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Altering Rules, Cumulative Voting, and Venture Capital

By John F. Coyle March 7, 2016 by ilyabeylin

Until 1870, corporate elections in the United States were generally conducted under a system of straight voting. In that year, the State of Illinois adopted a new constitution requiring that cumulative voting be used to elect directors to the boards …

Fried Frank discusses Proposed Appraisal Statute Amendments, Which Would Permit Companies to Reduce Their Interest Cost

By Abigail Pickering Bomba, Steven Epstein, Arthur Fleischer, Jr., Peter S. Golden, David B. Hennes, Brian T. Mangino, Philip Richter, Robert C. Schwenkel, John E. Sorkin and Gail Weinstein March 30, 2015 by ilyabeylin

Proposed amendments to the Delaware appraisal statute announced recently are expected to be adopted by the Delaware Legislature. The stated purpose of the amendments is to reduce the recent rise in the volume of appraisal petitions. If adopted, the amendments …

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Altering Rules, Cumulative Voting, and Venture Capital

Fried Frank discusses Proposed Appraisal Statute Amendments, Which Would Permit Companies to Reduce Their Interest Cost