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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tender Offers Mergers

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Updates Guidance on Lock-Up Agreements and Cash Tender Offers

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently updated Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) regarding lock-up agreements and tender offers, offering notable clarifications for corporations considering...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Publishes Revised C&DI Related to Lock-Up Agreements in Business Combinations and New C&DIs Related to Tender Offers

On March 6, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published (1) a revised Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation (C&DI) regarding lock-up agreements in business combinations and (2) five new C&DIs...more

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SEC Staff Issues New Guidance on M&A Lockups and All-cash Tender Offers

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The SEC staff recently published new guidance for voting commitments in public M&A transactions and all-cash tender offers....more

Holland & Knight LLP

SEC Continues Use of Data Analytics to Aid Enforcement Investigations

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged nine individuals with insider trading in three separate actions on July 25, 2022, alleging the misconduct resulted in ill-gotten gains totaling more than $6.8 million....more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Public Targets U.S. regulation of cross-border business combinations

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Cash Tender Offer in Compliance with Regulation 14E - This note outlines the requirements under the U.S. federal securities laws applicable in the following situation: • The offer is a cash tender offer for the equity...more

Perkins Coie

Ninth Circuit Establishes Negligence Standard for Section 14(e) Claims in Circuit-Splitting Decision

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Rejecting the analysis of every other federal appellate court to consider the issue, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held that most claims filed under Section 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Ninth Circuit: Enough to Allege Negligence When Attacking Tender Offer Documents

Varjabedian ruling challenges long-standing precedent of scienter requirement. Section 14(e) ruling creates circuit split, increasing odds of Supreme Court review. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Sanctions in Takeover Situations: Navigating Regulatory Hurdles"

The U.S. government frequently uses sanctions as a key tool in pursuing its foreign policy agenda. As a result, transactions involving sanctioned individuals and entities (Sanctioned Persons) are often prohibited. The...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Glossary of Important Securities Regulation Terms and Definitions

This Glossary is designed to provide law students taking Securities Regulation with a tool that will assist them in learning the basic language of securities law and achieve a working knowledge of the fundamental principles...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Proposes Amendments To The Hart-Scott-Rodino Rules Regarding Withdrawal Of A Premerger Notification Filing

On February 1, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register to amend the Rules under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 regarding the...more

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