Publications

• 2020/2021 Private Equity Year End Review and Outlook
  7 January 2021
  Jonathan Adler
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  John W. Rife III
  ,
  Alisa A. Waxman
  ,
  Jennifer R. Cestaro
  ,
  Katherine Ashton
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Jane Engelhardt
  ,
  Andrew C. Rearick
  ,
  Eric N. Fischer
  ,
  Thomas Smith
  ,
  Ramya S. Tiller
  ,
  Christopher Anthony
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Dominic Blaxill
  ,
  William Y. Chua
  ,
  Wen-Wei Lai
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Morgan J. Hayes
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  David L. Wayne
  ,
  Richard Ward
  ,
  Jennifer Wheater
  ,
  Paul Eastham
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  Jay E. Evans
  ,
  Samuel D. Krawiecz
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Jennifer L. Chu
  ,
  Paul D. Rubin
  ,
  Jacob W. Stahl
  ,
  Kim Le
  ,
  Jyotin Hamid
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  Tricia Bozyk Sherno
  ,
  Ezra Borut
  ,
  Jeffrey P. Cunard
  ,
  Marc Ponchione
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Gregory T. Larkin
  ,
  Norma Angelica Freeland
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Christopher Dortschy
  ,
  Jin-Hyuk Jang
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Andrew J. Ceresney
  ,
  Robert B. Kaplan
  ,
  Julie M. Riewe
  ,
  Merryl Lawry-White
  ,
  Sally Bergmann
  ,
  Scott B. Selinger
  ,
  Stuart Hammer
  ,
  Luke Dembosky
  ,
  Avi Gesser
  ,
  Jim Pastore
  ,
  Megan K. Bannigan
  ,
  David H. Bernstein
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Sidney P. Levinson
  ,
  Peter J. Irwin
  ,
  Malina Welman
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
• Back to Work: Protect Directors Too
  19 June 2020
  Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
• Rethinking Poison Pills, Again
  9 April 2020
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Sergio Torres
  ,
  Sue Meng
• Projecting Performance in the Age of COVID-19
  3 April 2020
  Michael Diz
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Sue Meng
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
• Present Tense: Allocating the Evolving Risk of COVID-19 in M&A Transactions
  30 March 2020
  Jennifer L. Chu
  ,
  Michael Diz
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Sue Meng
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Kevin Rinker
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
• Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Federal-Forum Provisions for Securities Act Claims
  20 March 2020
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Peter J. Loughran
  ,
  Maeve O'Connor
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jonathan R. Tuttle
  ,
  Elliot Greenfield
  ,
  Michael W. Gramer
• Governance Round-Up Issue 11
  10 December 2019
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Joshua M. Samit
  ,
  C. Chloe Orlando
• ISS Sues SEC to Set Aside Guidance Subjecting Proxy Advisors to Proxy Rules
  12 November 2019
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Joshua M. Samit
  ,
  Carolina de Barros
• SEC Proposes New Rules on Proxy Voting Advice and Shareholder Proposals
  12 November 2019
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Peter J. Loughran
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Paul M. Rodel
  ,
  Carolina de Barros
  ,
  Milan Udawatta
  ,
  Ezra Newman
• In the Best Interests of a Client: Proxy Voting and the Retention of Advisory Firms
  28 August 2019
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Norma Angelica Freeland
• SEC Provides New Guidance on Proxy Voting Advice
  28 August 2019
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Paul M. Rodel
  ,
  Joshua M. Samit
  ,
  Milan Udawatta
• Governance Round-Up Issue 10
  12 August 2019
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Joshua M. Samit
  ,
  C. Chloe Orlando
• Bloomberg Law: What the FRB Non-Control Proposal Means for Activist Investment in Banks
  22 May 2019
  Bloomberg Law
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Alison M. Hashmall
  ,
  Gregory J. Lyons
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
• The Private Equity Report Spring, 2019, Vol 19, No 1
  9 May 2019
  Jonathan Adler
  ,
  Andrew M. Ahern
  ,
  Alexander R. Cochran
  ,
  Jeffrey P. Cunard
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Paul M. Rodel
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
  ,
  Thomas Smith
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Ramya S. Tiller
  ,
  Patricia Volhard
  ,
  Michael P. McGuigan
  ,
  Clare Swirski
  ,
  John Young
  ,
  Carolina de Barros
  ,
  Anna R. Gressel
  ,
  Daniel Hoborough
  ,
  Kristen A. Matthews
  ,
  C. Chloe Orlando
  ,
  Eric Olmesdahl
  ,
  Daniel Priest
  ,
  Rebecca J. Sayles
• Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation: Delaware M&A Appraisal After DFC, Dell and Aruba
  6 May 2019
  Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Shannon Rose Selden
• Governance Round-Up Issue 9
  23 April 2019
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Joshua M. Samit
  ,
  C. Chloe Orlando
• Governance Round-Up Issue 8
  22 January 2019
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Joshua M. Samit
  ,
  C. Chloe Orlando
• Governance Round-Up Issue 7
  October 2018
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Joshua M. Samit
• Debevoise Discusses Delaware Chancery Ruling on a Material Adverse Event
  5 October 2018
  The CLS Blue Sky Blog
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Yes, Virginia, there is an MAE
  2 October 2018
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
• AT&T/Time Warner Merger Clearance Paves Way for Future Transactions
  13 June 2018
  Daniel M. Abuhoff
  ,
  Michael Diz
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Michael Schaper
• Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation: Appraisal Rights: Navigating the Maze After DFC Global, Dell, and Aruba
