Section 251(h) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) became effective on August 1, 2013 and is quickly becoming a staple of mergers and acquisitions practice. In certain circumstances, Section 251(h) expedites friendly acquisitions by eliminating the need for a stockholder vote on a second-step merger following consummation of a tender or exchange offer
Murray Shusterman, Senior Counsel at Fox Rothschild, LLP and Temple Law School Class of 1936, sits down with Professor Rob Bartow to talk about his enrollment in Temple Law School’s first day division class, his time as a Deputy City Solicitor of Philadelphia, and how students find their legal calling.
Harold E. Kohn Chair and Professor of Law Jonathan Lipson talks with Ajay Raju (LAW ’96), Partner at Reed Smith, about professional success and innovation in legal education and practice.
Directors of Delaware corporations can now prohibit the corporation’s stockholders from suing them anywhere except Delaware. This is the long-awaited result of a June 25, 2013 decision in Boilermakers Local 154 Retirement Fund, et al., v. Chevron Corp., et al. , C.A. No. 7220-CS (June 25, 2013, Del. Ch.). In Boilermakers, the Delaware Court of