Business Law Newsletters

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

(Preparations for the Annual Shareholder Meeting)

Criminal Liability of Officers and Directors for Corporate Antitrust Violations

Minority Shareholder Remedies

Shareholders who control corporations either through majority ownership or ownership of sufficient shares in a particular corporate structure to exercise control have a duty of fairness to minority shareholders. In addition to such fairness required by courts, corporation statutes of most states provide for additional remedies for minority shareholders. Those remedies include appraisal rights, dissolution, and judicial intervention.

Securities Law> Additional Offerings, Disclosure & the Securities Exchange Act of 1934> Issuer Reports & Recordkeeping

(Fair Disclosure Requirements for Public Companies)

The Antitrust Exemption for Joint Newspaper Operating Arrangements

The Newspaper Preservation Act, 15 U.S.C.S. §§ 1801-1804, provides a limited exemption from antitrust laws for joint operating arrangements between newspapers in a particular locality. The objective of the legislation is to preserve independent reporting and editorial operations of the two newspapers while allowing shared production facilities that through a lowering of costs would allow both newspapers to survive.