip J. Azzollini
The Wake Of Paramount V. Qvc: Can A Majority Shareholder Avoid Triggering The Auction Duty During A Merger And Retain A Significant Equity Interest? Suggestion: A Pooling Of Interests, Phillip J. Azzollini
Fordham Law Review
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The Fair Value Of Minority Stock In Closely Held Corporations, Zenichi Shishido
The Fair Value Of Minority Stock In Closely Held Corporations, Zenichi Shishido
Fordham Law Review
In this Article, Professor Shishido examines the various methods—those used by the courts as well as those suggested by law and economics scholars—for determining the fair value of minority stock in closely held corporations. In Professor Shishido's view, the courts' method of weighing—the so-called Delaware block method—fails to arrive at the true value of the minority's shares and often undervalues their worth. Professor Shishido also argues that law and economics scholars fail to differentiate between closely held corporations and publicly held corporations, thus failing to include the effect of corporate law on the fair value of closely held corporate stock.
The Publicly Held Corporation And The Insurability Of Punitive Damages, Alyssa Walden
The Publicly Held Corporation And The Insurability Of Punitive Damages, Alyssa Walden
Fordham Law Review
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Financing The Small Credit Risk Corporation Under Section 302(B)(1): A Rejection Of The Meaningful Reduction Test, Steven C. Joszef
Financing The Small Credit Risk Corporation Under Section 302(B)(1): A Rejection Of The Meaningful Reduction Test, Steven C. Joszef
Fordham Law Review
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Financing The Small Credit Risk Corporation Under Section 302(B)(1): A Rejection Of The Meaningful Reduction Test, Steven C. Joszef
Financing The Small Credit Risk Corporation Under Section 302(B)(1): A Rejection Of The Meaningful Reduction Test, Steven C. Joszef
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Problem Of The Non-Exchanging Shareholder, Martin E. Gold
The Problem Of The Non-Exchanging Shareholder, Martin E. Gold
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Oecd Guidelines For Multinational Enterprises: Competition, Barry E. Hawk
The Oecd Guidelines For Multinational Enterprises: Competition, Barry E. Hawk
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Tender Trap: State Takeover Statutes And Their Constitutionality, Diane S. Wilner, Craig A. Landy
The Tender Trap: State Takeover Statutes And Their Constitutionality, Diane S. Wilner, Craig A. Landy
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Protection Of Shareholder Interests In Foreign Corporations - Barcelona Traction Revisited
Protection Of Shareholder Interests In Foreign Corporations - Barcelona Traction Revisited
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Application In The Federal Courts Of The Attorney-Client Privilege To The Corporation
The Application In The Federal Courts Of The Attorney-Client Privilege To The Corporation
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Symposium, Creditors' Rights, Foreword, Charles Seligson
Symposium, Creditors' Rights, Foreword, Charles Seligson
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
The New Stock Option: Problems Of The Smaller Company, V. Henry Rothschild 2nd
The New Stock Option: Problems Of The Smaller Company, V. Henry Rothschild 2nd
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Certificate Of Incorporation For A New York Close Corporation: A Form, Robert A. Kessler
Certificate Of Incorporation For A New York Close Corporation: A Form, Robert A. Kessler
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Sale Of Corporate Control, David C. Bayne, S.J.
The Sale Of Corporate Control, David C. Bayne, S.J.
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Solution To The Debt-Equity Problem
Share Repurchases Under Modern Corporation Laws, Robert A. Kessler
Share Repurchases Under Modern Corporation Laws, Robert A. Kessler
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Professional Corporation, H. Bradley Jones
The Professional Corporation, H. Bradley Jones
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Control Of Corporate And Union Political Expenditures: A Constitutional Analysis
Control Of Corporate And Union Political Expenditures: A Constitutional Analysis
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Economic Entity, Maurice J. Dix