Interference with voting rights: the metaphysics of Blasius Industries v. Atlas Corp

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In Blasius Industries v. Atlas Corp., the Delaware Court of Chancery established that a corporate board may not take action solely to overturn a stockholder vote unless the board has a "compelling justification." The authors review the use of this doctrine in litigation and judge its usefulness.

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Interference with voting rights

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This panel evaluates the doctrine used in Delaware courts that there must be a "compelling justification" for corporate directors to take actions primarily to thwart a vote of the shareholders.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Panel Discussion, McBride, David C., Hamermesh, Lawrence A., Monhait, Norman M.

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The direction of corporate law: the scholars' perspective

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The authors discuss the future of corporate law from the perspective of legal scholars.

United States, Forecasts and trends

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