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May 2014

Pepper Hamilton discusses 2014 Proposed Amendments to Delaware General Corporation Law

By Matthew M. Greenberg and Christopher B. Chuff May 2, 2014 by gabriellepaolini

On April 17, the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association proposed amending the Delaware General Corporation Law, 8 Del. C. §§ 1-101, et seq. (the DGCL). If the proposed legislation is enacted, the amendments would make several …

Haynes & Boone discusses ISDA Section 2(a)(iii): Problems and Solutions

By Jeff Nichols, Brian Y. Sung and Irina Marinescu May 1, 2014 by gabriellepaolini

In recent years, one clause of the ISDA Master Agreement has been the source of a great deal of consternation among derivatives lawyers: the condition precedent set forth in Section 2(a)(iii), which purports to suspend a party’s payment obligations in …

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The Activism of Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman
May 30, 2014
Reuters
Regulator hits U.S. public pensions for “misleading” practices
May 30, 2014
Bloomberg
GM Seeks N.Y. Court for Recall Suits as Deaths Claimed
May 30, 2014
Reuters
U.S. probes possible overcharging by banks on foreclosure fees
May 30, 2014
Dealbook
New Standards for Companies’ Revenue Accounting Will Begin in 2017
May 30, 2014
Bloomberg
Ex-AIG Chief Must Face N.Y. Suit Seeking Industry Ban
May 29, 2014
Reuters
Proxy adviser ISS asks Target shareholders to vote against directors
May 29, 2014
Bloomberg
SAC Prosecutor Tells SEC Cohen’s Case Should Be Delayed
May 29, 2014
Dealbook
Ackman Plans Public Hedge Fund
May 29, 2014
Forbes
State Equity Crowdfunding Policies Hold Promise
May 29, 2014
Dealbook
S.E.C. Vows More Use of a Little-Used Tool
May 27, 2014
CNBC
Obama administration sides with banks in Madoff case
May 27, 2014
Bloomberg
Credit Agricole Said to Accuse EU of Bias in Euribor Case
May 27, 2014
Dealbook
As Information Flows, S.E.C. Faces Difficulty Bottling It Up
May 27, 2014
Reuters
Ex-Goldman trader Tourre won’t appeal SEC fraud case verdict
May 27, 2014
Dealbook
Pfizer Abandons Bid for AstraZeneca
May 26, 2014
Bloomberg
S&P, Moody’s Lose Bid to Block Calpers $800 Million Suit
May 26, 2014
Reuters
Barclays slapped with $44 million fine over gold price fix
May 26, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
Board Refreshment and Director Succession in Investee Companies
May 26, 2014
Bloomberg
Risky Australian Lending Targeted as RBA Spurs Housing: Economy
May 26, 2014
Bloomberg
Squire Sanders, Patton Boggs Merge After Chevron Fight
May 25, 2014
Dealbook
A Ruling’s Chilling Effect on Corporate Litigation
May 25, 2014
Reuters
Behind major U.S. case against shareholder suits, a tale of two professors
May 25, 2014
Bloomberg
Credit Suisse Offers Map to 13 Swiss Banks in U.S. Tax Probes
May 25, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
Increased Scrutiny of High-Frequency Trading
May 25, 2014
Reuters
SEC chair: Risk panel needs more capital markets expertise
May 22, 2014
Bloomberg
Wall Street Bets on Bond Revival in Trader Hiring Spree
May 22, 2014
Reuters
Lorillard-Reynolds cigarette deal would face regulatory risk
May 22, 2014
Dealbook
Potential Partner for Patton Boggs Suspends Merger Vote
May 22, 2014
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M&A Boom Has Yet to Help the Economy
May 22, 2014
Reuters
Senate backs Fischer for Fed board
May 21, 2014
Bloomberg
BNP Paribas Risks $5 Billion Fine, Customer Flight
May 21, 2014
Reuters
JPMorgan Chase pledges $100 million to aid Detroit recovery
May 21, 2014
Bloomberg
Dark Pools Opening Up Amid Increased Scrutiny
May 21, 2014
Dealbook
In Credit Suisse Settlement, a Question of Justice
May 21, 2014
Dealbook
Senators Introduce Proposal to Curb Inversions
May 20, 2014
Bloomberg
Credit Suisse CEO Sees Clients Undeterred by Guilty Plea
May 20, 2014
Reuters
Wall Street watchdog prepares to launch data collection plan in 2015
May 20, 2014
Dealbook
European Regulators Accuse 3 More Banks of Manipulating Interest Rates
May 20, 2014
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Shareholder Activism in the United States: Managing Shareholder Interventions
May 20, 2014
Reuters
Credit Suisse pleads guilty to U.S. criminal charge in tax probe
May 19, 2014
Reuters
U.S. Democrats to target companies moving overseas to dodge taxes
May 19, 2014
Jim Hamilton's World
Senate Banking Committee Marks Up and Approves bi-partisan Legislation Reforming Mortgage Finance and Securitization Markets
May 19, 2014
Dealbook
AT&T to Buy DirecTV for $48.5 Billion in Move to Expand Clout
May 19, 2014
Dealbook
AstraZeneca Rejects ‘Final’ Offer by Pfizer
May 19, 2014
Bloomberg
SAC’s Steinberg Gets 3 1/2 Years as Insider Probe Wanes
