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Trends in Merger Investigations and Enforcement at the U.S. Antitrust Agencies: Fiscal Years 2005-2022

JD Supra: Mergers

In fiscal year 2022, merger transactions and second requests decreased from the prior year. By: Cornerstone Research

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China’s Updated Company Law: Impacts on Shareholders’ Rights

JD Supra: Mergers

First promulgated on December 29, 1993, the PRC Company Law has undergone two substantial updates during its 30 years of development, the previous one undertaken in October 2005, and four less substantial amendments, the latest of which was in 2018. China’s updated Company Law (the “new Law”) took effect on July 1, 2024.

IT 183
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What's Market: Representations and Warranty Insurance

JD Supra: Mergers

Every other year since 2005 the ABA has released its Private Target Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Point Studies (the “ABA studies”). Representation and warranty insurance (“RWI”) is an increasingly important feature of private company M&A transactions. Originally Published in Bloomberg Law. By: Goulston & Storrs PC

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What's Market: The Materiality Scrape

JD Supra: Mergers

Over the past 15+ years covered by the ABA studies, materiality scrapes have morphed from being a somewhat uncommon provision, seen in about 14% of transactions in 2005, to something near-ubiquitous in M&A purchase agreements, now included in about 80%% of transactions.

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Can A Charter Amendment Fix Con Ed?

JD Supra: Mergers

2005), the stockholders of Northeast Utilities sued Consolidated Edison for the $1.2 In a recent post, Professor Ann Lipton noted a proposed charter amendment intended to address the so-called "Con Ed" problem. Edison, Inc. Utilities, 426 F.3d 3d 524 (2d Cir. billion premium that Consolidated Edison would have paid had the deal closed.

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Delaware Court of Chancery Questions Enforceability of Con Ed Provisions

JD Supra: Mergers

Northeast Utilities, a 2005 case in which the 2nd U.S. So-called Con Ed provisions emerged as M&A practitioners’ response to Consolidated Edison, Inc.

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Anderson UnderBridge secures investment rom Compass Group

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Anderson UnderBridge was founded in 2005. The post Anderson UnderBridge secures investment rom Compass Group appeared first on PE Hub.