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The Importance Of Being Dismissive: The Efficiency Role Of Pleading Stage Evaluation Of Shareholder Litigation, Lawrence A. Hamermesh, Michael L. Wachter
The Importance Of Being Dismissive: The Efficiency Role Of Pleading Stage Evaluation Of Shareholder Litigation, Lawrence A. Hamermesh, Michael L. Wachter
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It has been claimed that the risk/reward dynamics of shareholder litigation have encouraged quick settlements with substantial attorneys’ fee awards but no payment to shareholders, regardless of the merits of the case. Fee-shifting charter and bylaw provisions may be too blunt a tool to control agency costs associated with excessive shareholder litigation, and are in any event now prohibited by Delaware statute. We claim, however, that active judicial supervision of public company shareholder litigation at an early stage reduces the costs of frivolous litigation to shareholders by separating meritorious from unmeritorious litigation before the full costs of discovery are incurred. …
Bernard H. Bronner, Order On Plaintiff's Motion To Dismiss, Melvin K. Westmoreland
Bernard H. Bronner, Order On Plaintiff's Motion To Dismiss, Melvin K. Westmoreland
Georgia Business Court Opinions
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Glen W. Rollings Et Al., Order On Defendants' Motion To Dismiss And For Judgment On The Pleadings, Melvin K. Westmoreland
Glen W. Rollings Et Al., Order On Defendants' Motion To Dismiss And For Judgment On The Pleadings, Melvin K. Westmoreland
Georgia Business Court Opinions
No abstract provided.
Georgia Interlocal Risk Management Agency, Order On Defendant's Motion To Dismiss, Elizabeth E. Long
Georgia Interlocal Risk Management Agency, Order On Defendant's Motion To Dismiss, Elizabeth E. Long
Georgia Business Court Opinions
No abstract provided.