Business Law Professionals
Comcast, NBCU Merger Deal, Part 2: Antitrust Regulation Sticking Points
As reported in the previous post, when Comcast announced the $30 billion merger deal with NBCU in December, it said it would readily accept certain conditions for approval by government regulators, but it would not accept "abusive conditions."Now six months into...
Next Steps in the Dollar Thrifty Bidding War
Detailed and interesting commentary by The Deal Professor, Steven M. Davidoff, recently appeared in The New York Times' DealBook section on Mergers & Acquisitions regarding the bidding war for Dollar Thrifty, which has been discussed in previous...
Bidding War Has Begun for a Dollar Thrifty Merger
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. is currently considering a $1.33 billion counter-offer to merge with Parsippany, New Jersey-based Avis Budget Group Inc. In April, Park Ridge, New Jersey-based Hertz Global Holdings Inc. offered $41 a share in cash and stock for...
How Not to Lead a Business, As Taught by Tony Hayward
A recent opinion piece by Rosabeth Moss Kanter for the Harvard Business Review reflects on soon-to-be-departing CEO Tony Hayward's conduct during BP's Gulf oil spill crises. Moss Kanter considers Hayward's leadership during the trying time for the company as well...
Americans with Disabilities Act Became Law 20 Years Ago Monday
It was 20 years ago Monday, July 26, that President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law. When he signed the monumental law, he borrowed a line from Ronald Reagan's Berlin Wall speech, saying, "Let the shameful walls of exclusion...
Nets’ New GM Says He Will Make Prudent Acquisitions
You may have heard by now that the New Jersey Nets hired a new general manager last month. In mid-July, Nets president Rod Thorn officially handed over the position to Billy King during a press conference. King was formerly the president and general manager...
Feinberg Says Businesses Did Not Break Law With Payouts
The Wall Street Journal reports today that Kenneth Feinberg, the U.S. "pay czar," has announced that the 17 financial firms that he investigated as the Obama administration's special master for compensation used poor judgment but did not break any laws when they gave...
Intellectual Property Dispute Round-Up, Part 2
J.K. Rowling and her "Harry Potter" series have been on both sides of intellectual property litigation. In 2008, Rowling successfully blocked the publication of an encyclopedia of Harry Potter facts in the U.S. by convincing the court that the project fell...
Intellectual Property Dispute Round-Up, Part 1
Two recent intellectual property disputes have made the news, one involving Microsoft Corp. and the other involving the author of the Harry Potter books, J.K. Rowling. U.S. computer software company Microsoft is cracking down on the piracy of its software in China. On...
U.S. Industries Falling Behind Globally in Scientific Innovation
In the previous post, we discussed New Jersey-based Merck & Co.'s current plans to restructure in order to foster more scientific innovation. An opinion piece appearing today in The Wall Street Journal, America's Growing Innovation Gap, by the chairman,...
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