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| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Michigan Court Rules Kelly Stephen Searl, William C. Searl, 1922 |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Model Rules of Professional Conduct American Bar Association. House of Delegates, Center for Professional Responsibility (American Bar Association), 2007 The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Corporate Director's Guidebook American Bar Association. Committee on Corporate Laws, 2007 The Corporate Director's Guidebook is recognized as the premier authority on the director's role and the board's functions. It is read, consulted and cited by board members, executives, lawyers and academics nationwide. Now available as a new Fifth Edition, the Guidebook completely updates its fourth edition published in 2004. This new Fifth Edition addresses recent effects the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has had in the corporate governance arena and its impact on the legal responsibilities of directors of public companies. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Cohen V. Ayers , 1979 |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Business Torts Litigation Ann E. Georgehead, David A. Soley, Robert Y. Gwin, 2005 A litigator's guide to current business torts law, this book provides a concise review of - or introduction to - the important issues, general rules, and major exceptions to the rules in each of the major business torts subjects areas, along with practical guidance through the situations you are likely to encounter in assessing, preparing and presenting a case.--BOOK JACKET. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Takeover Defense Arthur Fleischer, Alexander R. Sussman, Henry Lesser, 1990 |
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| business judgment rule affirmative defense: The Corporate Objective Andrew R. Keay, 2011-01-01 'This is legal scholarship of the finest kind, concerned with an issue of supreme political, economic and social importance. Professor Keay takes the debate on the object of the modern public corporation by the scruff of its neck and skilfully navigates between the Scylla and Charybdis of the shareholder/stakeholder debate. This book, characterised by admirable analytical clarity and a huge amount of research, faithfully summarises the debate hitherto, and propels us to the next stage with a powerful argument, which challenges, effectively, both the stakeholder and shareholder theories.' – Harry Rajak, University of Sussex School of Law, UK The Corporate Objective addresses a question that has been subject to much debate: what should be the objective of public corporations? It examines the two dominant theories that address this issue, the shareholder primacy and stakeholder theories, and finds that both have serious shortcomings. The book goes on to develop a new theory, called the Entity Maximisation and Sustainability Model. Under this model, directors are to endeavour to increase the overall long-run market value of the corporation as an entity. At the same time as maximising wealth, directors have to ensure that the corporation survives and is able to stay afloat and pursue the development of the corporation's position. Andrew Keay seeks to explain and justify the model and discusses how the model is enforced, how investors fit into the model, how directors are to act and how profits are to be allocated. Analysing in depth the existing theories which seek to explain the corporate objective, this book will appeal to academics in corporate law and corporate governance as well as law, finance, business ethics, organisational behaviour, management, economics, accounting and sociology. Postgraduate students in corporate law and corporate governance, directors, and government regulators will also find much to interest them in this study. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Corporate Law Stephen M. Bainbridge, 2009 Corporations classes present students with two related problems: First, many students have trouble understanding the cases studied because they do not understand the transactions giving rise to those cases. Second, Corporations classes at many law schools are taught from a law and economics perspective, which many students find unfamiliar and/or daunting. Yet, with few exceptions, corporate law treatises and other study aids have essentially ignored the law and economics revolution. This book is intended to remedy these difficulties. The pedagogy is up-to - date, with a strong emphasis on the doctrinal issues taught in today's Corporations classes and, equally important, a mainstream economic analysis of the major issues in the course. As such, the text is coherent and cohesive: It provides students not only with an overview of the course, but also (and more importantly) with a unifying method of thinking about the course. Using a few basic tools of law and economics-price theory, game theory, and the theory of the firm literature-students will come to see corporate law as the proverbial seamless web. Finally, the text is highly readable: The style is simple, direct, and reader- friendly. Even when dealing with complicated economic or financial issues, the text seeks to make those issues readily accessible. |
