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2 More Bullets To Fight Corporate Activism
May 15, 2014
Last July, in an article titled “A Template for Tamping Down Corporate Activism,” we reported on the first judicial decision to address squarely whether a company may require its shareholders to arbitrate (rather than litigate) their claims, pursuant to an arbitration provision contained only in the company’s bylaws and never expressly approved by its shareholders.
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