Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 28, 2022

Marlier, Morrison & Foerster LLP, on Thursday, April 28, 2022 Editor's Note: Michael D. Marlier are partners at Morrison & Foerster LLP. This post is based on their Morrison & Foerster memorandum. Birnbaum, Jina Choi, and Haimavathi V. Birnbaum , Jina Choi , and Haimavathi V. more…).

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 11, 2022

The pandemic prompted many companies to modify—at least temporarily—some of their core business, as well as board, practices in the face of health- and safety-related requirements that prevented or restricted travel and in-person gatherings. This post is based on their Deloitte/Society for Corporate Governance memorandum.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JUNE 29, 2022

Posted by Michael Birnbaum, Jina Choi, and Haimavathi Marlier, Morrison & Foerster LLP, on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 Editor's Note: Michael Birnbaum , Jina Choi , and Haimavathi Marlier are partners at Morrison & Foerster LLP. This post is based on their Morrison & Foerster memorandum.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 24, 2022

Marlier, Morrison & Foerster LLP, on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 Editor's Note: Jina Choi , Michael D. Marlier are partners at Morrison & Foerster LLP. Posted by Jina Choi, Michael D. Birnbaum, and Haimavathi V. Birnbaum , and Haimavathi V. This post is based on their MoFo memorandum.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 28, 2022

Posted by Haimavathi Marlier, Jina Choi, and Michael Birnbaum, Morrison & Foerster LLP, on Thursday, July 28, 2022 Editor's Note: Haimavathi Marlier , Jina Choi , and Michael Birnbaum are partners at Morrison & Foerster LLP. This post is based on a Morrison & Foerster memorandum by Ms. Marlier, Ms.

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Law 360 M&A

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

BakerHostetler has hired a former Morrison Cohen LLP veteran deals attorney in New York, marking the latest addition to its business practice group, Law360 Pulse learned on Friday.

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Benzinga

JANUARY 9, 2024

09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TSX, NYSE: STN Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has signed an agreement to acquire Morrison Hershfield, a 1,150-person engineering and management firm headquartered in Markham, Ontario. EDMONTON, Alberta and NEW YORK and MARKHAM, Ontario, Jan. Full story available on Benzinga.com

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The Guardian M&A

MAY 9, 2022

McColl’s has obviously got the right rescuer in the shape of Morrisons , the biggest supplier by far to the 1,100-strong convenience store chain. But David Potts, the chief executive of Morrisons, was entitled to say he was “disappointed” that this mini-drama involved McColl’s going into administration at all.

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Banking 76

Law 360 M&A

JANUARY 29, 2024

advised by Allen & Overy LLP, on Monday unveiled plans to buy business-to-business rental company McGrath RentCorp., advised by Morrison & Foerster LLP, in a deal that values McGrath at an enterprise value of $3.8 Temporary space solutions provider WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.,

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The Guardian M&A

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Competition regulator’s finding paves way for clearance of £190m rescue deal by supermarket group Morrisons’ takeover of convenience store chain McColl’s creates competition concerns in only a small number of local areas, according to the UK competition watchdog, paving the way for clearance of the £190m rescue deal. Continue reading.

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Marketability 80

Harvard Corporate Governance

MAY 10, 2024

Rawcliffe, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, on Sunday, May 5, 2024 Tags: crime , criminal , disclosures , DOJ , U.S. Department of Justice , U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Innovation: The Bright Side of Common Ownership?

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Sun Acquisitions

JULY 11, 2023

Sun Acquisitions is pleased to announce the successful sale of Korellis Systems Control to Morrison Construction Company. Since 1925, Morrison Construction Company has been one of the leading constructors of mechanical, civil, structural, and piping projects in the Midwest. Morrison Construction is also based in Hammond, IN.

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Marketability 40

Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 24, 2023

Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Steven Davidoff Solomon is Alexander F. Morrison Professor of Law, U.C. Berger is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Jill E. Fisch is the Saul A. Berkeley School of Law.

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Marketability 220

Law 360 M&A

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Energy company Southwest Gas, guided by Morrison Foerster, announced Thursday that it has decided to take "strategic actions" to simplify its portfolio and maximize stockholder value, including the $1.5 billion sale of MountainWest Pipelines to Davis Polk-advised petroleum business Williams.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

AUGUST 25, 2023

Posted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, on Friday, August 25, 2023 Editor's Note: This roundup contains a collection of the posts published on the Forum during the week of August 18-24, 2023.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JANUARY 13, 2023

Birnbaum, Morrison & Foerster LLP, on Sunday, January 8, 2023. Posted by Anastasia Zakolyukina (University of Chicago Booth School of Business), Ian D. Larcker (Stanford Graduate School of Business), on Monday, January 9, 2023. Top 5 SEC Enforcement Developments. Posted by Haimavathi V. Marlier, Jina Choi, Michael D.

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Banking Finance 189

Sun Acquisitions

JANUARY 26, 2024

Describe your business? My wife and I purchased the business in 2005. Our focus is mainly on apartment buildings, churches, education and industrial businesses. In 2023, we were acquired by Morrison Construction, a large contractor, to better serve their clients’ HVAC needs. We typically have five union employees.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 29, 2022

C-Suite View of Volatility, War, Risks, and Growth for Global Business. Posted by Haimavathi Marlier, Jina Choi, and Michael Birnbaum, Morrison & Foerster LLP, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. Posted by Charles Mitchell, The Conference Board, Inc., on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Top 5 SEC Enforcement Developments.

