Mergers and Acquisitions

Sharp Increase In Securities Class Actions

The number of securities class action lawsuits this year is on track to be more than double the annual numbers […]

Environmental Cleanup and Recovery for Fraudulent Transfers

Clients faced with liability for legacy environmental harms must make a critical assessment of their exposure and the potential recovery from other […]

Successor Liability For FCA Violations

Any company considering an acquisition should first consider whether the target company has any pre-acquisition False Claims Act compliance risk […]

Trends In Canadian M&A

An unusually strong end of year 2015 bolstered Canadian M&A activity, and the trend continued into early 2016, writes Blake, […]

“Flip” For Polluted Industrial Sites Takes Years

Some savvy investors are turning a profit by buying polluted properties, cleaning them up and selling them, but it’s a […]

Using Europe’s M&A Regime For Tactical Advantage

U.S. companies planning for public M&A in the EU face rules of engagement that are considerably different from those in […]

The Pro-Competitive Justification

In many marketing initiatives that arguably entail some restraint of trade, it may be possible to invoke “pro-competitive justifications” writes […]

Merger Litigation Hit With Major Blow

Delaware’s Chancery Court will be “increasingly vigilant” about not signing off on merger litigation that looks to benefit only the […]

Big Drop In Merger Litigation, Law Firms Regroup

In 2014, nearly 95 percent of all M&A deals generated a lawsuit. It was down to less than 22 percent […]

New M&A Concern: National Security

The Pentagon and other U.S. agencies will soon propose legislation that would allow regulators to block proposed corporate mergers based […]

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