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Direct And Derivative Claims In Securities Fraud Litigation, Richard A. Booth
Direct And Derivative Claims In Securities Fraud Litigation, Richard A. Booth
Working Paper Series
In the typical securities fraud class action under Rule 10b-5, the plaintiff class consists of buyers who seek damages equal to the difference between the price paid for the stock during the fraud period and the lower price that prevails after corrective disclosure. The argument here is that this claim is really an amalgam of direct and derivative claims and that the derivative claims should result in recovery by the corporation for the benefit of all stockholders. There are three types of losses that arise in the typical stock-drop action. First, part of the loss may be attributable to lower …
The Economics Of Deal Risk: Allocating Risk Through Mac Clauses In Business Combination Agreements, Robert T. Miller
The Economics Of Deal Risk: Allocating Risk Through Mac Clauses In Business Combination Agreements, Robert T. Miller
Working Paper Series
In any large corporate acquisition, there is a delay between the time the parties enter into a merger agreement (the signing) and the time the merger is effected and the purchase price paid (the closing). During this period, the business of one of the parties may deteriorate. When this happens to a target company in a cash deal, or to either party in a stock-for-stock deal, the counterparty may no longer want to consummate the transaction. The primary contractual protection parties have in such situations is the merger agreement’s “material adverse change” (MAC) clause. Such clauses are heavily negotiated and …
Five Decades Of Corporation Law - From Conglomeration To Equity Compensation, Richard A. Booth
Five Decades Of Corporation Law - From Conglomeration To Equity Compensation, Richard A. Booth
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This brief essay recounts developments in corporation law over the last fifty years. It begins with the rise of finance capitalism and the conglomerate corporation which was followed by the emergence of hostile takeovers in the late 1970s and 1980s. One of the key events in this saga was the February 1, 1983 decision by the Delaware Supreme Court in Weinberger v. UOP, Inc. that effectively permitted the at-will elimination of minority stockholders through cashout mergers. Takeovers were also facilitated by two major financial developments: (1) the growth of institutional investors coupled with the growing taste of diversified investors for …
The Use Of The Corporate Monitor In Sec Enforcement Actions, Jennifer O'Hare
The Use Of The Corporate Monitor In Sec Enforcement Actions, Jennifer O'Hare
Working Paper Series
This paper addresses the SEC’s recent use of the corporate monitor as ancillary relief in its enforcement actions. The corporate monitor represents the latest example of the SEC seeking to shift its enforcement responsibilities to the public companies it regulates. Focusing on the role played by the corporate monitor imposed by the SEC in its enforcement action brought against WorldCom, this paper considers some of the dangers posed by the use of the corporate monitor, such as the whether the appointment of a corporate monitor constitutes impermissible overreaching by the SEC. The paper recognizes that the corporate monitor can be …
Retail Investor Remedies Under Rule 10b-5, Jennifer O'Hare
Retail Investor Remedies Under Rule 10b-5, Jennifer O'Hare
Working Paper Series
This paper assesses the private remedies available under Rule 10b-5 to retail investors who have been defrauded by false corporate disclosures. After comparing the treatment received by retail investors to the treatment received by institutional investors, I identify several areas in which the federal securities laws disfavor retail investors who have been defrauded by false corporate disclosures, including the creation of a two-tiered system of investor remedies for securities fraud. Institutional investors are permitted to pick and choose which law and forum offers them the most attractive chance for recovery, but retail investors typically do not have this opportunity. They …
The Duty To Creditors Reconsidered - Filling A Much Needed Gap In Corporation Law, Richard A. Booth
The Duty To Creditors Reconsidered - Filling A Much Needed Gap In Corporation Law, Richard A. Booth
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The most fundamental question of corporation law is to whom does the board of directors of a corporation owe its fiduciary duty. Recently, the question has tended to be whether and under what circumstances the board of directors has the duty to maximize stockholder wealth. But if a corporation is insolvent (or close to it), business decisions designed to maximize stockholder wealth may result in a reduction of creditor wealth. Although the conventional wisdom is that creditors must protect themselves by contractual means, there is a substantial body of case law that says that creditors can assert claims sounding in …
Give Me Equity Or Give Me Death - The Role Of Competition And Compensation In Building Silicon Valley, Richard A. Booth
Give Me Equity Or Give Me Death - The Role Of Competition And Compensation In Building Silicon Valley, Richard A. Booth
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In this essay, I argue that the preeminence of Silicon Valley as an incubator of technology companies is attributable to equity compensation. Ronald Gilson, relying on the work of AnnaLee Saxenian and others who have noted the tendency of Silicon Valley employees to job hop, has suggested that California law prohibiting the enforcement of non-compete agreements was a major factor in the rise of Silicon Valley (and the demise of Route 128). I extend this line of thought by suggesting that California employers may have relied on equity compensation as a substitute way to bind employees. I argue further that …
Capital Requirements In United States Corporation Law, Richard A. Booth
Capital Requirements In United States Corporation Law, Richard A. Booth
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This paper focuses on corporation law in the United States as it relates to capital contributions and capital maintenance. In other words, the paper addresses the provisions of corporation law relating to (1) the obligation of investors to contribute to the corporation a specified amount of capital and (2) the obligation of the corporation to maintain a specified amount of capital (and not to pay it back to the stockholders in the form of dividends or payments to repurchase or redeem shares). Traditionally, the amount of capital that must be contributed to and maintained by a corporation is called the …
Preemption Under The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act: If It Looks Like A Securities Fraud Claim And Acts Like A Securities Fraud Claim, Is It A Securities Fraud Claim?, Jennifer O'Hare
Working Paper Series
This Article addresses the removal and preemption provisions of the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (“SLUSA”). In SLUSA, Congress preempted class actions alleging “an untrue statement or omission of a material fact in connection with the purchase or sale of a covered security.” SLUSA clearly applies to preempt the typical state securities fraud action, forcing plaintiffs into federal court where they will be subject to the rigorous procedural requirements of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Preemption of false corporate publicity cases was expected and, in fact, intended by SLUSA. However, many courts have also extended …
Competing Visions Of The Corporation In Catholic Social Thought, Mark A. Sargent
Competing Visions Of The Corporation In Catholic Social Thought, Mark A. Sargent
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Catholic Social Thought (CST) is coherent body of principles concerning the organization of social and economic life drawing on the inspiration of natural law, Thomism, the Gospel and the tradition of Christian personalism. While valuing the creative energy of capitalism and its contributions to the production of wealth, it is often highly critical of the inequalities generated by capitalism, its tendency to promote materialistic consumerism and capital's devaluation of the dignity of work. While not easily characterizable as "right" or "left", CST thinking about corporate social responsibility and corporate governance has become split between interpretations emphasizing the importance of economic …
Lawyers In The Moral Maze , Mark A. Sargent
Lawyers In The Moral Maze , Mark A. Sargent
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This article overviews the various forms of lawyer complicity in illegal or immoral behavior by corporate managers in the corporate scandals of the last three years, but focuses primarily on the question of why lawyers so often seemed willing to engage in or ignore behavior that presumably violated their own personal moral codes (whether religious or secular) as well as their professional role morality. The article draws on Robert Jackall's Moral Mazes (1988) for an answer derived from the sociology of corporate bureaucracies. Jackall's case studies of corporate managers found that managers adhered to the moral "rules-in-use" developed in their …
Lawyers In The Perfect Storm, Mark A. Sargent
Lawyers In The Perfect Storm, Mark A. Sargent
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The multiple corporate collapses and scandals of recent years, for which "Enron" is a convenient shorthand, resulted from a perfect storm in which regulatory oversight, the law of fiduciary duty, gatekeepers, market discipline, and contractual incentives all failed to prevent gross self-dealing, conflicts of interest, and deception, or themselves produced perverse consequences. The story of this simultaneous failure of the structures in place since the New Deal and before, has received considerable attention in both the popular and scholarly literature, but is summarized here to provide a context for consideration of the contributions that lawyers made to the perfect storm. …
