Much of 2020 saw a decline in shareholder activist campaign levels, presumably as activists stood back while the world dealt with and responded to a global pandemic.But we suspected that ...
Extreme dislocation and a major sell-off in global equity markets have led to many public companies finding their stock prices at severely depressed levels, often over 50% off last twelve...
U.S. and global stock markets have experienced a significant downturn and increased volatility stemming from the coronavirus (COVID-19), this weekend’s shock in the commodity markets an...
It is obvious that the risks presented by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) transcend “business as usual” for market participants. How should Boards be approaching the risks and opport...
Two recent Delaware decisions have made clear that courts will not give business judgment rule deference where boards of directors allegedly failed to implement or monitor oversight syste...
On September 9, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service released proposed regulations that, if finalized in their current form, would in many cases dramatically reduce the portion of a company...
The Business Roundtable has set out a path toward so-called stakeholder capitalism in its highly publicized Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation. There has been a great deal of media...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), the most significant tax legislation since the Tax Reform Act of 1986, has passed both houses of Congress and awaits the President’s signature. T...
Tax reform will be one of the top priorities for the 115th Congress. Hopes for pursuing tax reform to a successful conclusion are high, given one-party control of the government (and exu...
