Sentences with phrase «with poison pills»

My point is that if Skelos was sneaky like Silver, he would load the bill with poison pills.

Similarly, in the «man with a poison pill» example, the base rate was 25 percent (because there were four bottles out of which one was poison).

For example, imagine you're involved in an issue dealing with a poison pill.

Not exact matches

Democrats complained that the Republicans had loaded up the measure with «poison pills» including a ban on federal spending for Planned Parenthood.

CUPW later responded with a statement calling the condition of binding arbitration at the end of the 30 - day window a «poison pill» that it would not accept.

At the time, Maple Leaf's board said it would pursue a new shareholder plan with a poison - pill clause that would come into effect if 20 % of shares were sold to another investor.

«I'm becoming more and more of the view that the proposals we're seeing are poison pills,» said Dan Ujczo, an Ohio - based international trade lawyer with the firm Dickinson Wright.

Martin Lipton, the corporate lawyer best known for helping managers stay in control with so - called poison pills, says dual - class shares ward off «myopic activists» — hedge - fund managers and buyout specialists who aim to drive up share prices in the short term yet harm the company's long - term interests.

-- Gannett could proceed with a public tender offer, even with the Tribune» adoption of the poison pill.

One obvious way out of the lawsuit would be for Allergan to say «come on, Pershing Square, your reading of the poison pill is absurd, of course it doesn't mean that, why are you embarrassing yourself with this lawsuit?»

It does nothing now — shareholders can't actually tender into it because of the poison pill — and if Valeant ever persuades or replaces Allergan's board, then it could just do a friendly merger and dispense with the tender offer.

Cyber enemies could use a range of new battlefield tactics to try to cripple financial markets, from destroying the course of banking and trade settlement transactions to using poison pill algorithms to flood markets with bad data and fake trades in order to drive trading volatility and market collapse.

So it's no surprise that Netflix has responded with a poison - pill defense, which is a tactic used by companies that feel threatened by unwanted suitors.

Republicans need at least 60 votes in the Senate to pass an appropriations bill, and Democrats have made it clear that any budget that includes a «poison pill» like defunding Planned Parenthood or paying for the wall will be met with a lot of resistance.

Under the negotiation with Fonterra, a «poison pill» has been introduced - a tactic utilised by companies to prevent or discourage hostile takeovers.

The deal was for $ 25 million over three years, though if Chicago were to match, the third year comes with a $ 14 million salary cap hit thanks to the «poison pill» clause that Rockets GM Daryl Morey also exploited in the Jeremy Lin chase.

Paterson slammed the Legislature's decision to include a «poison pill» formula change that would require an additional $ 600 million in school funding along with other spending measures he would otherwise approve in a veto message signed Wednesday but released to the public on Thursday.

But each effectively had poison pills for the opposing chambers, with the Assembly linking the two years to tax extensions — vitally needed by communities around the state — and the Senate including an increase in charters with its promise of control.

One legislator told Gotham Gazette with condition of anonymity that they felt making the Legislature subject to FOIL is actually a «poison pill,» and virtually guarantees it will not pass.

Washington (CNN)- A Democratic source familiar with the talks tells CNN they have hit a «major setback» because Republicans are now insisting that any fiscal cliff deal include «chained CPI,» which Democrats consider a «poison pill.»

With senators whose districts overlap with Assembly members like Duprey, advocates have been arguing that a «yes» vote on the bill won't be a political poison pWith senators whose districts overlap with Assembly members like Duprey, advocates have been arguing that a «yes» vote on the bill won't be a political poison pwith Assembly members like Duprey, advocates have been arguing that a «yes» vote on the bill won't be a political poison pill.

Laid out on a table next to them were four bags of marijuana along with the pills carefully sealed within multiple layers of plastic and marked with a poison symbol reading «Fentanyl.»

Increasing the TDI is an extremely sensitive issue for businesses and many legislators believe that including it with paid family leave will continue to be a poison pill.

GOP leaders in the state's upper house introduced another proposal to re-authorize mayoral control of the state's largest school system, offering New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio an additional three years but pairing it with a tax credit for donations to private school scholarships — a known poison pill for Heastie and the Democratic conference he leads.

Far too many mainstream diets appear to expect you to live on starvation rations, to cut out one or more of the major essential food groups, to poison your body with possibly dangerous diet pills, or to eat additive - filled meal replacements.