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| business judgment rule affirmative defense: The Oxford Handbook of Fiduciary Law Evan J. Criddle, Paul B. Miller, Robert H. Sitkoff, 2019-04-29 The Oxford Handbook of Fiduciary Law provides a comprehensive overview of critical topics in fiduciary law and theory through chapters authored by leading scholars. The Handbook opens with surveys of the many fields of law in which fiduciary duties arise, including agency law, trust law, corporate law, pension law, bankruptcy law, family law, employment law, legal representation, health care, and international law. Drawing on these surveys, the Handbook offers a synthetic analysis of fiduciary law's key concepts and principles. Chapters in the Handbook explore the defining features of fiduciary relationships, clarify the distinctive fiduciary duties that arise in these relationships, and identify the remedies available for breach of fiduciary duties. The volume also provides numerous comparative perspectives on fiduciary law from eminent legal historians and from scholars with deep expertise in a diverse array of the world's legal systems. Finally, the Handbook lays the groundwork for future research on fiduciary law and theory by highlighting cross-cutting themes, identifying persistent theoretical and practical challenges, and exploring how the field could be enriched through empirical analysis and interdisciplinary insights from economics, philosophy, and psychology. Unparalleled in its breadth and depth of coverage, The Oxford Handbook of Fiduciary Law represents an invaluable resource for practitioners, policymakers, scholars, and students in this essential field of law. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: O'Connor's Texas Rules, Civil Trials Michol O'Connor, 2004 |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act United States, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 1972 |
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| business judgment rule affirmative defense: The Business Judgment Rule Dennis J. Block, 1998 |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Representing Corporate Officers, Directors, Managers, and Trustees Marc J. Lane, 2010-09-17 As a result of numerous recent corporate and accounting scandals, corporate officers, directors, managers, and trustees now face a host of new problemsand—ranging from a blizzard of new legislation, rules, and responsibilitiesand—to increased SEC oversight, new NYSE and NASDAQ listing standards, new fiduciary and other duties, and crushing new criminal penalties. Representing Corporate Officers, Directors, Managers, and Trustees tells you what to look for...what to look out for...and what steps to take to protect your corporate clients in todayand’s harsh regulatory environment. Itand’s the only up-to-date work of its kind to offer both in-depth analysis and practical guidance on every key aspect of this critically important area. This completely updated Second Edition thoroughly covers: Directorsand’ duty of careand— including the different standards which have been imposed on directors regarding the duty of care...the duty of loyalty...the business judgment rule... when directors are entitled to rely on the advice of others...improperly influencing audits under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act... improper distributions...and more. Conflicts of interestand—with examples of conflict of interest transactions, and discussion of loans to or by directors and officers...secret profits...and the duty to safeguard confidential or inside informationand— plus, how certain transactions considered improper can be ratified and thus become legitimate. Federal securities lawsand—including everything from overviews of the laws, the SEC, and securities themselvesand— to jurisdiction, pleading, remedies, and defenses in securities cases... the new criminal penalties...and attorneysand’ responsibilities regarding liability under Sarbanes-Oxley. Indemnification and insuranceand— with discussion of mandatory and permissive indemnification and the scope of indemnification in various states... when a director may be indemnified even if not wholly successful in defense of anaction...directorsand’ and officersand’ liability insurance...types and extent of insurance coverage...tax law treatment...and exclusions. Tender offersand—including antitakeover measures, two-tier and squeeze-out mergers, and golden parachute agreements, poison pill plans, and greenmail...potential liability in tender offers...and implementing mergers and acquisitions, with securities law, antitrust, tax, accounting, and labor law considerations. |