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Appraiser Newsroom

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Morrison The Cannabis Industry Accounting & Appraisal Guide, by Stacey Udell, Ronald Seigneur, Brenda Clarke Cost of Capital, by Shannon P. Morrison To Give and Receive, edited by Sharon Smith Theobald Understanding Business Valuation, by Gary R. Trugman Valuing A Business, 6 th Edition, by Shannon P.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Posted by Haimavathi Marlier, Jina Choi, and Michael Birnbaum, Morrison & Foerster LLP, on Monday, November 7, 2022. Posted by Joseph Pacelli (Harvard Business School), on Wednesday, November 9, 2022. Top 5 SEC Enforcement Developments. federal courts. Revisiting the Effect of Common Ownership on Pricing in the Airline Industry.

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Accountancy Today

JUNE 23, 2021

He qualified at KPMG in its financial services audit and spent some time in the finance team at Morrisons. He advises on a range of transactions including sales mandates involving trade buyers and private equity; management buy-outs; and supporting businesses through forecasting, business planning and securing growth capital.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

APRIL 29, 2022

How Would Directors Make Business Decisions Under a Stakeholder Model? Marlier, Morrison & Foerster LLP, on Thursday, April 28, 2022. Posted by Robert T. Miller (University of Iowa), on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Top 5 SEC Enforcement Developments. Posted by Michael D. Birnbaum, Jina Choi, and Haimavatha V.

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Supreme Court decision in Morrison v. But since Morrison reduced, but did not eliminate, the risk of securities class actions, it is still unclear whether permitting the actions produces negative, positive, or insignificant economic outcomes. A version of the post appeared in the Oxford Business Law Blog.

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Harvard Corporate Governance

JULY 1, 2022

Eclipse of Rent-Sharing: The Effects of Managers’ Business Education on Wages and the Labor Share in the US and Denmark. Posted by Michael Birnbaum, Jina Choi, and Haimavathi Marlier, Morrison & Foerster LLP, on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. SEC Enforcement Developments. federal courts. Value Creation in Shareholder Activism.

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Reynolds Holding

MARCH 20, 2024

Because of the California AG’s renewed interest in criminal enforcement of the Cartwright Act, companies doing business in California should proactively consider the Cartwright Act when developing effective antitrust compliance programs. This post comes to us from Morrison & Foerster LLP.

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Valutico

JULY 29, 2021

Other recent valuations: Peloton | Morrisons | Krispy Kreme. With headquarters in Vienna and subsidiaries in the UK & USA Valutico empowers businesses and experts to perform accurate valuations in minutes while solving the issue of complex tools, lack of data sources and time consuming reporting.

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Valutico

JULY 19, 2021

Other recent valuations: Peloton | Morrisons | Aldi. With headquarters in Vienna and subsidiaries in the UK & USA Valutico empowers businesses and experts to perform accurate valuations in minutes while solving the issue of complex tools, lack of data sources and time consuming reporting.

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 25, 2024

The SEC’s Allegations and Factual Background The SEC alleged that Matthew Panuwat, a former senior director of business development at Medivation, a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, committed insider trading based on his confidential knowledge that Medivation would soon be acquired.

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Reynolds Holding

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Transition risks” include “stresses to institutions or sectors arising from the shifts in policy, consumer and business sentiment, or technologies associated with the changes that would be part of a transition to a lower carbon economy.” 3, 2023) This post comes to us from Morrison & Foerster LLP. last visited Nov.

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Cooley M&A

AUGUST 7, 2018

In Elizabeth Morrison v. Ray Berry et. dated July 9, 2018), the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Delaware Chancery Court’s dismissal of deal litigation based on obtaining a cleansing vote under Corwin/Volcano because the defendants failed to show “as required under Corwin” that the vote was fully informed.

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Reynolds Holding

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

26 On the first issue, the Bankruptcy Court ruled that personal jurisdiction existed because the defendants “purposefully availed [themselves] of the privilege of doing business in the forum and could foresee being haled into court there.” 34 The final two grounds for dismissal that the Subsequent Transferees asserted were equally unavailing.

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Appraiser Newsroom

JULY 9, 2023

This paramount event provides an experience unlike other appraisal conferences, offering timely content for all appraisal professionals spanning Business Valuation, Personal Property, Machinery & Equipment, Real Property, Gems & Jewelry as well as Appraisal Review & Management. David Bolls, III, LL.M. ,

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Reynolds Holding

MAY 14, 2023

14] The Company moved to dismiss the Complaint on the grounds that the Board’s decisions concerning the Challenged Provisions are protected by the business judgment rule. [15] 17] The Court pointed to language in Corwin itself, limiting its holding to post-closing damages claims, as reiterated by the Delaware Supreme Court in Morrison v.

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Appraiser Newsroom

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Shannon Pratt wrote and published the groundbreaking first edition of Valuing a Business in 1981. She has over 12 years of experience in litigation support and financial valuation services, specializing in forensic/investigative accounting and business valuation. The new VAB6 is expected to be released very soon.

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Shephard Mullin M&A

JULY 27, 2020

1] (“MFW”) on how boards can structure special committees and minority stockholder votes to have board decisions adjudicated under the highly deferential protection of the business judgment rule. [2] The court identified certain longstanding business and social ties of the committee members with the controlling stockholders.

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Technology 40

The Guardian M&A

MAY 3, 2022

US private equity group Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is seeking approval for deal from competition regulator The new owner of Morrisons has offered to sell 87 petrol station forecourts in an effort to gain the competition watchdog’s approval for its £7bn takeover of the UK’s fourth largest supermarket.

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The Guardian M&A

MAY 9, 2022

All 16,000 staff of struggling convenience store chain will be transferred to the supermarkets group Morrisons has beaten the owners of Asda in the race to buy McColl’s after the struggling convenience store chain fell into administration.

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