Convergence In Corporate Governance - Possible, But Not Desirable, Brett H. Mcdonnell
Convergence In Corporate Governance - Possible, But Not Desirable, Brett H. Mcdonnell
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Braswell V. United States: An Examination Of A Custodian's Fifth Amendment Right To Avoid Personal Production Of Corporate Records, Scott D. Price
Braswell V. United States: An Examination Of A Custodian's Fifth Amendment Right To Avoid Personal Production Of Corporate Records, Scott D. Price
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Corporations - The Business Judgment Rule Shields The Good Faith Decision Of Disinterested Directors To Terminate A Derivative Suit Against The Corporation's Directors, Jeff J. Friedman
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Quarter Century Later - The Period Of Limitations For Rule 10b-5 Damage Actions In Federal Courts Sitting In Pennsylvania, H. Robert Fiebach, David M. Doret
A Quarter Century Later - The Period Of Limitations For Rule 10b-5 Damage Actions In Federal Courts Sitting In Pennsylvania, H. Robert Fiebach, David M. Doret
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Extraterritorial Effect Of The Registration Requirements Of The Securities Act Of 1933, Peter John Mitchell Rohall
Extraterritorial Effect Of The Registration Requirements Of The Securities Act Of 1933, Peter John Mitchell Rohall
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Securities Law - Rule 10b-5 - Oral Executory Contract To Purchase Securities Held To Provide Sufficient Basis For Standing To Bring Private 10b-5 Action, And Fraud Occuring During The Pendency Fo The Executory Contract Held To Be In Connection With The Purchase Of Securities, Lisa S. Hunter
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Corporate Taxation - Net Operating Loss Carryovers Do Not Make Otherwise Worhtless Stock Valuable In The Hands Of The Corporate Shareholder, Jennifer Berke
Corporate Taxation - Net Operating Loss Carryovers Do Not Make Otherwise Worhtless Stock Valuable In The Hands Of The Corporate Shareholder, Jennifer Berke
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Complete Stock Redemption In A Family Corporation: A Warning About The Pitfalls Of Two Standards, Eric T. Johnson
Complete Stock Redemption In A Family Corporation: A Warning About The Pitfalls Of Two Standards, Eric T. Johnson
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Corporate Patent - Reform Or Retrogression, Mary Helen Sears
The Corporate Patent - Reform Or Retrogression, Mary Helen Sears
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Responsibility Of A Corporation: An Attempt At Implementation, Jan G. Deutsch
The Responsibility Of A Corporation: An Attempt At Implementation, Jan G. Deutsch
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Securities - Outsiders Who Trade On Inside Information Held Accountable To The Corporation For Their Profits On The Basis Of Common Law Fiduciary Principles, Timothy J. Carson
Securities - Outsiders Who Trade On Inside Information Held Accountable To The Corporation For Their Profits On The Basis Of Common Law Fiduciary Principles, Timothy J. Carson
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Controlling Persons Provisions: Conduits Of Secondary Liability Under Federal Securities Law, Kenneth I. Levin
The Controlling Persons Provisions: Conduits Of Secondary Liability Under Federal Securities Law, Kenneth I. Levin
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Securities Regulation - An Unsuccessful Tender Offeror Has Standing To Sue The Target Corporation, The Successful Contestant, And The Underwriter, For Damages Resulting From Violations Of Section 14(E) And Rule 10b-6, Jeffrey L. Pettis
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Form And Substance Of A Merger: A Reading Of Farris V. Glen Alden Corp., Jan G. Deutsch
The Form And Substance Of A Merger: A Reading Of Farris V. Glen Alden Corp., Jan G. Deutsch
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
The New Annual Report To Shareholders, Robert S. Kant
The New Annual Report To Shareholders, Robert S. Kant
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Federal Statues And Government Regulation, Various Editors
Federal Statues And Government Regulation, Various Editors
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Tax Problems Of The Straw Corporation, Louis G. Bertane
Tax Problems Of The Straw Corporation, Louis G. Bertane
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Federal Jursidiction And Procedure, Various Editors
Federal Jursidiction And Procedure, Various Editors
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.