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| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Law's Stories Peter Brooks, Paul Gewirtz, 1996-01-01 The law is full of stories, ranging from the competing narratives presented at trials to the Olympian historical narratives set forth in Supreme Court opinions. How those stories are told and listened to makes a crucial difference to those whose lives are reworked in legal storytelling. The public at large has increasingly been drawn to law as an area where vivid human stories are played out with distinctively high stakes. And scholars in several fields have recently come to recognize that law's stories need to be studied critically.This notable volume-inspired by a symposium held at Yale Law School-brings together an exceptional group of well-known figures in law and literary studies to take a probing look at how and why stories are told in the law and how they are constructed and made effective. Why is it that some stories-confessions, victim impact statements-can be excluded from decisionmakers' hearing? How do judges claim the authority by which they impose certain stories on reality?Law's Stories opens new perspectives on the law, as narrative exchange, performance, explanation. It provides a compelling encounter of law and literature, seen as two wary but necessary interlocutors.ContributorsJ. M. BalkinPeter BrooksHarlon L. DaltonAlan M. DershowitzDaniel A. FarberRobert A. FergusonPaul GewirtzJohn HollanderAnthony KronmanPierre N. LevalSanford LevinsonCatharine MacKinnonJanet MalcolmMartha MinowDavid N. RosenElaine ScarryLouis Michael SeidmanSuzanna SherryReva B. SiegelRobert Weisberg. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Representing Corporate Officers and Directors and LLC Managers [formerly Representing Corporate Officers, Directors, Managers, and Trustees], 3rd Edition Lane, 2018-12-19 Representing Corporate Officers and Directors and LLC Managers, Third Edition (formerly titled Representing Corporate Officers, Directors, Managers, and Trustees) is a guide to the practical aspects of corporate governance for attorneys, corporate officers and directors, LLC managers, and trustees. Following the repercussions of past corporate and accounting scandals, new legislation, rules, and standards by governmental bodies and society have greatly increased the focus on the responsibilities and liabilities of directors, officers, managers, and trustees. Increased SEC oversight, new NYSE and NASDAQ listing standards, new cybersecurity compliance guidance, new fiduciary and other duties, and new criminal penalties have all changed the landscape for those who control corporations. By logically laying out the steps to safe corporate governance, the analysis, cases, tables, and checklists guide the veteran and neophyte alike. Representing Corporate Officers and Directors and LLC Managers tells you what to look for...what to look out for...and what steps to take to protect your corporate clients in today's harsh regulatory environment. It's the only up-to-date work of its kind to offer both in-depth analysis and practical guidance on key aspects of this critically important area. This updated Third Edition thoroughly covers: Directors' duties of care and loyalty-- including the different standards which have been imposed on directors regarding the duty of care...the duty of loyalty...the business judgment rule... when directors are entitled to rely on the advice of others...improperly influencing audits under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act... improper distributions...and more. Conflicts of interest--with examples of conflict of interest transactions, and discussion of loans to or by directors and officers...secret profits...and the duty to safeguard confidential or inside information-- plus, how certain transactions considered improper can be ratified and thus become legitimate. Federal securities laws--including everything from overviews of the laws, the SEC, and securities themselves-- to jurisdiction, pleading, remedies, and defenses in securities cases... criminal penalties...and attorneys' responsibilities regarding liability under Sarbanes-Oxley. Indemnification and insurance-- with discussion of mandatory and permissive indemnification and the scope of indemnification in various states... when a director may be indemnified even if not wholly successful in defense of an action...directors' and officers' liability insurance...types and extent of insurance coverage...tax law treatment...and exclusions. Tender offers--including antitakeover measures, two-tier and squeeze-out mergers, and golden parachute agreements, poison pill plans, and greenmail...potential liability in tender offers...and implementing mergers and acquisitions, with securities law, antitrust, tax, accounting, and labor law considerations. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: The Delaware Law of Corporations & Business Organizations Statutory Deskbook 2011 Balotti, Jesse A. Finkelstein, 2010-10-01 The Delaware Law of Corporations & Business Organizations Statutory Deskbook is designed to facilitate research into matters of statutory scope and construction. Compact and easily portable, The Statutory Deskbook brings you the complete text, with all current amendments of the principal Delaware business organization statutes, including: The Delaware General Corporation Law Limited Liability Company Act Statutory Trust Statute Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act The Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act The Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act Other related provisions of the State of Delaware Constitution, Franchise Tax Law and Code This statutory booklet is designed to be a convenient guide to Delaware corporations, limited partnerships and limited liability companies and is able to be easily transported by the user as an extension of the current three-volume The Delaware Law of Corporations & Business Organization, Third Edition. In addition, the accompanying CD-ROM contains the full contents of the statutory booklet, with a search mechanism that allows the user to make research more efficient. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King, 2025-01-14 A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's essay Letter from Birmingham Jail, part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. With an afterword by Reginald Dwayne Betts On April 16, 1923, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., responded to an open letter written and published by eight white clergyman admonishing the civil rights demonstrations happening in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. King drafted his seminal response on scraps of paper smuggled into jail. King criticizes his detractors for caring more about order than justice, defends nonviolent protests, and argues for the moral responsibility to obey just laws while disobeying unjust ones. Letter from Birmingham Jail proclaims a message - confronting any injustice is an acceptable and righteous reason for civil disobedience. This beautifully designed edition presents Dr. King's speech in its entirety, paying tribute to this extraordinary leader and his immeasurable contribution, and inspiring a new generation of activists dedicated to carrying on the fight for justice and equality. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Fiduciary Law Tamar Frankel, 2011 In Fiduciary Law, Tamar Frankel examines the structure, principles, themes, and objectives of fiduciary law. Fiduciaries, which include corporate managers, money managers, lawyers, and physicians among others, are entrusted with money or power. Frankel explains how fiduciary law is designed to offer protection from abuse of this method of safekeeping. She deals with fiduciaries in general, and identifies situations in which fiduciary law falls short of offering protection. Frankel analyzes fiduciary debates, and argues that greater preventive measures are required. She offers guidelines for determining the boundaries and substance of fiduciary law, and discusses how failure to enforce fiduciary law can contribute to failing financial and economic systems. Frankel offers ideas and explanations for the courts, regulators, and legislatures, as well as the fiduciaries and entrustors. She argues for strong legal protection against abuse of entrustment as a means of encouraging fiduciary services in society. Fiduciary Law can help lawyers and policy makers designing the future law and the systems that it protects. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Outsourcing the Board Stephen M. Bainbridge, M. Todd Henderson, 2018-04-26 The authors propose that corporations be able to hire other corporations to provide board services. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Research Handbook on Fiduciary Law D. Gordon Smith, Andrew S. Gold, The Research Handbook on Fiduciary Law offers specially commissioned chapters written by leading scholars and covers a wide range of important topics in fiduciary law. Topical contributions discuss: various fiduciary relationships; the duty of loyalty and other fiduciary obligations; fiduciary remedies; the role of equity; the role of trust; international and comparative perspectives; and public fiduciary law. This Research Handbook will be of interest to readers concerned with both theory and practice, as it incorporates significant new insights and developments in the field. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Condominium and Homeowner Association Practice Wayne S. Hyatt, 1988 This edition offers an overview of the basic principles of this rapidly growing form of ownership and its related community association. It incorporates case law and other developments since the first edition was published in 1981. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Bench Book United States. National Labor Relations Board. Division of Judges, 2001 |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: The Limits of Organization Kenneth J. Arrow, 1974-02-17 The tension between what we wish for and what we can get, between values and opportunities, exists even at the purely individual level. A hermit on a mountain may value warm clothing and yet be hard-pressed to make it from the leaves, bark, or skins he can find. But when many people are competing with each other for satisfaction of their wants, learning how to exploit what is available becomes more difficult. In this volume, Nobel Laureate Kenneth J. Arrow analyzes why - and how - human beings organize their common lives to overcome the basic economic problem: the allocation of scarce resources. The price system is one means of organizing society to mediate competition, and Arrow analyzes its successes and failures. Alternative modes of achieving efficient allocation of resources are explored: government, the internal organization of the firm, and the 'invisible institutions' of ethical and moral principles. Professor Arrow shows how these systems create channels to make decisions, and discusses the costs of information acquisition and retrieval. He investigates the factors determining which potential decision variables are recognized as such. Finally, he argues that organizations must achieve some balance between the power of the decision makers and their obligation to those who carry out their decisions - between authority and responsibility. