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Should directors be able to frustrate corporate takeover attempts?

February 15, 2012

This article reviews the legal status of takeover defenses in the United States, and explores the tougher question of whether courts here should view corporate takeover defenses as leniently as they currently do.  The article examines the benefits and detriments of an active market for corporate takeovers, and compares legal rules in this area in the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe in an effort to answer that tougher question.

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Should directors be able to frustrate corporate takeover attempts?

AUTHOR

Kyle Hulten

Kyle Hulten