, a line of police cars, and the Batmobile that is kinetic and beautifully choreographed (less showy but just as great is an early bank heist that anybody who saw I Am Legend in IMAX is already familiar with)-- and there are exchanges of razor - sharp dialogue delivered like poison pills.

They are far too busy battling with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over a version of a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that leaves out a poison pill kiboshing the Obama Administration's executive order temporarily staying deportation for five million undocumented emigres.

The above chart is based on the Department of Revenue estimates as provided in the two charts in the State July 30, 2017 Report to the Supreme Court — adapted with the changes calculated in the Fast and Slow Poison Pill sections of this report.

But there is an additional problem with the Fast Poison Pill.

Zimmer's proposal to tighten oversight of charter schools, for example — a reform that's badly needed — came with a poison - pill provision establishing a moratorium on all new charters until the district developed a new monitoring system.

Silver denied that, adding, «If it's something someone doesn't agree with, they call it a poison pill.»

Being critical of many aspects of traditional publishing (the agent requirement, horrible contracts with more poison pills in them than you'd find in a bottle of arsenic, lack of appreciation for long - tail backlist sales) doesn't mean that the critic is beating up on authors who prefer that system, or who are contract bound into that system.

Mr. Lampert continued, «In addition to the Board's unilateral expansion of «golden parachute» payments for management and its unilateral adoption of the «poison pill,» we are also concerned with the Board's apparent dismissal of the compelling transaction proposed by MediciNova.

The Offer is conditioned upon, among other things, (i) the Nominees being elected to the Board at the Special Meeting or otherwise being appointed to, and constituting a majority of, the members of the Board, (ii) the Board redeeming the «poison pill,» or our being satisfied in our reasonable discretion that the «poison pill» is otherwise inapplicable to the Offer, the BVF Group or any affiliates or associates of the BVF Group, and (iii) Avigen not having authorized, recommended, proposed, announced its intent to enter into or entered into an agreement with respect to or effected any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, business combination, acquisition of assets, disposition of assets, alternative strategy or relinquishment of any material contract or other right of Avigen or any comparable event or capital depleting transaction not in the ordinary course of business.

We find the poison pill to be disrespectful and offensive, given our substantial ownership position and our long history with the Company.

The tender offer is conditioned upon, among other things, (i) the BVF Nominees being elected to Avigen's board of directors at a special meeting of stockholders called for that purpose, or otherwise appointed, and constituting a majority of directors on Avigen's board, (ii) the Avigen board redeeming the poison pill rights issued and outstanding under Avigen's Poison Pill Rights Plan, or the Purchaser being satisfied in its reasonable discretion that the Poison Pill Rights are otherwise inapplicable to this tender offer, the Purchaser or any affiliate or associate of the Purchaser and (iii) Avigen not having authorized, recommended, proposed, announced its intent to enter into or entered into an agreement with respect to or effected any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, business combination, acquisition of assets, disposition of assets, alternative strategy or relinquishment of any material contract or other right of Avigen or any comparable event or capital depleting transaction not in the ordinary course of buspoison pill rights issued and outstanding under Avigen's Poison Pill Rights Plan, or the Purchaser being satisfied in its reasonable discretion that the Poison Pill Rights are otherwise inapplicable to this tender offer, the Purchaser or any affiliate or associate of the Purchaser and (iii) Avigen not having authorized, recommended, proposed, announced its intent to enter into or entered into an agreement with respect to or effected any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, business combination, acquisition of assets, disposition of assets, alternative strategy or relinquishment of any material contract or other right of Avigen or any comparable event or capital depleting transaction not in the ordinary course of businpill rights issued and outstanding under Avigen's Poison Pill Rights Plan, or the Purchaser being satisfied in its reasonable discretion that the Poison Pill Rights are otherwise inapplicable to this tender offer, the Purchaser or any affiliate or associate of the Purchaser and (iii) Avigen not having authorized, recommended, proposed, announced its intent to enter into or entered into an agreement with respect to or effected any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, business combination, acquisition of assets, disposition of assets, alternative strategy or relinquishment of any material contract or other right of Avigen or any comparable event or capital depleting transaction not in the ordinary course of busPoison Pill Rights Plan, or the Purchaser being satisfied in its reasonable discretion that the Poison Pill Rights are otherwise inapplicable to this tender offer, the Purchaser or any affiliate or associate of the Purchaser and (iii) Avigen not having authorized, recommended, proposed, announced its intent to enter into or entered into an agreement with respect to or effected any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, business combination, acquisition of assets, disposition of assets, alternative strategy or relinquishment of any material contract or other right of Avigen or any comparable event or capital depleting transaction not in the ordinary course of businPill Rights Plan, or the Purchaser being satisfied in its reasonable discretion that the Poison Pill Rights are otherwise inapplicable to this tender offer, the Purchaser or any affiliate or associate of the Purchaser and (iii) Avigen not having authorized, recommended, proposed, announced its intent to enter into or entered into an agreement with respect to or effected any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, business combination, acquisition of assets, disposition of assets, alternative strategy or relinquishment of any material contract or other right of Avigen or any comparable event or capital depleting transaction not in the ordinary course of busPoison Pill Rights are otherwise inapplicable to this tender offer, the Purchaser or any affiliate or associate of the Purchaser and (iii) Avigen not having authorized, recommended, proposed, announced its intent to enter into or entered into an agreement with respect to or effected any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, business combination, acquisition of assets, disposition of assets, alternative strategy or relinquishment of any material contract or other right of Avigen or any comparable event or capital depleting transaction not in the ordinary course of businPill Rights are otherwise inapplicable to this tender offer, the Purchaser or any affiliate or associate of the Purchaser and (iii) Avigen not having authorized, recommended, proposed, announced its intent to enter into or entered into an agreement with respect to or effected any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, business combination, acquisition of assets, disposition of assets, alternative strategy or relinquishment of any material contract or other right of Avigen or any comparable event or capital depleting transaction not in the ordinary course of business.