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Treco, Inc. V. Land of Lincoln Savings and Loan Association , 1984 |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Bank Directors', Officers', and Lawyers' Civil Liabilities John K. Villa, 2011-01-01 Bank Directors', Officers', and Lawyers' Civil Liabilities, Second Edition is an essential resource for any attorney who is litigating or attempting to settle cases brought by the federal and state banking regulators against directors, officers, and legal counsel of financial institutions. It provides current analysis of the new law emerging from the courts, the Supreme Court's landmark decision in O'Melveny and& Myers v. FDIC and the demise of the federal common law regarding failed financial institutions. Directors' and officers' liability insurance and bank fidelity bonds are also covered in detail. John K. Villa guides you through the complexities of litigating an action - and discusses ways to reduce the chances of litigation - with strategic recommendations for all key players. This authoritative treatise answers essential questions such as: When is a bank director indemnified? How is the statute of limitations applied? What added responsibilities does a lawyer assume by becoming a bank director; does federal or state law control? What are acceptable courses of conduct for the bank? What must agencies prove before a court will enforce an administrative subpoena for financial data? How does the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 affect those banks that constitute a public company? |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions (IPI), Civil , 2011 |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Business Organizations Law James D. Cox, Thomas Lee Hazen, 2020-03-16 Clear, succinct, descriptions of the reasoning and policy issues underlying corporate law that is accessible to law students with no business or economic background. The 2020 edition is thoroughly updated to include recent U.S. Supreme Court, Delaware and other leading decisions and regulatory developments (for example, the most recent version of the Model Business Corporation Act as well as the Delaware statute) that impact the conduct of corporate affairs including fiduciary obligations and duties in corporate transactions, governance, and management of corporations and LLCs, as well as benefit corporations, including the landscape of securities fraud suits in the federal courts, new discussions of unincorporated forms of business, insightful explanations of such news-making issues as corporate governance and director liabilities, and coverage of LLCs and LLPs. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Bank Directors', Officers' and Lawyers' Civil Liabilities, 3rd Edition Villa, 2020-05-19 Bank Directors', Officers', and Lawyers' Civil Liabilities, Third Edition is an essential resource for any attorney who is litigating or attempting to settle cases brought by the federal and state banking regulators against directors, officers, and legal counsel of financial institutions. It provides current analysis of the new law emerging from the courts, the Supreme Court's landmark decision in O'Melveny & Myers v. FDIC and the demise of the federal common law regarding failed financial institutions. Directors' and officers' liability insurance and bank fidelity bonds are also covered in detail. John K. Villa guides you through the complexities of litigating an action - and discusses ways to reduce the chances of litigation - with strategic recommendations for all key players. This authoritative treatise answers essential questions such as: When is a bank director indemnified? How is the statute of limitations applied? What added responsibilities does a lawyer assume by becoming a bank director; does federal or state law control? What are acceptable courses of conduct for the bank? What must agencies prove before a court will enforce an administrative subpoena for financial data? How does the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 affect those banks that constitute a public company? New developments analyzed in the Third Edition include: Updated guidance from the banking regulatory agencies on implementing effective Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering compliance programs. Updated regulations on the application of the Volcker Rule. Recent ethics opinions addressing the nature and extent of a lawyer's duty with respect to the return of a client's files. An attorney's liability as a joint tortfeasor for participating in another's breach of fiduciary duty. Updated guidance on the imposition of firm-wide penalties in enforcement actions and on capital requirements for community banking entities. New case law addressing issues under the Delaware indemnification statute. Note: Online subscriptions are for three-month periods. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: The Interpretation and Application of Statutes Frederick Reed Dickerson, 1975 This work discusses the constitutional foundations that govern the relations between the legislature and the courts and the issues of separation of powers with respect to statutes. Concepts of legislative meaning, intent, purpose, and context are described in detail. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Representing Yourself in Federal Court United States Disctrict Court, Northern District of California, 2017-08-04 This Handbook is designed to help people dealing with civil lawsuits in federal court without legal representation. Proceeding without a lawyer is called proceeding pro se1, a Latin phrase meaning for oneself, or sometimes in propria persona, meaning in his or her own person. Representing yourself in a lawsuit can be complicated, time consuming, and costly. Failing to follow court procedures can mean losing your case. For these reasons, you are urged to work with a lawyer if possible. Chapter 2 gives suggestions on finding a lawyer. Do not rely entirely on this Handbook. This Handbook provides a summary of civil lawsuit procedures, but it may not cover all procedures that may apply in your case. It also does not teach you about the laws that will control your case. Make sure you read the applicable federal and local court rules and do your own research at a law library or online to understand your case. The United States District Court for the Northern District of California has Clerk's Offices in the San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland courthouses. Clerk's Office staff can answer general questions, but they cannot give you any legal advice. For example, they cannot help you decide what to do in your lawsuit, tell you what the law means, or even advise you when documents are due. There are Legal Help Centers in the San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose courthouses where you can get free help with your lawsuit from an attorney who can help you prepare documents and give limited legal advice. This attorney will not be your lawyer and you will still be representing yourself. See Chapter 2 for more details. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Siegel's Corporations Brian N. Siegel, Lazar Emanuel, 2012-03-06 A proven resource for high performance, the Siegel’s series keeps you focused on the only thing that matters – the exam. The Siegel’s series relies on a powerful Q&A format, featuring multiple-choice questions at varying levels of difficulty, as well as essay questions to give you practice issue-spotting and analyzing the law. Answers to multiple-choice questions explain why one choice is correct as well as why the other choices are wrong, to ensure complete understanding. An entire chapter is devoted to teaching you how to prepare effectively for essay exams. The chapter provides instruction, advice, and exam-taking tips that help you make the most of your study time. A wonderful resource for practice in answering the types of questions your professor will ask on your exam, the Siegel’s Series will prove valuable in the days or weeks leading up to your final. Features: Exposing you to the types of questions your professor will ask on the exam, Siegel’s will prove valuable in the days or weeks leading up to your final. A great number of questions at the appropriate level of difficulty—20 to 30 essay Q&As and 90 to 100 multiple-choice Q&As—provide opportunity for you to practice spotting issues as you apply your knowledge of the law. Essay questions give you solid practice writing concise essay answers, and the model answers allow you to check your work. An entire chapter is devoted to preparing for essay exams. In checking your answers to multiple-choice questions, you can figure out where you may have erred: Answers explain why one choice is correct and the other choices are wrong. To help you learn to make the most of your study time, the introductory chapter gives instruction, advice, and tips for preparing for and taking essay exams . The table of contents helps you prepare for exams by clearly outlining the topics tested in each Essay question. In addition, you can locate questions covering topics you’re having difficulty with by checking the index. Revised by law school professors, the Siegel’s Series is updated on a regular basis. |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: 30(b)6 Mark Kosieradzki, 2020-11-15 |
| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Securities Law Claims Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, 2004 Anyone with financial responsibility for a company needs to understand his or her liability, how to protect against wrongdoing, and how to proceed when implicated. Companies are required to file accurate information reports and obey regulations designed to protect the public. In recent years, failure to comply with securities regulations has destroyed several prominent companies and implicated their executives. Securities Law Claims provides a complete and current examination of legal matters in the securities market from the perspective of an issuing company. This clearly written, issue-spotting guide combines a foundation for understanding securities law concepts with enough detail to begin an action plan at any stage from securities issue to prosecution. It is a must-read for any executive, board member, or trustee. Covered in this volume: - Shareholder derivative actions - SEC enforcement - Increased responsibility of Boards of Directors under Caremark and Sarbanes-Oxley - State Securities and Blue Sky Laws - Managing company communications before and during litigation, including a discussion of privilege. |
