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Prominent corporate lawyer Martin Lipton says that settling might be the better way to go for DuPont and other companies battling against activist shareholders.
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Shareholders have plenty of options when it comes to being heard. How does one go about becoming an activist?
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On March 25, 2015, in a unanimous vote, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) approved final rules to create a new avenue for certain issuers to raise capital in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
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There is ongoing contention in the United States about what it means to represent shareholder interests...
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Martin Lipton, founding partner of Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and longtime champion of management and target boards, told his clients Thursday to consider settling with activist investors instead of engaging in drawn-out battles with them.
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The Long-Term Effects of Hedge Fund Activism via SSRN Lucian A. Bebchuk Harvard Law School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and European Corpora
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The ISS Report on the DuPont-Trian proxy contest calls attention to a number of important insights into ISS policies and practices and those of many of its institutional investor clients. Concomitantly, these policies illustrate the realities of the sharp increase in activist activity and the steps corporations can, and should, take to deal with the activist phenomena.
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A movement is growing among commentators in the academy, the bench, and the bar that sees short-term shareholders — especially activist institutional shareholde
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SINGAPORE: Venture capitalist Eugene Wong is a firm believer in strong corporate governance. The managing director of Sirius Venture Capital advises companies to choose their directors wisely as having a solid board of directors will increase a company’s chance of attracting investors. This is important if it wants to raise money for expansion. “Investors want transparency. Good governance helps to bring that up. It also means bringing in the best person available to become a director.
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Corporate governance gurus might not like dual-class shares, but that doesn't keep investors from buying them
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Amid ongoing strife between board and members, motion could call for three candidates for directorship rejected by the board to be put to new ballot
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Manuscript Type: Empirical
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Statement at Open Meeting on Pay versus Performance
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In unsuccessfully seeking rehearing in United States v. Newman, 773 F.3d 438 (2d Cir. 2014), reh’g denied, Nos. 13-1837, 13-1917 (2d Cir. Apr. 3, 2015), the Government acknowledged that the Second Circuit’s recent decision in Newman “will dramatically limit the Government’s ability to prosecute some of the most common, culpable, and market-threatening forms of insider trading,” and “arguably represents one of the most significant developments in insider trading law in a generation.”
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Why Benjamin Graham would be proud of today’s...
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Shareholder Activism, Adam J. Epstein, Third Creek Advisors, The Perfect Corporate Board, Bebchuk, Lipton, corporate governance, directors, Epstein
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When US investor Nelson Peltz walks into a boardroom carrying a piece of paper you know there’s going to be trouble.
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Today, as part of a series of Congressionally-mandated rules to promote corporate accountability, we consider proposed rules to put a spotlight on the relationship between executive compensation and a company’s financial performance. It is well known that the compensation of corporate executives has grown exponentially over the last several decades, and continues to do so today.
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One of the world’s biggest private equity firms, the Blackstone Group, will be investing in what could be Quebec’s first diamond mine
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Another day, another REIT that has caved to pressure by an activist investor.
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