M & A Law Prof Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-12849542021-07-19T12:37:50-07:00A Member of the Law Professor Blogs NetworkTypePadRobinhood goes publictag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef026bdee1624d200c2021-07-19T12:37:50-07:002021-07-19T12:59:48-07:00Robinhood just filed its S-1, proposing to raise $2 bn on a $35 bn valuation. Robinhood is continuing what has become de rigueur by now - a dual class structure that ensures the founders will control the company once it...CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBloggerPrejudiced in the extreme...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef026bde882ca8200c2020-08-07T08:03:54-07:002020-08-07T08:03:54-07:00OK, the summer, if you can call being locked in one's home since March the "summer", is winding down and I'm starting to think about the school year again. Just in time for that, there's another of Rick Climan and...CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBloggerCFP: AALS Transactional Law Sectiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0263e95134b7200b2020-06-17T15:10:11-07:002020-06-17T15:10:11-07:00Here's the annual call for papers from the AALS Transactional Law Section: The AALS Section on Transactional Law and Skills is pleased to announce a program titled The New Public Interest in Private Markets: Transactional Innovation for Promoting Inclusion during...CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBloggerWalk Rights Tutorialtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0240a50361d5200b2020-01-22T08:32:01-08:002020-01-23T17:08:44-08:00What do to when you contract to buy a "Tesla" but end up with a "Chevy Volt"? Rick Climan and Keith Flaum offer up another in their mock negotiations. This one deals with walk rights in the accuracy of representations...CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBloggerThe Shadow Pill is a Powerful Thingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0240a4caea04200d2019-11-26T11:39:25-08:002019-11-26T11:39:25-08:00You've likely seen that Xerox is has been making sounds about acquiring HP. Last week HP rejected Xerox's unsolicited $33 billion to acquire it in a letter that characterized the offer as significantly undervaluing the company. While it left the...CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBloggerMore on corporate purposetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0240a49ec3b8200c2019-11-20T06:05:00-08:002019-11-20T06:05:00-08:00Prof. Tsuk-Mitchell posted her new paper on corporate purpose, From Dodge to eBay: The Elusive Corporate Purpose. Here's the abstract: This article examines the history of the law of corporate purpose. I argue that the seemingly conflicting visions of corporate...CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBloggerBoeing faces good faith claimtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0240a49ea83a200c2019-11-19T05:24:39-08:002019-11-19T05:24:39-08:00Following on the heels of Marchand and Clovis Oncology, there now looks like a viable path for good faith claims - at least through a 23.1 motion to dismiss. Successful claims had been as rare as "Nessie", but in the...CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBloggerConsequential Damages and Buyer Powertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0240a49969ac200d2019-07-23T08:58:34-07:002019-07-23T08:58:34-07:00Here's another in a line of useful cartoons on merger agreement provisions - this time on carveouts for Consequential Damages. The cartoon also takes the opportunity to describe the "buyer power ratio" recently developed by the ABA Business Law Section...CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBloggerDoes Revlon Matter?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0240a46ee9d6200c2019-07-16T08:29:01-07:002019-07-16T08:29:01-07:00A star-studded line-up of law profs got together to try to answer this question. Does Revlon Matter? An Empirical and Theoretical Study (Cain, Davidoff-Solomon, Griffith, and Jackson) recently posted to SSRN. Since it came down in 1986, many have tried...CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBloggerGriffith on Reps/Warranties Insurancetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0240a4b8e9b3200b2019-06-27T07:50:09-07:002019-06-27T07:50:09-07:00Here's a new paper by Sean Griffith, Deal Insurance: Representation & Warranty Insurance in M&A Contracting: Abstract: Efficient contracting depends upon imposing risk on the party with superior access to information. Yet the parties in mergers and acquisitions transactions now...CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger