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Tech M&A Due Diligence Checklist: Sector-Specific Concerns
ADVERTISEMENT Don't want ads? Subscribe or login now. By Ed Batts, Carrie LeRoy and Charles Walker (October 3, 2023, 2:42 PM EDT) -- In technology merger and acquisition transactions, critical issues must be evaluated related to a target's intellectual property, and additional, high-impact diligence concerns also need to be evaluated early and with precision....
Tech M&A Due Diligence Checklist: Critical IP Areas Of Inquiry
ADVERTISEMENT Don't want ads? Subscribe or login now. By Ed Batts, Carrie LeRoy and Charles Walker (September 25, 2023, 5:59 PM EDT) -- Declining valuations are the backdrop of the current technology merger and acquisition landscape worldwide.... A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence. Over 200 articles are published daily across more than 60 topics, industries, practice areas and jurisdictions.
Orrick Releases New Primer On U.S. Stockholder Activism
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Understanding U.S. Stockholder Activism - A Practical Primer | JD Supra
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2019 Mergers & Acquisitions Helpful Checklists (UPDATED) | JD Supra
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Public Company Corporate Governance Features In The Technology Sector: 2019 | JD Supra
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Public Company Corporate Governance Features In The Energy Sector: 2019 | JD Supra
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2019 Mergers and Acquisitions Helpful Checklists | JD Supra
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2019 US Public Company Helpful Checklists | JD Supra
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Board Diversity Study
Posted by Ed Batts, Isabella Fu, and Sara Gates, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, on Sunday, August 25, 2019 Print E-Mail Tweet Ed Batts is partner, Isabella Fu is a summer associate, and Sara Gates is an associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. This post is based on their Orrick memorandum. Related research from the Program on Corporate Governance includes Socially Responsible Firms by Alan Ferrell, Hao Liang, and Luc Renneboog (discussed on the Forum here).
Benchmarking California Board Diversity: Even if California’s Law is Blocked, Gender Diversity Initiatives from Stockholders Will Impact Public Companies Across the United States | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP - JDSupra
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Observations on Atlassian’s Proposed Model Term Sheet | JD Supra
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Public Company Corporate Governance Features in the Energy Sector | JD Supra
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BlackRock Talks…And U.S. Companies Must Listen | JD Supra
In BlackRock CEO and Co-founder Larry Fink’s annual letter to companies on January 16, he issued a call to action for companies to have “a clear sense of purpose.” To BlackRock, having “a clear sense of purpose” means much more than simply delivering quarterly financial results—companies will be expected to have a strong commitment to evolving Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues.
“Open For Business” Mantra Takes Hold – And SEC Streamlines
A change in administration has brought with it a new focus by the SEC to lessen regulatory burden on public companies. This comes as large private companies in recent years have increasingly eschewed the public markets. Such avoidance may have been for various reasons wholly unrelated to SEC regulation, and also may have been transient, given the advent of late of unicorns such as Uber that are openly espousing the benefits of public ownership.
Blackrock Talks … And U.S. Companies Must Listen: The Revolution In U.S. Equity Markets And Its Increasingly Important Impact On Corporate Governance
On January 16, the day after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, BlackRock's CEO and Co-founder, Larry Fink, released his annual letter to companies (https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/en-us/investor-relations/larry-fink-ceo-letter) in which he spelled out in crystal clear letters the need for companies to have "a clear sense of purpose." Mr. Fink's letter indeed made clear that to BlackRock, having "a clear sense of purpose" means much more than simply delivering quarterly financial...
Public Company Corporate Governance Features in the Technology Sector
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Stockholder access to nominate directors gains momentum in 2015 proxy season
Years of regulatory snarls and courtroom battles have left a complex, intertwined state and federal regulatory patchwork for proxy statements that has resulted in split approaches for stockholder proposals on one hand and stockholder nominations for directors on the other. Large pension funds are increasingly focused on encouraging companies to amend bylaws to allow for stockholder nomination of a percentage of director candidates.
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