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Directors’ Duties in Failing Firms
Larry Ribstein over at Ideoblog has written (together with coauthor Kelli Alces) an important new paper concerning the fiduciary duties of directors of failing firms. Conventional wisdom (as often stated in law review articles and judicial dicta) is that director fiduciary duties, though generally owed to shareholders, shift from shareholders to creditors when the firm ... Directors’ Duties in Failing Firms
Venture Backed Firms Going Public in London
This article from CFO.com reports that VCs have been having trouble taking their portfolio companies public in the U.S. largely because SOX has made it too expensive for small companies and the Wall Street research settlement has resulted in much less analyst coverage of small public companies. Larry Ribstein also talks about this here. As ... Venture Backed Firms Going Public in London
The Ban on General Solicitation and Advertising
I blogged last week about the recommendations concerning Sarbanes-Oxley 404 adopted by the SEC Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies at a meeting on 12/14/05 (see here). The transcript of the meeting is now available on the SEC’s website (click here). Today I want to talk about a different recommendation adopted by the committee that ... The Ban on General Solicitation and Advertising
Group Blog Agreement
Here at Truth on the Market, we’ve already broken a cardinal rule (at least a cardinal rule among transactional attorneys)—we’ve commenced a relationship (this blog) prior to finalizing the governing document. In fact, we haven’t even talked about a governing document, although I’ve given it some thought. One of the reasons for this is that ... Group Blog Agreement
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Ian AdamsExecutive Director, International Center for Law & EconomicsWeb Profile Dirk AuerSenior Fellow in Law & Economics, International Center for Law & EconomicsWeb ProfileSSRN Page Jonathan BarnettDirector of Media, Entertainment and Technology Law Program, USC Gould School of LawWeb ProfileSSRN Page Sam Bowman Director of Competition Policy, International Center for Law & EconomicsWeb Profile Eric ... Authors
