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Chancery Enforces Liability Waiver Provision in Limited Partnership Agreement, Dismisses Claims Against Limited Partners

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AG Mobile Holdings, L.P. v. H.I.G. Mobile, L.P., C.A. No. 2023-1103-MAA (Del. Ch. Feb. 13, 2025) - In this recent decision, the Court of Chancery reaffirmed that parties to alternative entity agreements are free to order...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Coordination Can Be Key in Corporate Governance and Estate Planning

Corporate lawyers and estate planning lawyers both play key, but different, roles in the success of business clients. Corporate attorneys typically help businesses choose the proper legal structure, navigate the complexities...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insights: The Delaware Edition - December 2024

In this issue, we explore ongoing corporate law issues involving controlling stockholders, with significant decisions anticipated from the Delaware Supreme Court in 2025; the rise in litigation over earnout provisions in...more

A&O Shearman

Global M&A Insights Q4 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of M&A Insights, where we bring together partners from across the A&O Shearman network to explore the themes shaping global dealmaking. The election of Donald Trump as President is expected to...more

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Global M&A Insights Q4 2024 - introduction

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In our biannual M&A trends report we explore the possible impact of the new U.S. administration on dealmaking, the dynamics of transatlantic M&A, private equity exits, and Mario Draghi’s proposals to reshape the European...more

Mayer Brown

Delaware Law Alert: When Should M&A Buyers Make Anti-Reliance Clauses a Two-Way Street?

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When a buyer structures an M&A deal in which the seller has a continuing interest in the performance of the business being sold (whether through an earnout, rollover, issuance of buyer equity as some or all of the...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Winning at M&A in 2025: The Insider’s Playbook

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As an avid Red Sox fan and former Los Angeles resident who often attended Dodgers games, I may still be basking in the Yankees’ loss in the World Series. Whatever the reason, I can’t help but draw parallels between the game...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Recent Updates in Delaware Disclosure Law

The Delaware Supreme Court recently issued two opinions weighing in on the scope of disclosures involving board advisors in connection with M&A transactions that warrant close attention. In both rulings — each written en banc...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Heard at the 2024 Antitrust Law Section Spring Meeting: Part I

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The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s annual Spring Meeting is underway in Washington, DC. The annual Spring Meeting features updates from federal, state and international antitrust enforcers and extensive...more

A&O Shearman

Market Check: Lessons from The Activision-Microsoft Merger

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On February 29, 2024, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued an opinion on Sjunde AP-Fonden v. Activision Blizzard1 (“Opinion”) that called into question established market practices for mergers, including (i) the process for...more

Jenner & Block

Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter - January 2024

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Welcome to the January 2024 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Cultural Alignment in Mergers and Acquisitions: The Key to Successful Integration

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The iconic management theorist Peter Drucker made famous the notion that “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” In other words, the culture of your company is correlated more closely to your company’s ultimate value and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

What You Need to Know about Acqui-Hires

The term “Acqui-hire” is commonly used to describe an M&A transaction where the buyer is predominantly interested in acquiring key employees of the target and not specifically the underlying business and/or assets. This type...more

BakerHostetler

Seller's Directors Beware: You May Be Liable When the Buyer's Leveraged Buyout Goes Bad

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For the past two decades, courts have afforded directors and officers considerable protection for a good-faith decision to proceed with a highly leveraged sale that ultimately led to bankruptcy or liquidation. Courts are...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Delaware Court of Chancery Declines to Find a Material Adverse Effect and Orders Specific Performance of a Merger

On December 18, 2019, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a 119-page post-trial memorandum opinion 1) rejecting a buyer's argument that the target company had breached representations and warranties in the parties' merger...more

Allen Matkins

Domicile And The CSL

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The qualification requirement of the California Corporate Securities Law of 1968 applies to offers and sales of securities in this state. Cal. Corp. Code § 25110. An offer or sale is made "in this state" if any one or more of...more

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Securities and Corporate Governance Litigation Quarterly

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Welcome to the fourth issue of Securities and Corporate Governance Litigation Quarterly, Seyfarth’s quarterly publication of the Securities & Financial Litigation Group focusing on decisions or other items of interest for...more

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