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Why Lost-Premium Damages in M&A Should Be Legal
Are “lost-premium” provisions – clauses that typically allow a target to recoup the premium its shareholders were denied because a buyer wrongfully backed out of a deal – enforceable? In a surprising decision last year, the Delaware Court of Chancery …