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The Cost Of Appraisal Rights: How To Restore Certainty In Delaware Mergers, Matthew E. Miehl
The Cost Of Appraisal Rights: How To Restore Certainty In Delaware Mergers, Matthew E. Miehl
Georgia Law Review
Delaware's legislature created appraisal rights to
ensure that minority shareholders received fair
compensation for shares that were involuntarily sold in
a merger. Modern securities practices blur the line
between a share's equity interest and its voting interest,
which enables appraisal arbitrage-individuals,
particularly hedge funds, petitioning for appraisal
rights over shares that another person has the voting
rights to. Instances of appraisalarbitragein Delaware
mergers are soaring and causing corporate buyers to be
uncertain about a merger's ultimate price. This Note
contends that Delaware's legislature can ameliorate
this problem by establishing a contemporaneous
ownership requirement and by initiating efforts to
centralize share …
The Power Few Of Corporate Compliance, Todd Haugh
The Power Few Of Corporate Compliance, Todd Haugh
Georgia Law Review
Corporate compliance in most companies is carried out under the assumption that unethical and illegal conduct occurs in a more or less predictable fashion. That is, although corporate leaders may not know precisely when, where, or how compliance failures will occur, they assume that unethical employee conduct will be sprinkled throughout the company in a roughly normal distribution, exposing the firm to compliance risk but in a controllable manner. This assumption underlies many of the common tools of compliance — standardized codes of conduct, firm-wide compliance trainings, and uniform audit and monitoring practices. Because regulators also operate under this assumption, …
Crowdfunding Signals, Darian M. Ibrahim
Crowdfunding Signals, Darian M. Ibrahim
Georgia Law Review
Entrepreneurs can now “crowdfund,” or sell securities to unaccredited investors over the Internet, to raise capital. But will these companies be able to attract the follow-on investors (angels and venture capitalists) that are necessary for long-term success? Angels and VCs face extreme levels of information asymmetry when deciding whether to fund a company. Signals can reduce this asymmetry. Early commentary argues a company only crowdfunds as a last resort for fear of sending a negative signal about the company’s quality to follow-on investors. This Article argues the inverse. This Article argues a successful crowdfunding campaign can send a positive signal …