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Our London Financial Restructuring team authored the UK chapter of the 8th Edition of The Legal 500’s “Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide". The guide provides information on the current issues affecting...more
Business owners considering exit options from their businesses often can be blinded by purchase price figures and proceeds, often “accepting” that paying capital gains tax is part of the deal. The ability to avoid or defer...more
There are many paths to a fair value appraisal proceeding. A road less traveled begins at Section 910 of the Business Corporation Law (the “BCL”). ...more
Uncertain Future- The Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) recently released some data for the federal government’s 2023 fiscal year. According to the CBO, the federal budget deficit for the year was $1.7 trillion, or...more
A California state appellate court recently upheld the trial court's decision in The 2009 Metropoulos Family Trust v. Franchise Tax Board that nonresident shareholders of an S corporation source gain on the S corporation's...more
Don’t Do It- There are certain generally accepted “dos and don’ts” of which almost every investor is certainly aware. For example, do not put all your eggs in one basket; if an investment seems too good to be true, stay...more
Double Tax- The shareholders of C corporations have long sought legitimate operational and transactional structures by which they may reduce the double tax hit that is realized when such a corporation distributes its...more
“Substantially all” is defined as “[A] determination of whether there is a sale of substantially all assets so as to trigger section 271 depends upon the particular qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the...more
Haste Makes Waste? How many of you are suffering from Build Back Better Fatigue? Seriously, it’s a thing. Sure, the House passed its version of the President’s tax and spending bill on November 19, and the Senate...more
Tax the Rich? A few days ago, an opinion piece that appeared in the Wall Street Journal began as follows: “President Biden’s effort to pass the largest tax increase in U.S. history is based on the verifiably false...more
Yesterday's post discussed the relevance of the maturity date of a debt security to the definition of a "sale-of-assets" reorganization under California's General Corporation Law. The CGCL recognizes two other types of...more
On 8 October 2020 the UK Government published draft regulations which were intended to regulate and scrutinise pre-pack sales to connected parties. The regulations required that, in relation to a sale of all or substantially...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is an interagency committee established in 1975 that oversees foreign investment in the U.S. economy. In 1988 CFIUS granted the Executive Office of the...more
Governor Jay Inslee recently signed Senate Bill 5003 (“SB 5003”) into law, which amends the Washington Business Corporation Act (“WBCA”) to (1) change the default rule relating to preemptive rights; (2) change the default...more
If goodwill is personal to a shareholder of a C corporation (or an S corporation with built-in gain), in the context of a sale of the corporation’s assets to a buyer, the shareholder may be able to sell the goodwill...more
In a 137-page post-trial opinion, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that an activist stockholder of PLX Technology (PLX) had acted through a principal who served on the PLX board of...more
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed that the devil really is in the details in a case that illustrates the importance of ensuring that deal documents accurately reflect the parties’ agreed upon terms with...more
Last week (well, two weeks ago, I'm kind of behind) seemed like class action week at the Business Court. Judge Gale issued three rulings in class action cases. ...more
A recent U.S. Tax Court case reminds us that the personal goodwill owned by the principal shareholder/employee can provide significant tax planning opportunities. Generally, the sale of assets by a "regular" corporation...more
On June 20, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that courts are not authorized to order closely held corporations to buy out a minority shareholder’s interests under state law, and that no common-law cause of action exists for...more
The Texas Supreme Court recently issued its decision in Ritchie v. Rupe, a case that essentially eliminates the continuing viability of claims for minority shareholder oppression in Texas. The case involved a dispute over a...more
Under California law, minority shareholders owning 10 percent or more of a corporation can block a sale of assets to the controlling shareholders in dissolution proceedings. However, that rule does not apply where the court...more