Buyouts

Earlier, I posted about how lawsuits are filed for every public deal, and that evidence showed that companies that went private filed for IPOs that eventually reaped large benefits for management.  Now, if mergers are marriages, then the matchmakers are the large investment banks.  The investment banks are constantly trolling for possible deals (or in […]

Recently, the Wall Street Journal published a story “First, the Merger; Then the Lawsuit” criticizing shareholder suits that are inevitably filed after a public company get acquired.   Shareholders often challenge a deal without knowing many details, and, most of the time, it is the shareholder’s attorneys who do the legwork on the case.  The […]

This blog was started well after the Airgas/Air Products deal litigation started, but since, the litigation has come to a head.  “The Deal Professor” Steven Davidoff provides a good refresher/analysis (including the parties’ briefs!) here.   If you want more information about the case, Francis Pileggi’s Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog has excellent coverage […]