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| business judgment rule affirmative defense: Limited Liability Entities Bradley T. Borden, Robert J. Rhee, 2012-05-17 The foremost authority on state laws governing limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships. This resource covers choice of entity, formation, admission, dissociation, dissolution, wind up, tax treatment; statutory and case sources are brought together in an accessible manner. By Bradley T. Borden, Robert J. Rhee Limited Liability Entities: State by State Guide to LLCs, LPs and LLPs is the country's foremost authority on the state laws governing limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and limited liability partnerships. It contains expert analysis and commentary by two of the nation's most renowned experts in this area of the law and compiles statutory and case sources in an accessible manner. Authors Bradley Borden and Robert Rhee provide seven annual updates to this product, making it the most timely and comprehensive work of its kind. Volume 1 provides a comprehensive overview of limited liability entities. It begins with a detailed review of the history and evolution of limited liability entities. It then provides an in-depth examination of the general state-law principles that govern limited liability entities, using the uniform limited liability entity laws as a basis for the discussion. Volume 1 also provides comprehensive coverage of the tax treatment of limited liability entities. Starting with Volume 2, the treatise provides in-depth coverage of the respective state laws that govern limited liability entities. For each state, the treatise provides commentary about the state law, including discussion of relevant case rulings. In these commentaries and when appropriate, comparisons are made to other state law and the uniform laws. These volumes also reproduce the relevant state laws that govern limited liability entities. Volume 2 covers the states of Alabama through Colorado Volume 3 covers the states of Connecticut through Hawaii Volume 4 covers the states of Idaho through Kentucky Volume 5 covers the states of Louisiana through Minnesota Volume 6 covers the states of Mississippi through New Hampshire Volume 7 covers the states of New Jersey through Ohio Volume 8 covers the states of Oklahoma through South Dakota Volume 9 covers the states of Tennessee through Vermont Volume 10 covers the states of Virginia through Wyoming |
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Business Records Affidavit Self Authentication Statute – TRE 902 Hearsay Exception – TRE 803 Must meet the requirements of both 803 and 902 in order to be admissible TRE 902 permits …
ILLINOIS LAW MANUAL CHAPTER I CIVIL PROCEDURE - Querrey
Illinois Supreme Court Rule 182, which addresses the time in which to file pleadings and motions ... judgment may be for all or any part of the relief sought. 735 ILCS 5/2-1005. Summary …
The Business Judgment Rule as Abstention Doctrine
business judgment rule, like all of corporate law, is designed to effect a compromise-on a case-by-case basis-between two competing values: authority and accountability. 5 . These values refer, …
STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS
unraised affirmative defense to be tried by implied consent, the plaintiff waived any argument that the defendant had waived th at affirmative defense) . ... to any material fact and the moving …
Understanding the Successor Liability Defense - Seyfarth Shaw
The rule’s importance is that it serves as a complete defense to claims that arise as a result of a predecessor’s defective product. This applies to a broad spectrum of circum-stances, but this …
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL …
which the respondents’ defense is based. Because respondents failed to comply with the requirements of rule 61B-045.019(3), Florida Administrative Code, the affirmative defense of …
RULE 12 - Washington Courts
(2) A defense of failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, a defense of failure to join a party indispensable under rule 19, and an objection of failure to state a legal defense to a …
Special Committees: A Primer - Potter Anderson
business judgment rule. As many of you know, directors must be disinterested and independent with respect to a matter at issue in order to be entitled to the protections of the business …
TENTATIVE RULING - California
“Such ‘new matter’ is also known as ‘an affirmative defense.’ Affirmative defenses must not be pled as terse legal conclusions, but ‘rather . . . as facts averred as carefully and with as much …
DEFENDANT - The Florida Bar
Jun 9, 2021 · FIRST AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE PLAINTIFF LACKS STANDING AND IS NOT THE REAL PARTY IN INTEREST 10. The originating lender for the subject loan dated April 19, …
The Importance of the Business Judgment Rule
The business judgment rule (the “Rule”) is an equitable doctrine that is the most prominent and important standard of. 39748-nyb_14-1 Sheet No. 18 Side A 12/08/2017 14:30:42 39748 …
FLORIDA STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS CONTRACT …
form 416.22 model form of verdict for occurrence of agreed condition precedent of contract claim .....186 form 416.24. model form of verdict for breach of implied
