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Don’t Call It a Comeback: A Decade Later, the Corwin Doctrine Still Packs a Knockout Punch

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/23/2025

The Delaware Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings LLC1 reshaped the landscape of merger and acquisition litigation by establishing a powerful defense for Delaware companies. Under the Corwin...more

Paramount–Skydance Merger Advances Amid Political Intrigue

Mogin Law LLP on 7/18/2025

The media industry is on the precipice of another landmark deal as Paramount Global and Skydance Media inch closer toward their highly anticipated merger. This deal, which would unite one of Hollywood’s most storied studios...more

Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter - April 2025

Jenner & Block on 5/5/2025

Welcome to the April 2025 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 Japanese...more

Doing business in the Cayman Islands guide (Legal 500)

Carey Olsen on 5/1/2025

The Cayman Islands is a common law jurisdiction, which is based on the English model. It comprises statute law and binding case precedents. English and British Commonwealth case authorities are generally persuasive, but not...more

South & Southeast Asia M&A Report

Conyers on 4/14/2025

We are pleased to provide this twice-annual report summarising notable mergers and acquisitions activity in South and Southeast Asia, highlighting transactions over US$100 million in aggregate value. This edition features...more

Hot Topics in International Trade - April 2025 - Chaebols May Wabble but They Don’t Fall Down How Samsung Became 23% of South...

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC on 4/10/2025

Chaebols are large, family-owned business conglomerates that play a significant role in South Korea’s economy. Some of the most well-known chaebols include Samsung Group, which is the largest chaebol, known for its...more

Diversifying to boost financial resilience

IR Global on 3/26/2025

Q1: How can proactive risk management strategies help businesses navigate regulatory and economic uncertainties? The last few years have offered some, often difficult, lessons to many businesses who found themselves...more

Saks Global Announces Vendor Payments to Begin in July, Plus Store Closings in the United States and Canada

ArentFox Schiff on 2/24/2025

On February 14, the newly formed Saks Global announced its plan to pay vendors past due balances in 12 monthly installments beginning in July....more

Trump Likely to Shift FTC's Antitrust Stance on Energy Mergers

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 1/8/2025

The incoming Trump administration suggests a potential return to more traditional levels of antitrust enforcement for energy industry mergers and a departure from novel theories of harm seen under current Federal Trade...more

How New Delaware Amendments Impact Stockholder, Merger Agreements

DarrowEverett LLP on 10/23/2024

Over the summer, Delaware enacted a number of amendments to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). The amendments were largely crafted in response to several recent decisions by the Delaware...more

Bermuda Public Companies Update, Summer 2024

Conyers on 8/7/2024

This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq in the first half of 2024. Global Market Update -...more

All together now: Post-acquisition compliance program integration

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 7/31/2024

The due diligence process is a critical element in a merger and acquisition transaction. Most companies clearly define the steps and rarely skip them. However, the participants in the process vary widely, and ethics and...more

Court of Chancery Issues First Dismissal of a SPAC Disclosure Complaint

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/25/2024

In January 2022, Vice Chancellor Lori Will of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a groundbreaking opinion in In re MultiPlan Corp. Stockholders Litigation that paved the way for SPAC stockholders to bring direct breach of...more

Lost-Premium Damages under Merger Agreement – Proposed Amendment to the DGCL in Light of Crispo vs. Musk

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/24/2024

On March 28, 2024, the Council of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association (“DSBA”) issued proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), which, if signed into law, would become...more

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

McDermott Will & Schulte on 4/12/2024

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

ESG Reporting for Private Companies

Fenwick & West LLP on 8/22/2023

As we have noted in our previous report, environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have garnered significant attention from a variety of stakeholders, resulting in increased reporting by many companies. While much of...more

Go Green or Go Home: ESG's Increasing Impact on M&A in the UK and Europe

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 6/22/2023

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) has become a megatrend in mergers and acquisitions and is here to stay. ESG itself is a wide capture-all definition, with "E" recognised as relating to environmental matters (such as...more

Inside the Courts – An Update From Skadden Securities Litigators - May 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/1/2023

Supreme Court Hears Argument on Traceability Requirement in Circuit-Split Slack v. Pirani - Key Points - - Before the end of June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in a high-profile securities case...more

Corporate Digest: Notable Deals and Transactions - March 2023

Conyers on 4/27/2023

This digest outlines some of the significant legal work undertaken by Conyers on behalf of our clients around the world since the beginning of 2022. The year was challenging for many of our clients, with global uncertainty...more

In re Tesla: fair price may ameliorate procedural defects under entire fairness review - Corporate / M&A Decisions update series

Hogan Lovells on 8/23/2022

Tesla Motors Stockholder Litigation arises out of Tesla’s acquisition of SolarCity, a market leader in manufacturing and installing solar energy generation systems. On two occasions in 2015 and 2016, Elon Musk suggested to...more

New Space Investments and Acquisitions Take Off

Perkins Coie on 3/24/2022

This article is the first of a series by the Perkins Coie New Space industry group on developments in the "new space" industry. Responsible for lowering the cost to access space, the "new space" industry has been developing...more

Recent M&A Developments: What Can Boards of Directors Expect in 2022?

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 2/28/2022

Editor’s Note: Akin Gump is pleased to publish the first in a series of blog posts covering significant issues U.S. boards of directors may expect to face in 2022. In addition to ongoing pressures on the part of boards of...more

ESG in M&A transactions in Germany – INSIGHTS in five minutes

Hogan Lovells on 7/16/2021

The influence of ESG aspects is growing rapidly in many areas – including German M&A transactions. It would not be surprising if, as in the field of compliance, ESG sensitive business models, investments or business...more

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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/7/2020

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

Securities Regulators Provide Guidance to Improve Transparency for Reporting Issuers in the Cannabis Industry, Providing Lessons...

Bennett Jones LLP on 12/17/2019

On November 12, 2019, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published Multilateral Staff Notice 51-359 Corporate Governance Related Discourse Expectations for Reporting Issuers in the Cannabis Industry ("MSN51-359") to...more

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