New York state's highest court adopted Delaware's defendant - friendly standard for shareholder suits challenging controlling - party buyout deals, saying in actions targeting go - private mergers, courts should apply the business judgement rule as long as
certain shareholder protections are met.
Not exact matches
There is also an increased need for legal services in connection with the
protection of
shareholder interest in proper compensation for damages causally related to the false or misleading statements of a company on a
certain subject.
While the corporate oppression remedy is a broad remedy that can provide relief to a wide range of
shareholders and
certain other stakeholders harmed when a corporation is run contrary to their reasonable expectations, it will not provide relief to arm's length contracting parties who later find that their contract does not give them the
protection they want.
Furthermore, in addition to the governance measures applicable to shareholding companies to enhance the
protection of the interests of the
shareholders, CCL provides provisions to apply
certain corporate governance in all types of companies; this requires significant changes in the duties and liabilities of the managers and partners, such as: the provision to avoid any conflict of interests for the managers; the liability of the company for the actions of its employees; each company shall have an authorised auditor; each company must have annual accounts with commitment to prepare annual financial accounts, including the balance sheet and profits and loss accounts, applying international accounting principles and standards.