- McCauley & Co, Leadership Journey Podcast, June 2021
- “Wall Street ready to toast a New York revival but trade business suits for leisure wear,” Reuters, April 30, 2021
- “Activists, PE Likely to Ramp Up Hostile Bids,” The Deal, February 24, 2021
- “Who cares about independent chairs?” Financial Times, February 5, 2021
- “GameStop Frenzy Could Shift SEC’s Activist Agenda,” The Deal, February 4, 2021
- “Activists Have Money to Burn After ‘Quick Pause’ Last Year,” Agenda, January 25, 2021
- “Sidley's Liekefett Forecasts Front of Hostile Bids, Activism,” The Deal, January 14, 2021
- “IN-DEPTH: As vaccines arrive, immunity to activism wears off,” Activist Insight, January 5, 2021
- “Sidley Austin Led Law Firms Battling Activist Investors in 2020,” Bloomberg Law, January 4, 2021
- “Pandemic Response, ESG To Drive 2021 Shareholder Activism,” Law360, January 3, 2021
- “Activists Prep for Arduous Second Half,” The Deal, July 21, 2020
- “Activists Back with a ‘Vengeance’,” Agenda (a Financial Times publication), July 10, 2020
- “Activist Campaigns Look for Second-Half Revival After Slow 2020,” Bloomberg, July 1, 2020
- “Companies race to swallow poison pills to thwart hostile bids as stock prices plunge,” Barrons, June 23, 2020
- “Failed Mergers May Not Trouble Activists Behind Them,” The Deal, May 28, 2020
- “Shareholder Activists Are Ripping Up Their Traditional Playbook. But Passivism Won’t Last Long.” Barrons, May 22, 2020
- “Potbelly settlement with activists includes twist: stock, not cash, for outlays,” Reuters, May 11, 2020
- “Tegna Contest Becomes First All-Virtual Board Fight,” Bloomberg, April 24, 2020
- “Coronavirus-stricken U.S. companies pop poison pills,” Reuters, March 24, 2020
- “Market Drop Could Spawn New Insurgencies,” The Deal, March 13, 2020
- “Spread of Virus Drives Corporate America into Cyberspace for Annual Meetings,” Reuters, March 10, 2020
- “Advisers Split on Coronavirus Effect on Proxy Fights,” The Deal, March 6, 2020
- “Activist Hedge Fund Elliott Management’s Attack on Jack Dorsey is the First Shot in Brutal New Reality for Tech Founder CEOs Who Have Lost Their Protective Halo,” Business Insider, March 5, 2020
- “Why Elliott Seeking to Remove Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is a ‘Head-Scratcher’,” Bloomberg TV, March 4, 2020
- “Active Managers Agitate to Best Index Funds,” The Deal, January 24, 2020
- “Delaware Gives Companies Big Victories on Director Elections,” The Deal, January 16, 2020
- “Informal Settlements, ESG Issues To Permeate 2020 Activism,” Law360, January 1, 2020
- “Avoiding The Valley of Despair,” Activist Insight Monthly, October 2019
- “There Will Be Blood,” Activist Insight, September 2019
- “Activism This Week,” Activist Insight, September 6, 2019
- “E&P Update: Smaller E&P's Likely Unprepared for Investor Activism, Analysts Say,” Natural Gas Week, August 26, 2019
- “Fed’s Activism Rules Provide Boost to Insurgents,” The Deal, August 13, 2019
- “Active managers show up at the activism part,” Activistmonitor, July 12, 2019
- “Advisers Clash Over Activist Director ‘Replacement Rights’,” The Deal, July 11, 2019
- “‘Stunning Victory’ for Dissident Board in Change-of-Control Proxy Fight,” Agenda, July 10, 2019
- “Universal Card, T. Rowe, Helped Rice Brothers Win at EQT,” The Deal, July 10, 2019
- “Del Frisco's Change-of-Control Payments Signal Deal Talks,” The Deal, June 18, 2019
- “Fight Sites,” Activist Insight Monthly, June 2019
