Sidley is pleased to share the October issue of Sidley Perspectives on M&A and Corporate Governance, a bimonthly newsletter designed to keep you current on what we consider to be the most important legal developments involving M&A and corporate governance matters. Topics covered in this issue include:
ANALYSIS
- The Commonsense Principles of Corporate Governance—A New Baseline for Best Practices
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
- Seventh Circuit Adopts Trulia Standard for Disclosure-Only Settlements
- Recent Delaware Rulings Illustrate Increased Scrutiny of Mootness Fee Requests
- Delaware Court of Chancery Addresses Timing of Disclosure Claims
- Caremark Claims Remain Very Difficult to Pursue
- Delaware Court of Chancery Rejects Books and Records Demand for Documentation Regarding Repatriation Tax
- Delaware Court of Chancery Addresses the Effect of Fully Informed, Uncoerced Stockholder Approval in Two Cases
- Delaware Uses DCF Analysis in Appraisal for Private Company Merger
- Directors Can Be Sued For Using A Merger To Extinguish Threatened Derivative Lawsuits
- Recent Cornerstone Research Study Highlights M&A Litigation Trends
SEC DEVELOPMENTS
- SEC Staff Denies No-Action Relief to Companies Seeking to Exclude Shareholder Proposals Requesting Amendments to Existing Proxy Access Bylaws
- Financial Advisor in Rural/Metro Settles with SEC Over Disclosure Violations
- SEC Requests Comment on Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation Disclosures
- SEC Proposes Rules That Would Mandate Hyperlinks to Exhibit Filings
TAX DEVELOPMENTS
- IRS Changes Its No-Ruling Policy on Tax-Free Spinoffs
Current and past issues of Sidley Perspectives on M&A and Corporate Governance are available on our website. View the October issue here.
If you have any questions regarding this issue of Sidley Perspectives, please contact the Sidley lawyer with whom you usually work or Claire Holland, the editor of the newsletter, at cholland@sidley.com.
M&A
Corporate Governance
Securities and Shareholder Litigation
Tax
Antitrust
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