November 2008

Wachovia has filed its Brief in opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction, laying out the case why its Board of Directors fulfilled their fiduciary duties in agreeing to the Merger with Wells Fargo.

The principal factual support for Wachovia’s Brief is the Affidavit of Dona Davis Young, a member of the Wachovia Board

This morning on CNBC, North Carolina State Treasurer Richard Moore referred to Wells Fargo’s pending acquisition of Wachovia as a "shotgun marriage," "highway robbery," and as not being fair to Wachovia shareholders.

The State Treasurer has a significant interest in this merger.  The North Carolina Retirement System was holding 2,275,664 shares of Wachovia stock as of

If you are following the shareholder class action seeking to enjoin the Wachovia-Wells Fargo merger, Plaintiff filed his Brief in support of his Motion for Preliminary Injunction yesterday. 

The focal point of Plaintiff’s argument is that the deal protection devices in the Wachovia-Wells Fargo Merger agreement were too hastily negotiated by the Wachovia board, and

Mediation often devolves into the mediator shuttling back and forth between two rooms, carrying alternating declining and increasing offers to the parties.

There are times during this ping ponging of offers when I wish the mediator was pushing harder on the other party to explain the absolute rightness of my client’s position, inevitably to result

The Court had mandatory jurisdiction over a case involving Internet advertising, holding "[t]hat issue falls squarely within the definition of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7A-45.4(a)(6) which covers material issues related to the Internet and electronic commerce. It also involves issues that would have implications for use of the Internet by others, both consumers and advertisers

The Business Court held that it had mandatory jurisdiction over a case involving the sale of financial products, holding "It is sufficient for purposes of removal to the Business Court that there are issues concerning which law applies which will have industry-wide application. The potential thus exists for the establishment of case law which may

The Business Court found that a case raising claims for receivership, securities law violations, piercing the corporate veil, and unfair and deceptive practices fell within its mandatory jurisdiction.  Among other things, the Court held that "claims based on piercing the corporate veil clearly fall within" its mandatory jurisdiction because they involve a material issue related