- “Financing Issues Doomed Alden's Gannett Bid,” The Deal, May 17, 2019
- “EQT Digs in with Board Shuffle, Universal Card Offer,” The Deal, May 9, 2019
- “The Ruthless, Secretive and Sometimes Seedy World of Hedge Fund Private Investigators,” Institutional Investor, May 1, 2019
- “Activists Target US Oil Patch’s Trustees For Life,” Financial Times, May, 2019
- “2019 Dealmakers of The Year,” The American Lawyer, April 2019
- “Fund Managers Turn Activist in Bid to Prove Their Worth,” Financial Times, March 26, 2019
- “Texas land trust takes step to counter activist investor,” Reuters, March 25, 2019
- “Newell CEO Steps Down, Restructuring Continues,” The Deal, March 20, 2019
- “The deal between John Schnatter and Papa John's is a win for both,” Courier Journal, part of the USA Today network, March 5, 2019
- “Caesars, Icahn Have Discussed Investor’s Demands,” The Deal, February 19, 2019
- “3 Ways Shareholder Activists Will Shape M&A in 2019,” Law360, February 12, 2019
- “The Weekly Wrap,” Activist Insight, February 8, 2019
- “Activist Spotlight: The Dilemma Posed by Strategic Reviews,” The Deal, January 28, 2019
- “IN DEPTH: Giving Back,” Activist Insight, January 8, 2019
- “Activists Expected To Target M&A, Overseas Cos. In 2019,” Law360, January 1, 2019
- “Activism in 2019: Peacemaking Over Proxy Fights Predicted,” Agenda, a Financial Times service, December 31, 2018
- “Activists Having Busier-Than-Ever 2018 as Icahn Returns to Fray,” Bloomberg, December 18, 2018
- “‘They clearly misjudged their shareholder base’: Majority of Detour Gold board ousted,” Financial Post, December 13, 2018
- “Singer’s Elliott Pounces on World’s Second-Largest Distiller,” Bloomberg, December 12, 2018
- “Activist Spotlight: Campbell Can Ignore Third Point at Its Peril,” The Deal, November 27, 2018
- “The battle is over: Campbell Soup and activist investor reach agreement,” CNN, November 26, 2018
- “Bid to shake up Campbell Soup gets a boost,” CNN, November 15, 2018
- “Activist investor tries new tactic in Campbell Soup fight,” CNN, November 9, 2018
- “Elaine Wynn Seals Control at Wynn Resorts With New Chairman,” The Deal Pipeline, November 7, 2018
- “Activist Target: Hilton Worldwide Holdings,” The Deal Pipeline, October 26, 2018
- “Third Point sues Campbell Soup, accuses it of misleading investors,” Thomson Reuters, October 25, 2018
- “Hedge Funds in the Business of Breaking Up Deals See Big Payoff,” CNBC, October 2, 2018
- “Questions Loom As Calif. Public Co. Boards Must Add Women,” Law360, October 1, 2018
- “Institutional Investors Dominate Engagement,” Agenda, September 24, 2018
- “Activist Spotlight: More Insurgents Blocking U.S. Mergers,” The Deal, September 5, 2018
- “Why Banks May Balk at Helping Activists,” The Deal, August 31, 2018
- “Wildest Campaigns of 2018,” Activist Insight, August 17, 2018
- “Meet the hedge fund that’s making life hell for Chicago CEOs,” Crain’s Chicago Business, August 13, 2018
- “Falling financials,” Activist Insight, August 9, 2018
- “U.S. Regulator Shelves Reform on Voting in Board Fights: Sources,” Thomson Reuters, July 11, 2018
- “SandRidge First in U.S. to Let Activist Board Nominees on Ballot,” Bloomberg Law, June 18, 2018
- “Activist Spotlight: When Insurgent Investors Butt Heads,” The Deal Pipeline, June 15, 2018
- “Proxy Firms, Shareholders Turn Scrutiny to Auditors,” Agenda, April 27, 2018
- “HomeStreet Secures Court Win in Proxy Tussle,” Corporate Secretary, April 18, 2018
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