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SPACs: Is Europe Following the U.S. Trend?
Posted on February 13, 2008Posted by: Paul Rose Last year 68 special purpose acquisition vehicles (SPACs) were listed in the US. Last week saw the listing of continental Europe's second SPAC ever, Liberty International. The Financial Times reports that there are perhaps five or...
Tough Times Mean More Pressure for Government Preferences and Setasides
Posted on January 16, 2008Two items of interest are in the news. First women are upset that the Small Business Administration announced rules that require at least 5 percent of all federal government contracts to go to female "controlled" companies. Controlled companies include those...
Stoneridge v Scientific Atlanta Decided
Posted on January 16, 2008The Supreme Court, very predictably to anyone who read the arguments, decided 5-3 in favor of the defendants in Stoneridge. Justice Kennedy, the author of the earlier Central Bank of Denver opinion, wrote the majority opinion affirming the logical extension...
Lawyer CEOs?
Posted on January 02, 2008The firing of Prince at Citigroup and Cherkasky at Marsh & Mclennan has some wondering whether lawyers make good CEOs. Too much attentiont to process and not enough attention to results was common in both firings. Is this a bias...
Blaming the Fed
Posted on January 02, 2008No-one on Wall Street seems to have anything good to say about the Fed. The economy is slowing and some on Wall Street see cherished positions threatened by a higher than comfortable probability of recession. I is hard to recommend...
Smart People Seeking Dumb Money
Posted on January 02, 2008There was a great headline in the NYT "Smart People Seeking Dumb Money" referring to the IPO's of private equity groups in the past year (all have lost money since their initial day price run-ups). The headline is broader than...
Hard Lesson for Harvey Electronics
Posted on December 29, 2007Harvey Electronics filed for Chapter 11. The cause of its distress was a failed merger negotiation that led to "distractions" and increased professional fees. As a result of the failed negotiation the credit markets lost confidence in the company and...
Genesco Ordered to Close Finish Line Acquisition
Posted on December 28, 2007A chancellor in Tennessee has order Genesco to close its buyout agreement with Finish Line. A suit still pending in New York, brought by UBS, Genesco's financing bank, will now determine whether the deal will produce a viable or bankrupt...
Blankfein Pockets $69 Million for the Year
Posted on December 22, 2007The CEO of Goldman Sachs made $69 million in salary for the year. His base salary was $600,000 (plus a charitable gift of 200,000) and the rest was in bonuses tied to the performance of Goldman this year. Cayne, the...
URI v RAM
Posted on December 22, 2007The Delaware Court of Chancery has decided the URI v RAM case. Cerberus Capital Mgn. can walk away from its deal to buy URI on the payment of a $100 m reserve termination fee. The Court decided, after a trial,...
Potter v Bailey: The Wrong Debate
Posted on December 21, 2007Several opinion writers, Floyd Norris is the latest, have noted the application of the movie "Its a Wonderful Life" to the sub-prime mess. Bailey, the idealist, versus Potter, the cold hearted investor, in evaluating the plight of sub-prime borrowers who...
Plaintiff Lawyers and Subprime
Posted on December 21, 2007This is a crisis made in heaven for plaintiff lawyers. Solvent companies, banks, do not have the internal controls to protect themselves from fraud from within and from without the bank by those seeking closing fees at the expense of...
When is There A Fiduciary Duty to Liquidate? Chrysler?
Posted on December 21, 2007Nardelli, the new chief of Chrysler, is reported to have been asked "Are we bankrupt?" His answer -- "Technically no, operationally yes. The only thing that keeps us from going into bankruptcy is the $10 billion our investors entrusted us...
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