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Perceived Pay-for-Performance Disconnect Brings Say-on-Pay Shareholder Derivative Suits

Some shareholders are using lawsuits as a new tactic to fight what they perceive as an escalation in executive compensation. Shareholders are likely to find these suits difficult to push through the courts on their merits, but the suits can cost

Perceived Pay-for-Performance Disconnect Brings Say-on-Pay Shareholder Derivative Suits

Some shareholders are using lawsuits as a new tactic to fight what they perceive as an escalation in executive compensation. Shareholders are likely to find these suits difficult to push through the courts on their merits, but the suits can cost

Supreme Court Finds Core Counterclaim Jurisdiction Unconstitutional, Sends Vickie Lynn Marshall Estate Packing

After fifteen years of litigation, two trips to the Supreme Court and the deaths of both of the original antagonists, the Supreme Court decided Stern v. Marshall, 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4791 (Jun. 23, 2011). While Vickie Lynn Marshall, better known as Anna

US Supreme Court's Bombshell Opinion in Stern v. Marshall Draws the Line Against Incremental Erosion of Article III Judicial Power

In my last post, I wondered whether the Court's decision in Stern v. Marshall ( pdf) ( WL) would be a bombshell or a dud. It certainly was no dud. And after reading the 5-4 opinion, I'd say that it's a bombshell in several respects, both from a

Top 5 Bankruptcy Articles of the Past Month

Top 5 most-downloaded bankruptcy-related articles of the past month on SSRN. 1) Directors’ Fiduciary Duties in the Zone of Insolvency and Actual Insolvency: To Whom, What, and When?, Michael R. Patrone. Analyzes the extent of corporate directors'

Read the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Petition of Stellar GT TIC LLC (Owner of The Georgian Building in Silver Spring, Maryland)

Owners of The Georgian Building in Silver Spring, Maryland File for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

Update from the State Bar Business Law Section's INSOLVENCY LAW COMMITTEE

June 22, 2011 Dear Insolvency Law Committee Constituency List members: The following is an Ebulletin prepared on a case of interest by a member of the Insolvency Law Committee: A bill to again revise California Exemptions, introduced by Assembly

Estate of Anna Nicole Smith loses at Supreme Court

"The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a bankruptcy court incorrectly granted Anna Nicole Smith over $400 million from the estate of her oil magnate husband J. Howard Marshall. In the 5-4 decision, the nation's highest court held that the US...

Supreme Court Finds Core Counterclaim Jurisdiction Unconstitutional, Sends Vickie Lynn Marshall Estate Packing

After fifteen years of litigation, two trips to the Supreme Court and the deaths of both of the original antagonists, the Supreme Court decided Stern v. Marshall, ___ U.S. ___ (2011). While Vickie Lynn Marshall, better known as Anna Nicole Smith