Sentences with phrase «brought by shareholders»

Each chapter covers the normal range of claims brought by shareholders both under statute and, where applicable, common - law.

This on - going and well publicised case concerns a challenge brought by shareholders of Lloyds Banking Group against the directors of the bank for alleged breaches of various duties the shareholders claimed the directors owed them.

The case was brought by the shareholders of El Paso Cop.

Speaker, «Shareholder Claims Under NAFTA,» Joint IAI - CIDS - UNCITRAL conference on «Concurrent Proceedings in Investment Disputes: Treaty Arbitrations Brought by Shareholders,» Paris, November 22, 2013.

NEW YORK / TOKYO, May 2 - Xerox Corp said its CEO and most of its board will step down to settle a suit brought by shareholders Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason, with new management planning to look at restructuring or terminating a contentious deal with Fujifilm Holdings.

Not exact matches

May 2 - Xerox Corp said its CEO and several board members will step down to settle a suit brought by activist shareholders who had opposed a $ 6.1 billion deal with Japan's Fujifilm Holdings.

May 1 - Jacob Jacobson agreed to resign as Xerox Corp's chief executive as part of a settlement of a lawsuit brought by the company's shareholders that raised questions over Xerox's agreed deal with Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp, a New York court filing showed on Tuesday.

FORTUNE — At HP, shareholders need to hold onto their wallet and take a look — not at the distraction of Meg Whitman becoming CEO, but at what Ray Lane's continuing work at the helm will bring as he expands his span of control by moving from the position of independent to executive chair.

If your Shares are registered in your name and you received your proxy materials by mail, you should bring the proxy statement you received in the mail or the proxy card that you received in the mail (or, if you have already completed and returned your proxy card, the top part of the proxy card marked «keep this portion for your records») to the 2015 Annual Shareholders» Meeting.

If your Shares are held in the name of a broker, bank, or other nominee and you want to vote in person, you will need to obtain (and bring with you to the 2015 Annual Shareholders» Meeting) a legal proxy from the record holder of your Shares (who must have been the record holder of your Shares as of the close of business on April 10, 2015) indicating that you were a beneficial owner of Shares as of the close of business on April 10, 2015, as well as the number of Shares of which you were the beneficial owner on the record date, and appointing you as the record holder's proxy to vote the Shares covered by that proxy at the 2015 Annual Shareholders» Meeting.

Shareholders who wish to bring business before Walmart's 2014 Annual Shareholders» Meeting other than through a shareholder proposal pursuant to the SEC's rules must notify the Corporate Secretary of our company in writing and provide the information required by the provision of the Bylaws dealing with shareholder proposals.

The merger agreement was brought today to Natural Resource's board of directors, headed by controlling shareholder Roy Sebag, for approval.

When questioned by Tatts» shareholder Charlie Green of Hunter Green Institutional Broking whether the falling value and performance of both Tabcorp and Tatts in recent months meant the deal should be revisited, Mr Cooke said it «would be premature to form conclusions» before legal action brought the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in the Federal Court and regulatory approvals were finalised.

The shareholder vote will take place, though the two companies are awaiting the result of Federal Court action brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and corporate bookmaker CrownBet objecting to the deal.

We are told by the majority shareholder Stan Kroenke that he is fully intent on bringing as much trophy success as possible to the Gunners, but a lot of Arsenal fans will think that he has a pretty funny way of showing it.

At a certain point, as long as Arsenal is still a publicly - traded entity with shareholders other than Stan Kroenke and Alisher Usmanov to account for, this attitude and outright dismissal of legitimate concerns brought forth by people with an actual financial stake in the club needs to stop.

«By making the BBC the country's biggest mutual, with 26.8 million licence fee payers as its shareholders, we would bring greater accountability and responsiveness to secure its future in the 21st century,» Jowell said.

By unconditionally supporting the MediciNova proposal on December 29, 2008, and encouraging the Board to bring the proposal to «a shareholder vote as soon as practical,» BVF may have overlooked other elements of the proposal that did not fully value all of Avigen's assets.

The current Chanda Kochhar fiasco was brought to light by one such shareholder.

Notably, he acted in the action brought by the minority shareholders of Borden Co Pte Ltd which went before the Court of Appeal.

It is widely anticipated that the number of class actions brought around the world will continue to grow, driven by the globalisation of litigation funders and the increasing appetite from funders and plaintiff law firms to develop new claims outside shareholder class actions.

In other work, the practice represented the state of Baden - Württemberg in a procedure before the Administrative Court of Stuttgart, defending the client against claims brought by Deutsche Bahn for the reimbursement of additional costs incurred by the construction project Stuttgart 21, and assisted the insolvency administrator of Infinus with the enforcement of shareholder loans totalling $ 320m.

Kleanthous v Paphitis [2011] EWHC 2287 Appeared on behalf of three respondents at the hearing of an application brought by a minority shareholder in the Ryman Group to continue derivative proceedings against Theo Paphitis and others.

Advising on and bringing an Unfair Prejudice Claim by an SME's shareholder with a significant investment at stake.

