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Glazer And Fitzgibbon On Legal Opinions: Drafting, Interpreting And Supporting Closing Opinions In Business Transactions, Scott Fitzgibbon, Donald Glazer, Steven Weise
Glazer And Fitzgibbon On Legal Opinions: Drafting, Interpreting And Supporting Closing Opinions In Business Transactions, Scott Fitzgibbon, Donald Glazer, Steven Weise
Scott T. FitzGibbon
No abstract provided.
Opinions Of Counsel: What They Are And Why American Companies Ask For Them, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer
Opinions Of Counsel: What They Are And Why American Companies Ask For Them, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer
Scott T. FitzGibbon
Legal opinions - formal letters of legal advice delivered by counsel in financial transactions - are a feature of the American legal scene. They have also gained wide acceptance abroad. This article describes the standard legal opinion in an American financing and describe its uses and importance to an American lawyer. It also contains suggestions for interpreting and analyzing legal opinions.
Legal Opinions In Financial Transactions: Their Purpose And Interpretation, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer
Legal Opinions In Financial Transactions: Their Purpose And Interpretation, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer
Scott T. FitzGibbon
No abstract provided.
Opinions Of Counsel In Corporate Transactions: Opinions On Compliance With The Company's Charter, By-Laws, And Contractual Obligations, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer
Opinions Of Counsel In Corporate Transactions: Opinions On Compliance With The Company's Charter, By-Laws, And Contractual Obligations, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer
Scott T. FitzGibbon
The opinion delivered by company counsel at the closing of a corporate transaction typically contains a clause that addresses compliance by the company with its charter, by-laws and contractual obligations. One form of opinion confirms that execution and delivery by the company of the agreement in question and performance by the company of its obligations under the agreement will not conflict with or result in a breach of or default under the company's charter, by-laws or specified contracts. Another form of opinion focuses more broadly on all of the company's activities. This alternative opinion, often requested and often, with good …
Legal Opinions In Corporate Transactions: Opinions Relating To Security Interests In Personal Property, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer
Legal Opinions In Corporate Transactions: Opinions Relating To Security Interests In Personal Property, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer
Scott T. FitzGibbon
No abstract provided.
Common Law Liability For Defective Opinions And How To Avoid It, Scott Fitzgibbon
Common Law Liability For Defective Opinions And How To Avoid It, Scott Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
No abstract provided.
Preparing And Interpreting Opinions In Financial Transactions: Nine Hard Questions, Scott Fitzgibbon, Donald Glazer
Preparing And Interpreting Opinions In Financial Transactions: Nine Hard Questions, Scott Fitzgibbon, Donald Glazer
Scott T. FitzGibbon
No abstract provided.
Legal Opinions In Corporate Transactions: The Opinion On Agreements And Instruments, Scott T. Fitzgibbon
Legal Opinions In Corporate Transactions: The Opinion On Agreements And Instruments, Scott T. Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
No abstract provided.
Legal Opinions On Secondary Sales Of Stock, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer
Legal Opinions On Secondary Sales Of Stock, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer
Scott T. FitzGibbon
[Later versions appear in Columbia Business Law Review, 1988, no.1:149-160, and in Business Opinions, 335-77. New York, Practicing Law Institute, 1988.]
Legal Opinions In Corporate Transactions: The Opinion That Stock Is Duly Authorized, Validly Issues, Fully Paid And Nonassessable, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer
Legal Opinions In Corporate Transactions: The Opinion That Stock Is Duly Authorized, Validly Issues, Fully Paid And Nonassessable, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer
Scott T. FitzGibbon
[Also appears in Opinion Letters of Counsel 1987, 377-412. New York: Practicing Law Institute, 1987.]
Legal Opinions On Incorporation, Good Standing, And Qualification To Do Business, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer
Legal Opinions On Incorporation, Good Standing, And Qualification To Do Business, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer
Scott T. FitzGibbon
[Also appears in Washington and Lee University Law Review 43 (Summer 1986): 240-275, and in Opinion Letters of Counsel 1987, 313-334, New York: Practising Law Institute, 1987, and in Business Opinions, 237-275, New York: Practising Law Institute, 1988.]