  April 17, 2018
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  William D. Regner
• President Trump Bars Broadcom’s Proposed Takeover of Qualcomm
  14 March 2018
  Jeffrey P. Cunard
  ,
  Luke Dembosky
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Mandatory Universal Proxy Cards and Disclosure of Voting Options
  2 November 2016
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Paul M. Rodel
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  Kevin R. Grondahl
• Another Rural/Metro Lesson for Sell-Side Advisors: Bank Agrees to Pay $2.5 Million to SEC to Settle Proxy Statement Claims
  2 September 2016
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Governance Round-Up Issue 6
  July 2016
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
• Delaware Court of Chancery Determines Fair Value in Dell Appraisal
  1 June 2016
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Maeve O'Connor
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
• New York Adopts Delaware's MFW Standard for Going-Private Mergers
  6 May 2016
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Maeve O'Connor
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Governance Round-Up Issue 5
  May 2016
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
• Governance Round-Up Issue 4
  March 2016
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
• Governance Round-Up Issue 3
  December 2015
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
• Delaware Supreme Court Affirms “Narrow” Rural/Metro Ruling; Declines to Characterize Sell-Side Financial Advisors as “Gatekeepers”
  1 December 2015
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Maeve O'Connor
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Governance Round-Up Issue 2
  November 2015
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
• Governance Round-Up Issue 1
  September 2015
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Steven J. Slutzky
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Matthew E. Kaplan
• In re Dole Food Co.: When Stockholders Deserve a Fairer Price
  28 August 2015
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Maeve O'Connor
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Delaware Supreme Court Holds Directors Entitled to Dismissal in Entire Fairness Case Unless Plaintiffs Allege Non-Exculpated Breach
  14 May 2015
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Maeve O'Connor
  ,
  William D. Regner
• US And UK Share Purchase Agreements: Comparing Approaches
  6 January 2015
  Practical Law
  David Innes
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Delaware Provides Going Private Roadmap; Wrong Turns Still Possible
  Fall 2014
  William D. Regner
• How Sell-Side Advisors Can Reduce Litigation Risk in Light of Delaware’s Rural/Metro Decision
  17 August 2014
  Volume 15 Issue 2 - Journal of Investment Compliance
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Maeve O'Connor
  ,
  William D. Regner
• How Sell Side Advisors Can Reduce Litigation Risk in Light of Delaware’s Rural/Metro Decision
  14 March 2014
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Maeve O'Connor
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Delaware Supreme Court Applies Business Judgment Review to Controlling Stockholder Mergers Using Dual Protection Structure
  14 March 2014
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Maeve O'Connor
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
• Delaware Court Decision Could Reduce Litigation Exposure in Going Private Transactions
  Spring 2013
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  William D. Regner
• The Private Equity Report
  Spring 2013
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  David A. Brittenham
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Christopher Rosekrans
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Guy Lewin-Smith
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  M. Natasha Labovitz
  ,
  Daniel E. Stroik
  ,
  Sally Gibson
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
• Delaware Court Applies Business Judgment Review to Going Private Merger
  30 May 2013
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Delaware Proposes to Eliminate Need for Stockholder Vote in Most Two-Step Deals
  22 March 2013
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Delaware Court Enjoins Martin Marietta’s Unsolicited Offer For Vulcan Based on NDA Breaches
  8 May 2012
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Recent Delaware Cases Involving Controlling Stockholders
  January 2012
  William D. Regner
• The Private Equity Report
  Summer 2011
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  David Innes
  ,
  Karolos Seeger
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Adele M. Karig
  ,
  Peter F.G. Schuur
  ,
  Kyra K. Bromley
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  David P. Iozzi
  ,
  Pierre Maugüé
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Maurizio Levi-Minzi
• Delaware Court of Chancery Upholds Airgas Poison Pill, Ending Takeover Battle
  17 February 2011
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
• Delaware Court of Chancery Upholds Airgas Bylaw Shortening Period Between Annual Meetings
  11 October 2010
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
• Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Validity of NOL Rights Plan
  5 October 2010
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Dollar Thrifty Decision Puts Directors in the Driver’s Seat
  13 September 2010
  John M. Allen
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Jonathan E. Levitsky
  ,
  Joseph P. Moodhe
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Expert Advice and Director Liability
  Summer 2010
  Directors & Boards: Boardroom Briefing
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
• Delaware Court of Chancery Articulates New Standard for Going Private Tender Offer: In re CNX Gas Corp.
