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Employment Law

Protection for Workplace Safety WhistleblowersMore...

"Mini" Tender Offers

Tender offers for less than five percent of the stock of a company have been labeled mini-tender offers. Such offers are subject to some regulation but are not subject to the full range of rules enacted to protect investors who own stock in a company for which a full tender offer is made. Thus, while a mini-tender offer may include a premium over market price for a selling shareholder, the lack of all of the protections provided for recipients of a full tender offer suggests a more cautious view of the merits of the mini-tender offer.More...

An Introduction to Corporations

Various structures are available for a business. A business may be set up, owned, and run as a sole proprietorship, a partnership (limited or general), or a corporation (regular, Subchapter S, or limited liability). More...

Sarbanes-Oxley

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Act), generally applicable to publicly traded companies with registered securities and are subject to reporting requirements under federal law, specifically addresses the issue of whistleblower protection in a corporate context. The Act's employee whistleblower provision was modeled after other federal statutes containing whistleblower protections (for example, protections that apply to workers in the nuclear energy industry. More...

Business & Corporate Entities> Corporations> Shareholders & Other Constituents> Meetings & Voting

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