• June 8, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Directors and Officers liability

    Federal and state courts have issued noteworthy decisions this year addressing important issues concerning corporate indemnification rights and directors and officers liability insurance polic

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  • April 14, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Insurance for Attorney's Fees in Derivative And Class Actions

    When a judgment or settlement in shareholder derivative or class action litigation results in a corporation or a certified class receiving some or all of the benefit sought or relief on a significa

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  • August 10, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Directors' and Officers' Liability

    Many directors and officers would confidently state that their potential exposure arising out of intra-corporate matters is determined by the state law of the place of incorporation, not extra

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  • February 10, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Corporate lawyers shift gears

    As the capital market freeze wears on, corporate lawyers' energies have shifted from helping clients borrow money or raise cash through stock offerings to crafting complex debt-restructuring

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  • December 11, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Corporate Governance

    The exculpatory effect of a corporate charter provision under §102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law is to free directors of personal liability in damages for bre

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  • February 11, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Corporate Lawyers Shift Gears

    As the capital market freeze wears on, corporate lawyers' energies have shifted from helping clients borrow money or raise cash through stock offerings to crafting complex debt-restructuring de

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  • June 11, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Directors' and Officers' Liability

    The combination of debt trading at a deep discount to par value and an increased role of hedge funds in the corporate bond market has spurred a wave of aggressive efforts by activist bon

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  • February 11, 2008 | Legal Times

    Microsoft lawyers map out the bid for Yahoo

    There's no deal yet. But when Robert Lande picked up the phone last Tuesday, Microsoft Corp.'s lawyer Charles "Rick" Rule was on the line, making a pitch.Rule's argument went something

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  • February 12, 2008 | Legal Times

    The Bid for Yahoo

    WASHINGTON � There's no deal yet. But when Robert Lande picked up the phone last Tuesday, Microsoft Corp.'s lawyer Charles "Rick" Rule was on the line, making a pitch. Rule's argument

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  • February 11, 2008 | Legal Times

    Microsoft Lawyers Map Out the Bid for Yahoo

    There's no deal yet. But when Robert Lande picked up the phone last Tuesday, Microsoft Corp.'s lawyer Charles "Rick" Rule was on the line, making a pitch.Rule's argument went som

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