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Feb. 15, 2014

VIDEO: Can shareholders unscramble common-control mergers?

The conclusion reached by an appellate court in a recent case undermines the basis for the enactment of appraisal statutes and ultimately raises more questions than it answers. By Moshe Kupietzky and Natasha Johnson


By Moshe Kupietzky and Natasha Johnson

Busse v. United Panam Financial Corp., 2014 DJDAR 263 (Jan. 8, 2014), a recent decision handed down by the 4th District Court of Appeal, is a case of first impression that raises issues and potential problems for related-party mergers involving California corporations and "pseudo-California" corporations. The court interpreted California Corporations Code Section 1312(b) - which applies when one of the p...

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