Directors Fiduciary Duties: Back to Delaware Law Basics
Business Judgment Rule . In general, courts applying Delaware law and evaluating board decisions will, in the first instance, apply the . business judgment rule. 2 (BJR). - Rebuttable …
BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY CLAIMS - North Carolina …
3 . The case law in North Carolina indicates that certain situations do not satisfy this requirement of a constructive fraud claim. In . Barger, the plaintiffs contended that the defendants benefited …
Applying the Business Judgment Rule - Adam Leitman Bailey
The Business Judgment Rule, a court-created rule that pre-dates cooperative corporations themselves, is a common-law doctrine by which courts exercise restraint and defer to good …
COUNTY OF GREENVILLE ) FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT …
this defense without stating sufficient, or any, facts that would support the affirmative defense for comparative negligence. As a result, Defendant’s affirmative defense is “insufficient” pursuant …
Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure III. PLEADINGS AND …
The affirmative defenses listed in Rule 8(c) are only a partial list of defenses which should be set forth affirmatively and the rule provides that any “matter constituting an avoidance or affirmative …
STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS
Mar 21, 2019 · raise a “defense” or an “affirmative defense,” at least not to an extent beyond that which was raised in the pleadings. * * * In the case at bar, the issue whether defendant’s …
Scharrenbeck Reed/DeLanney - Baylor University
economic loss represents a huge commercial torts category for business litigants. 6. ... time in a case because the economic loss rule is not an affirmative defense ... summary judgment (after …
The Economic Loss Doctrine: The Monster in the Property …
ELD is not an affirmative defense that must be pled. ELD issues are resolved on motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment. Discovery – parsing factual issues like is the …
1-218 HITTNER (DO NOT DELETE 10:26 AM - South Texas …
A. Motion for Summary Judgment..... 9 1. General Requirements and Uses ... Unpleaded Claims or Affirmative Defenses..... 25 3. Pleading ... Supreme Court decisions, rule changes that made …
B. DAVIS, JR.* - University of Wisconsin–Madison
The Business Judgment Rule bad business judgment., 2 To err is human, and directors of corporations are as human as anyone else. Of course, in most quarters of the tort system, …
Business Unusual: Recent Applications of New York's …
impunity, and the business judgment rule will not apply to egregious decisions that sound in fraud, self-interest, or bad faith. See Lippman v. Shaffer, 15 Misc. 3d 705, 711 (Sup. Ct. Mon-roe …
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO …
4 “substantial body of authority for the proposition that they do,” Shinew v. Wszola, No. 08-14256, 2009 WL 1076279, at *2-5 (E.D. Mich. Apr. 21, 2009); see also Children First Found., Inc. v. …
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS - Texas Judicial Branch
conclusively established the affirmative defense of legal justification to bar Dr. Hansen’s tortious interference claims; (5) whether PSC waived its qualified-privilege defense by raising it only as …
Trial Law TIPS Roy D. Wasson’s TIP #1 - Wasson
Mar 1, 2020 · Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.100(a) states that “if an answer ... contains an affirmative defense and the opposing party seeks to avoid it, the opposing party shall file a …
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COMPLEX LITIGATION UNIT …
Mar 6, 2013 · elements, neither Avellino or Bienes have set forth facts to sustain such an affirmative defense. Therefore, the Court should strike Defendants’ Eighth Affirmative Defense. …
Defenses of Impossibility of Performance and Frustration of …
Oct 27, 2017 · 1980s. Kel Kim sued for a declaratory judgment, declaring that it should be excused from the obligation because performance had been rendered impossible. The trial …
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH …
Nov 5, 2020 · produced until NBF opposed Urbina’s summary judgment motion. II. We review de novo a district court’s decision to grant summary judgment. Branch Banking & Tr. Co. v. …
CONSUMER DEBT COLLECTION - State Bar of Texas
A document authored or created by a third party may be admissible as business records of a different business if: (a) the document is incorporated and kept in the course of the testifying …
Tennessee Civil Procedure - tnble.org
2. Federal Rule 8(c) does not require defendants to set forth facts supporting the affirmative defense of the comparative fault of codefe-ndants or others , albeit it does require that the …
NOTES How to Assert State Sovereign Immunity Under the …
2016] ASSERTING STATE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY 765 decided by this Court on its own motion.”19 Conversely, were sovereign immunity an affirmative defense, it would need to be …
A Little More You Need to Know About the “Ordinary Course …
“Ordinary Course of Business” Preference Defense, And More! published in Volume 19, Number 1, 1st Quarter 2013 and Everything You Need to Know About New Value as a ... has the …
