Davis Polk partners Will Pearce and Louis Goldberg are delighted to be contributing editors of the updated edition of Lexology Getting the Deal Through: Private M&A 2024, a comprehensive ...
The recent In re Edgio, Inc. Stockholders Litigation decision highlighted concerns when a public company involved in a business combination adopts defensive measures that would continue f...
Plaintiff stockholder litigation is increasingly alleging that discussions over merger support agreements and rollover agreements trigger the higher vote required by Section 203 of the De...
The Delaware Court of Chancery’s recent decision expands potential Caremark liability to officers for oversight failures, and we can expect to see an increase in books and records deman...
The Treasury Department advised Congress last week that the government is expected to reach its debt limit on January 19. After that, Treasury will be required to take “extraordinary me...
We consider the practical takeaways of new SEC Rule 14a-19 and universal proxy card voting in contested director elections. The change to universal proxy cards is a prompt for companies t...
Davis Polk partners Will Pearce and Louis Goldberg are delighted to be contributing editors of the updated edition of Lexology Getting the Deal Through: Private M&A 2023, a comprehensive ...
The proposal would significantly narrow the likelihood of obtaining no-action relief from the SEC on shareholder proposals, leading to a potential flood of additional proposals on ballots.