  28 May 2010
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Poison Pill Update: Delaware Chancery Court Upholds NOL Rights Plan with 4.99% Trigger
  2 March 2010
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Dealing with Mr. Big: Recent Developments in Transactions Involving Controlling Shareholders
  27 January 2010
  The Hedge Fund Law Report
  William D. Regner
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2009
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Satish M. Kini
  ,
  Gregory J. Lyons
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Peter J. Loughran
  ,
  Paul M. Rodel
  ,
  Dr. Thomas Schürrle
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Gregory T. Larkin
• SEC Releases Section 13 Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations
  16 September 2009
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Alan H. Paley
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
• Delaware Law Amended to Protect Directors and Officers Against Elimination of Indemnification Rights
  17 April 2009
  Robert F. Quaintance, Jr.
  ,
  William D. Regner
• Delaware Supreme Court Overturns Lyondell Decision on Revlon and the Duty of Good Faith
  26 March 2009
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  William D. Regner
• The Private Equity Report
  Winter 2009
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Gary M. Friedman
  ,
  Peter F.G. Schuur
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Kevin Rinker
  ,
  Meir D. Katz
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Michael D. Devins
  ,
  Jeffrey P. Cunard
  ,
  Robert F. Quaintance, Jr.
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• Low Stock Prices and Poison Pills
  13 March 2009
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
• Delaware Dismisses Claims Alleging Failure to Monitor Risk: In Re Citigroup Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation
  27 February 2009
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Michael W. Blair
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Colby A. Smith
• Delaware Supreme Court Holds Shareholder Ratification Inapplicable to Actions that Require Shareholder Votes
  29 January 2009
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2008
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Michael W. Blair
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Paul L. Lee
  ,
  Peter F.G. Schuur
  ,
  Michael Bolotin
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Jonathan F. Lewis
  ,
  E. Drew Dutton
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  Dr. Thomas Schürrle
  ,
  Paul R. Berger
  ,
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Richard F. Hahn
  ,
  Jasmine Ball
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2005
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  Michael W. Blair
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Woodrow W. Campbell, Jr.
  ,
  Andrew N. Berg
  ,
  Elizabeth Pagel Serebransky
  ,
  Marcia L. MacHarg
• The Private Equity Report
  Summer 2005
  Robert J. Cubitto
  ,
  Andrew N. Berg
  ,
  Adele M. Karig
  ,
  Peter F.G. Schuur
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Steven Ostner
  ,
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Peter A. Furci
  ,
  Paul D. Brusiloff
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2004
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
  ,
  James C. Scoville
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Rafael Kariyev
  ,
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  Peter Hockless
  ,
  David F. Hickok
• The Private Equity Report
  Spring 2004
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Dr. Thomas Schürrle
  ,
  Margaret Andrews Davenport
  ,
  Daniel M. Abuhoff
  ,
  John M. Vasily
  ,
  Mark W. Friedman
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Dr. Thomas Schürrle
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Jeffrey J. Rosen
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2003
  Lawrence K. Cagney
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Jennifer J. Burleigh
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Robert J. Cubitto
  ,
  Peter F.G. Schuur
  ,
  John M. Allen
  ,
  Marcia L. MacHarg
• The Private Equity Report
  Spring 2003
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  Adele M. Karig
  ,
  Jeffrey S. Wood
  ,
  Andrew L. Bab
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Marcia L. MacHarg
• The Private Equity Report
  Winter 2003
  Paul S. Bird
  ,
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  Michael P. Harrell
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Gary M. Friedman
  ,
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  Geoffrey Kittredge
  ,
  David F. Hickok
  ,
  Dr. Thomas Schürrle
  ,
  James A. Kiernan III
  ,
  Jonathan E. Levitsky
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2002
  Gregory V. Gooding
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Woodrow W. Campbell, Jr.
  ,
  Robert J. Cubitto
  ,
  Daniel M. Abuhoff
  ,
  Kenneth J. Berman
  ,
  Franci J. Blassberg
• The Private Equity Report
  Fall 2001
  Mark P. Goodman
  ,
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  Paul D. Brusiloff
  ,
  Adele M. Karig
  ,
  John M. Vasily
  ,
  Woodrow W. Campbell, Jr.
  ,
  Margaret Andrews Davenport
  ,
  Andrew N. Berg
• The Private Equity Report
  Winter 2001
  Jennifer J. Burleigh
  ,
  Franci J. Blassberg
  ,
  William D. Regner
  ,
  David J. Schwartz
  ,
  Peter J. Loughran
  ,
  Kevin M. Schmidt
  ,
  Daniel M. Abuhoff
  ,
  Woodrow W. Campbell, Jr.
  ,
  Gary W. Kubek