In re GGP, Inc. Stockholder Litigation
Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal for Shareholders Seeking Appraisal in Merger with Preclosing Dividend.
Vol. 136 No. 4
Corporations
Public Reporting of Monitorship Outcomes
Vol. 136 No. 3
When a corporation engages in misconduct that is widespread or pervasive, courts, regulators, or prosecutors often insist that the firm obtain assistance from an...
The Supreme Court and the Pro-Business Paradox
Vol. 135 No. 1
Introduction Corporations have long posed conceptual difficulties in a variety of doctrinal contexts. From the first cases involving corporate claims for protection under the...
Controller Confusion: Realigning Controlling Stockholders and Controlled Boards
Vol. 133 No. 5
Corporate law has long been concerned with issues of control. In few matters is this concern as salient as Delaware’s heightened standards of judicial...
Go-Shops Revisited
Vol. 133 No. 4
A go-shop process turns the traditional M&A deal process on its head: rather than a pre-signing market canvass followed by a post-signing “no shop”...
Vertical Shareholding
Vol. 133 No. 2
Introduction A vigorous debate about the effects and legality of “horizontal shareholding” — when a common set of investors owns significant shares in corporations...
Flood v. Synutra International, Inc.
MFW Conditions Are in Place “Before Any Substantive Economic Negotiations” in Controlling Shareholder Transactions.
Vol. 132 No. 8
Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Commissioner
Tax Court Holds in Favor of Taxpayer on Loan Between Foreign Subsidiaries.
Vol. 132 No. 8
Corporate Personhood v. Corporate Statehood
Vol. 132 No. 7
In 2011, at the Iowa State Fair, presidential candidate Mitt Romney gave a pitch for why fairgoers should support him in the upcoming caucuses....
Robins v. Spokeo, Inc.
Ninth Circuit Allows Fair Credit Reporting Act Class Action to Proceed Past Standing Challenge.
Vol. 131 No. 3