The Business Judgment Rule: Fiduciary Duties of Corporate Directors - Rilegato

Radin, Stephen A.

9780735560895: The Business Judgment Rule: Fiduciary Duties of Corporate Directors

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0735560897 ISBN 13: 9780735560895

Casa editrice: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2009

The new recently updated Sixth Edition of The Business Judgment Rule: Fiduciary Duties of Corporate Directors explores the latest developments in the law in Delaware and all other jurisdictions that have addressed business judgment rule and related corporate governance issues, as well as the most recent cases exploring the breadth and limits of the business judgment rule.

Meticulously researched and expertly analyzed by Stephen A. Radin, partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, and one of the most respected and experienced practitioners in the field, The Business Judgment Rule: Fiduciary Duties of Corporate Directors provides the timely authoritative guidance you need. The author seamlessly combines cases, statutory provisions and commentary to help you make sense of the constantly changing body of law, even as the courts struggle to adapt the rule in new contexts.

The Business Judgment Rule, Sixth Edition spotlights such vital areas as—

duty of care issues
duty of loyalty issues
disinterestedness and independence issues
the emerging good faith doctrine
oversight and the Caremark doctrine
compensation
stock option backdating
controlling shareholder transactions
special committees
disclosure obligations
appraisal
financially troubled companies and the zone of insolvency
defensive measures
deal protection measures
shareholder derivative litigation
the pre-litigation demand requirement
Section 220 demands
indemnification of directors and officers

The Business Judgment Rule: Fiduciary Duties of Corporate Directors, Sixth Edition is a powerful legal tool. It’s the most complete, most current, most practical guide in the corporate governance arena available to working professionals today.