The SEC has proposed rule amendments that revise required financial disclosure upon the acquisition and disposition of businesses in M&A transactions. The proposed changes would, among other things: update the significance tests under these rules by revising the investment test and the income test, and conforming the significance threshold and... Read More
In Batty v. UCAR International Inc. et al the Delaware Court of Chancery considered the terms of a severance agreement. The agreement, which was entered into in 2000, set the compensation that plaintiff Batty, who was employed by certain of the defendants for 34 years, would receive from the defendants... Read More
In Olenik V. Lodzinski et al, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Court of Chancery finding the conditions required for business judgment review of a transaction with a controlling shareholder had not been conducted in accordance with Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp. from the outset and therefore the entire fairness... Read More
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update on the recognition and measurement of deferred revenue in business combinations. The proposed ASU clarifies when acquiring organizations should recognize a contract liability in a business combination. In the proposal, an organization should recognize deferred revenue from acquiring another... Read More
In Re Tangoe, Inc. Stockholders Litigation was one of those situations where everything that could go wrong did. According to the Plaintiff, the Tangoe directors breached their fiduciary duties to Tangoe stockholders by steering the Company into an ill-advised take-private acquisition with a negative premium by Marlin Equity and recommended... Read More
Akorn, Inc., v. Fresenius Kabi AG et al will undoubtedly become known as the first case where a Delaware court found a material adverse effect, or MAC (often referred to as a material adverse effect, or MAE), to exist. The opinion also contains a helpful description of a description of... Read More
The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), today issued temporary regulations in connection with the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), which President Trump signed into law in August. FiRRMA is meant to protect critical... Read More
Akorn, Inc., v. Fresenius Kabi AG et al will undoubtedly become known as the first case where a Delaware court found a material adverse effect, or MAC (often referred to as a material adverse effect, or MAE), to exist. The opinion also contains a helpful description of how to read... Read More
The FTC recently spoke about the time it takes review a consent package after FTC staff and the parties formally submit a settlement package to the Director of the Bureau of Competition. According to the FTC it typically takes four weeks to review a consent package after staff and the... Read More
Some merger agreements are starting to include representations and warranties regarding the absence of allegations of sexual harassment against senior officials. Some examples follow. Brookfield Asset Management’s acquisition of Forest City Realty To the Knowledge of the Company, in the last five (5) years, no allegations of sexual harassment have... Read More