January 16, 2007
Our New M&A Print Newsletter: Deal Lawyers
In response to so many requests for a practical M&A print newsletter about deal practices, we have created a new newsletter: Deal Lawyers. Just like its sister publication, The Corporate Counsel, Deal Lawyers is tailored for the busy dealmaker, bi-monthly issues that do not overload you with useless information – rather, this newsletter will provide precisely the type of information that you desire: practical and right-to-the-point. As in all our publications, this newsletter will include analysis of timeless “bread and butter” issues that you confront time and again.
To illustrate how Deal Lawyers will provide the same rewarding experience as reading The Corporate Counsel, we have posted the Jan-Feb issue of Deal Lawyers for you to check out at no charge. Feel free to share it with your deal-minded brethren. This issue includes pieces on:
– What the New “Best Price” Rule Means for You
– The New “Best Price” Rule: Financing Issues and Answers
– The New – and Tricky – SEC “Change-in-Control” Disclosures
– What Private Equity Firms Want in a Lender
– The “Sample Language” Corner: Acquiring the California Corporation
Try a no-risk trial today; we have special introductory rates and a further discount for those of you that already subscribe to The Corporate Counsel.
The Evolving ‘Best Price’ Rule
We have posted the transcript of our DealLawyers.com webcast: “The Evolving ‘Best Price’ Rule.”
NYSE and NASD Propose Changes to Research Analyst Rules
On Thursday, the SEC posted a proposing release that would amend NASD and NYSE rules regarding research analysts’ conflicts of interest. The proposed amendments would implement certain recommendations from a Joint Report issued a year ago by the NYSE and NASD.
Among other things, the proposals would change rules regarding disclosure of conflicts; quiet periods; restrictions on review of research reports by non-research personnel; and restrictions on personal trading by research analysts. The proposing release identifies those instances where the NYSE and NASD proposals are different.