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Massachusetts Uniform Security Act, Scott Fitzgibbon Dec 1988

Massachusetts Uniform Security Act, Scott Fitzgibbon

Scott T. FitzGibbon

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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 Dec 1988

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 Dec 1988

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 Dec 1987

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 Dec 1986

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 Dec 1986

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 Dec 1985

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 Dec 1985

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 Dec 1984

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.]


Professional Ethics And The Lawyer Organizing A Corporation, Scott Fitzgibbon Dec 1982

Professional Ethics And The Lawyer Organizing A Corporation, Scott Fitzgibbon

Scott T. FitzGibbon

No abstract provided.


Professional Ethics, Organizing Corporations, And The Ideology Of Corporate Articles And By-Laws, Scott Fitzgibbon Dec 1981

Professional Ethics, Organizing Corporations, And The Ideology Of Corporate Articles And By-Laws, Scott Fitzgibbon

Scott T. FitzGibbon

No abstract provided.


What Is A Security? -- A Redefinition Based On Eligibility To Participate In The Financial Markets, Scott T. Fitzgibbon Dec 1979

What Is A Security? -- A Redefinition Based On Eligibility To Participate In The Financial Markets, Scott T. Fitzgibbon

Scott T. FitzGibbon

No abstract provided.