| Mergers |
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| Disclosure and Shareholder Approval Requirements for Stock Options During Mergers More... |
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| Tracking or Targeted Stocks |
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| In addition to common stock, companies may issue what is known as tracking or targeted stock. For example, a large automaker that acquired a company in the computer industry issued a tracking stock that tracked the performance of the acquired company once it began operating as a division of the automaker. More... |
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| Application of the De Facto Merger Doctrine to Acquisition of Corporate Assets |
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| Companies which otherwise are attractive acquisition targets may have contingent liabilities that are difficult to assess. For example, a paint manufacturer may have used ingredients that later prove to be toxic. Present and future liability of the manufacturer for damages from sales of products with those ingredients may be anticipated, but the scope and cost of that liability may be too difficult to determine to support an acquisition value for the manufacturer. More... |
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| Trademark Law |
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| (Federal False Advertising and False Designation of Origin Claims) More... |
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| Federal Trade Commission Competition and Consumer Protection Authority |
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| The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is given broad authority in the areas of competition and consumer protection law by Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C.S. § 45. Section 5 declares unlawful any "[u]nfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce," and Section 5 gives the Commission authority to prevent use of unfair methods of competition and deceptive acts or practices. More... |
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