Appraisal Rights

OCTOBER 9, 2020

AmerisourceBergen Corp. has asked the Delaware Supreme Court to reverse a Chancery Court ruling allowing shareholders the right to investigate the company’s books and records for corporate wrongdoing in connection with the opioid crisis. Amerisource Bergen argued before the full five-member panel that Vice Chancellor Laster’s prior ruling went too far and invites harassment.

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Robert Berry

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes I’m pretty excited to bring you guys a video / article this week. Consume the content how feel most comfortable. The text is, for the most part, the video transcript. Let’s talk about active listening … The Power of Active Listening Read More ».

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Over the last few months, dealmakers have worked creatively in M&A transactions to give borrowers of PPP loans the benefit of their bargain with the government—forgiveness of the loan—rather than treat the PPP loan as outstanding debt requiring discharge at closing (which would typically result in a further reduction in the purchase price). One piece of the forgiveness puzzle was how to obtain the SBA’s consent—which has generally been viewed as a required consent in connection with a change

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Appraisal Rights

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The SEC has recently enacted rules that make it tougher for shareholders to submit ballot proposals. As we previously blogged about, the rules now approved by the SEC by a 3-2 vote: (1) increase the monetary amounts and length of investment required to submit shareholder proposals and (2) raise the threshold of shareholder support required to resubmit proposals previously voted down by shareholders.

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Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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Appraisal Rights

OCTOBER 7, 2020

As our securities litigation practice group has spun off from our prior firm and formed our own new shop, we are excited to announce that The Appraisal Rights Litigation Blog we created years ago has now become the Valuation Litigation and Shareholder Rights Blog. Along with the name change comes a new, broadened focus, consistent with our new firm’s goals.

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