May 18, 2014
Reuters
Ad deal collapse busts ‘merger of equals’ myth
May 18, 2014
Dealbook
Goldman Shareholders Give Pay Plan a Thumbs Up
May 18, 2014
Reuters
Credit Suisse nears $2.5 billion deal to end U.S. tax-evasion probe
May 15, 2014
Dealbook
France Asserts It Has Authority to Block Mergers
May 15, 2014
Bloomberg
Citigroup Firings Back CEO Pledge for Change After Fraud
May 15, 2014
Dealbook
Chipotle Investors Vote Against Executive Pay
May 15, 2014
Inside Counsel
Court keeps conflict minerals filing deadline in place
May 15, 2014
Bloomberg
Pfizer Takeover Is ‘Not Inevitable,’ AstraZeneca CEO Says
May 14, 2014
Reuters
Regulators scrutinize financial risk-modeling firms
May 14, 2014
Bloomberg
Geithner Must Give S&P Documents in U.S. Fraud Suit
May 14, 2014
Dealbook
Why Hedge Funds Don’t Worry About Carried Interest Tax Rules
May 14, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
CII Urges SEC to Require Disclosure of Third-Party Director Compensation
May 14, 2014
Bloomberg
U.S. Seeking More Than $3.5 Billion From BNP Paribas
May 13, 2014
Dealbook
Valeant and Pershing Square Put Pressure on Allergan
May 13, 2014
Bloomberg
Wells Fargo Shuns Peers’ Settlement in U.S in Mortgage
May 13, 2014
Reuters
U.S. regulator opens door wider for Americans on mortgages
May 13, 2014
Dealbook
Lessons From the Breakup of an Advertising Merger
May 13, 2014
Dealbook
2 Banking Giants Implore U.S. Authorities to Go Easy
May 12, 2014
Reuters
U.S. seeks up to 6-1/2 years in prison for SAC’s Steinberg
May 12, 2014
Reuters
Allergan rejects Valeant Pharma’s ‘cut and slash’ takeover
May 12, 2014
Dealbook
It’s Activists, Not Buffett, Who Can Change Corporate America
May 12, 2014
Bloomberg
High-Speed Traders Should Register, Ex-CFTC Economist Says
May 12, 2014
Reuters
Boom times for bank trading have gone, and may never come back
May 11, 2014
Dealbook
Goldman Under Investigation for High-Speed Trading
May 11, 2014
Bloomberg
U.K. Pursues More Guarantees From Pfizer Over AstraZeneca
May 11, 2014
Dealbook
Regulator Suggests End to Banks’ Self-Grading
May 11, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
What Will Result From the SEC’s Current Disclosure Reform Initiative?
May 11, 2014
Reuters
Barclays axes 19,000 jobs, reins in Wall Street ambitions
May 8, 2014
Bloomberg
NYSE to Curtail Order Types Amid Debate Over Their Fairness
May 8, 2014
Dealbook
Lopsided Approach to Wall Street Fraud Undermines the Law
May 8, 2014
Dealbook
5 Takeaways From Magazine Article on Geithner and the Financial Crisis
May 8, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
Curbing Short-Termism in Corporate America: Focus on Executive Compensation
May 8, 2014
Bloomberg
U.S. Seeking Guilty Plea From Credit Suisse Parent
May 7, 2014
Dealbook
Sotheby’s to Reimburse Loeb $10 Million
May 7, 2014
Reuters
Washington delays big banks from writing wills before a collapse
May 7, 2014
Dealbook
Alibaba Investors Will Buy a Risky Corporate Structure
May 7, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
Can We Do Better by Ordinary Investors? A Pragmatic Reaction to the Dueling Ideological Mythologists of Corporate Law
May 7, 2014
Dealbook
Alibaba Files to Go Public in the U.S.
May 6, 2014
Bloomberg
SEC Finds Illegal or Bad Fees in 50% of Buyout Firms
May 6, 2014
Dealbook
Morgan Stanley Fined $5 Million Over I.P.O. Work
May 6, 2014
Reuters
SEC probing brokerages over handling of retail orders
May 6, 2014
Reuters
Credit Suisse in talks to pay $1.6 billion to resolve U.S. tax probe
May 6, 2014
Bloomberg
Holder Signals Criminal Charges Coming Against Some Banks
May 5, 2014
Dealbook
Sotheby’s and Loeb End Fight Over Board
May 5, 2014
Reuters
JPMorgan $280 million mortgage accord gets preliminary court approval
May 5, 2014
Dealbook
Seeking Guilty Pleas From Corporations While Limiting the Fallout
May 5, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
Do the Securities Laws Matter?
May 5, 2014
Reuters
U.S. court upholds Sotheby’s poison pill, rejects hedge fund’s bid
May 4, 2014
Dealbook
U.S. Looks Into Wagers, Pro and Con, on Herbalife
May 4, 2014
Reuters
UK’s Labour call for inquiry into Pfizer’s AstraZeneca bid
May 4, 2014
Dealbook
Wall Street Embraces a Rule It Hates
May 4, 2014
Inside Counsel
CEO ‘pay’ definition remains unclear as SEC struggles to meet Dodd-Frank deadlines
May 4, 2014
Bloomberg
SEC Says NYSE Rules Were Weak as Exchange Pays $4.5 Million
May 1, 2014
Reuters
Pfizer prepares sweeter bid for AstraZeneca
May 1, 2014
Dealbook
K.K.R. Seeks to Attract Investments as Small as $10,000
May 1, 2014
Dealbook
Lazard’s Earnings More Than Double on Jump in M.&A. Activity
May 1, 2014
Harvard Law School Forum
Corporate Takeovers and Economic Efficiency
May 1, 2014
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