Similar to the results of Mr. Tippie's re-election, the vote of the non-insiders was drastically different than those of the insiders, with 90.7 % of outside shareholders in favor of eliminating the poison pill.

The court to which Steel Partners appealed a failed injunction to prevent Bulldog's poison - pill strategy stated: «[Steel Partners] pursues its own interests exclusively and seeks only to secure profits by selling companies» shares back to the company or to third parties in the short term, in some cases with an eye to disposing of company assets....

Legal mechanisms known as poison pills, permitted under the laws of most states, effectively prohibit shareholders from accumulating a large position in a company or working with other large shareholders to influence the company.

-- with your pet spending more time indoors, another important pet care tip is to make sure to remove any poisons that your pet could ingest, including all cleaning products and prescription pills.

Remove household poisons — with your pet spending more time indoors, another important pet care tip is to make sure to remove any poisons that your pet could ingest, including all cleaning products and prescription pills.

It also labels a national renewable mandate a «poison pill» that, as it was threatened with a veto previously, will force Bush to veto this bill as well.

Corporate raider Carl Icahn has reached an agreement with the management of CVR Energy under which the company will drop its poison pill provision, clearing the way for a potential $ 2.26 billion bid for the Sugar Land, Texas — based oil refiner.

Mr. Placitella's career has been commemorated a number of times in written works, including: Poison Pills, The Untold Story of the Vioxx Drug Scandal, Tom Nesi; Dispensing with the Truth: The Victims, the Drug Companies, and the Dramatic Story Behind the Battle over Fen - Phen, Alicia Mundy; Civil Warriors, the Story of the Tobacco Litigation, Dan Zeigart; No Contest, Corporate Lawyers & the Perversion of Justice in America, Ralph Nader.

The Circon case comes with a video that professors can purchase that not only features a wonderful policy discussion on the use of the poison pill by a panel of corporate governance experts, including Judge Jack Jacobs, then Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Chancery Court, but also showcases the two main characters in the case study, the CEO and his long - time friend and fellow Circon board member, presenting their perspectives on the events that transpired.

The (previously untested) widespread expectation was that regulators would have less tolerance for poison pills adopted in the face of hostile bids with the mandated longer bid period.

M&A Litigation — We represent both targets and bidders in litigation and in securities commission proceedings in connection with change - of - control transactions, including poison pill and other proceedings before securities regulators and courts.

This may change in future since legislative proposals are currently being considered to provide shareholders with the right to decide how long poison pills will remain in effect, and the regulators would intervene only in extraordinary circumstances.