Defending technology company and its board of directors in multimillion dollar PA state court action brought by founder / consultant / shareholder alleging claims for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and rescission; prosecuting action in NJ federal court on behalf of executive terminated in breach of his employment agreement; defending companies and their majority owners in numerous state court actions throughout NY and NJ alleging breach of contract and fraud; defending company in connection with DOL investigation regarding misclassification of employees; defending health - tech entrepreneur in connection with DOL investigation regarding unemployment insurance fraud; counseling global company and its US subsidiary in connection with various employment law matters; and negotiating numerous separation agreements.

Anton is currently instructed by a major private Russian bank in a fraud claim (brought under Russian law) for more than US$ 1 billion against former directors and shareholders and their wives: National Bank Trust v Yurov & others [2016] EWHC 1913 (Comm).

The RBS Rights Issue Litigation is the collective name for numerous claims brought against the ailing bank by former and current shareholders who purchased shares in the # 12bn rights issue just months prior to the bank's # 45bn Government bail out in 2008.

Drawing on attorneys from across practice areas and offices, Weil has developed an impressive track record advising with respect to shareholder claims and demands for litigation, internal whistleblower complaints, class and collective actions brought by employees relating to pay, worker classification, and discrimination claims, product liability issues and recalls, privacy rights, intellectual property disputes (patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets), regulatory investigations commenced by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Justice, and state attorneys general, and major disputes with suppliers and competitors.

Our attorneys handle a wide range of complex cases, including claims brought by bankruptcy trustees, shareholder - derivative actions, cases involving intellectual property issues and demands for punitive damages.

Weber brings a broad securities litigation practice, representing clients in a diverse array of matters including securities class actions, shareholder derivative actions, proceedings initiated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory authorities, internal corporate investigations, arbitrations and other complex commercial litigation.

Linklaters and Deloitte have pointed the finger at each other in their defences against the professional negligence claim brought by former Arsenal shareholder Lady Nina Bracewell - Smith over the sale of her stake in the football club to current majority owner Stan Kroenke.

Mélida began her career in private practice before becoming a U.S. government litigator — first at the Department of Justice, where she litigated claims brought by bank shareholders against the U.S., as well as in cases regarding public contracting disputes.

As a litigation funding firm, we invest in commercial disputes brought by businesses, entrepreneurs, investors and shareholders, whether individually or seeking funding for class actions, at all stages of the litigation or arbitration process.

Cullen subsequently discovered that D1 had taken a personal interest in the German Opportunity and brought proceedings in its own capacity against D1 for breach of the shareholders» agreement and by way of a derivative claim against D1 and D2 for breaches of their directors» duties.

Paul, Weiss secured the dismissal of nearly all claims against Alere Inc. brought by a putative class of Alere shareholders.

California Court of Appeal rules for defendants in a shareholder derivative action brought by the former CEO of a company, who alleged his company should have sued the defendants for perceived business torts.

Such efforts, however, brought results, and we achieved the intended goal by closing the transaction with no damage to the company's normal business operations, which was of great importance to the management board and the company's shareholder.

Successfully defended international company against self - dealing claims brought by minority shareholder in $ 150 million business valuation dispute in which, after one week trial, the minority shares were valued at less than ten percent of amount sought.

Amy's other recent and ongoing work includes Commercial Court proceedings and an LCIA action in a multi-jurisdictional shareholder dispute, a substantial contractual claim in the TCC arising from a complex IT implementation, litigation between the former CEO of Group Lotus and his former employer and its Malaysian shareholders, unfair competition litigation brought by Swiss IDB ContiCap, an LCIA arbitration in the media sector, and conspiracy claims in team poaching litigation between insurance brokers Willis and JLT, and between IDBs Tullett Prebon and BGC Brokers.

Her past work includes litigation between the former CEO of Group Lotus and his former employer and its Malaysian shareholders, unfair competition litigation brought by Swiss IDB ContiCap, and the high - profile team poaching litigation between IDBs Tullett Prebon and BGC Brokers.

Obtained dismissal, affirmed on appeal, of a shareholder derivative action, and of multi-billion dollar claims brought by former CEO Maurice «Hank» Greenberg.

By comparison, the Ontario Court of Appeal recently held in Rea v. Wildeboer confirmed that, though there is the availability of both oppression and derivative actions where the facts permit, there is still a distinction, and the court precluded the individual shareholder from suing in an oppression action over matters which should properly have been brought under a derivative action.

Successfully representing Kinder Morgan Inc. for many years in a number of high - profile shareholder actions, including most recently winning the reversal by the Delaware Supreme Court of a $ 171 million trial verdict issued by the Delaware Court of Chancery against El Paso Pipeline GP Company, L.L.C., a Kinder Morgan subsidiary, in a derivative claim brought by a limited partner.

Since 2013 Dr Döss had served as head of legal for Porsche Holding, the majority shareholder of Volkswagen Group, where he helped to fight a number of damages claims brought by US hedge funds.

Yahoo has agreed to pay $ 80 million to settle a class action securities litigation brought against it by shareholders who alleged that the...

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