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Delisa Y. Russell
Corporate Finance Group

(Running Time: 8:53)

Deal or No Deal
Dykema attorney Delisa Y. Russell talks about Material Adverse Change clauses and how to structure a transaction now that this clause is rarely upheld in court.

If you would like to know more about corporate finance, please contact Delisa Russell at drussell@dykema.com.

• MAC Clauses Get Specific
  With M&A deals growing larger every year, buyers are negotiating specific contingencies and thresholds in their transaction agreements.

• Costly Breakups
  When billion-dollar M&As go bad, boilerplate material adverse change clauses rarely protect buyers from liability for large breakup fees.

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Dennis M. Haffey
Business Litigation

(Running Time: 9:13)

Settlement by Jury Poll
Dykema Member Dennis M. Haffey discusses an innovation that turned a jury trail into an ADR settlement by using the court-appointed jury to help reach a settlement.

If you would like to know more about complex litigation resolution, please contact Dennis Haffey at dhaffey@dykema.com.

• Innovative Solution Resolves VSI v. SPX Dispute
  Seven weeks into a jury trial in federal court, the parties in a breach-of-contract disputeVSI Holdings v. SPX Corp.agreed to dispense with the rest of the trial and cut straight to a jury poll to determine a financial settlement

• Settlement by Jury Poll
  The settlement amount was determined by polling each juror on one question.

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Melissa C. Brown
Securities Litigation

(Running Time: 12:34)

Redefining Director Liability
Melissa Brown explains how Stone v. Ritter establishes a new standard for corporate directors personal liability in cases of lapses in oversight.

If you would like to know more about director liability, please contact Melissa Brown at mbrown@dykema.com.

• Caremark Standard Set in Stone
  Shareholders often use the courts to attempt to hold directors personally responsible for all kinds of corporate problems.

• From Graham to Stone: The Evolution of Director Liability
  A series of cases beginning in 1963 have been refining the basic premise that directors have an affirmative duty to exercise good faith in overseeing corporate operations.

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Todd Grant Gattoni
Mass Tort Litigation Defense

(Running Time: 13:45)

Foreign Mass Torts Finding U.S. Courts
As U.S. manufacturing companies are learning, American courts are becoming the world’s dumping ground for mass-tort lawsuits.  Dykema Member Todd Gattoni talks to InsideCounsel about the rising tide of class action and mass tort lawsuits filed in the U.S. by foreign citizens against U.S. corporations in this June, 2007 podcast.  From his chair at the defense table, Gattoni sees ways for corporate America to reduce the risks of ending up in the courtroom.

If you would like to know more about pharmaceutical and medical device mass tort defense, email tgattoni@dykema.com.

• Mass Tort Imports: U.S. Defendants Face Rising Tide of Foreign Class Actions
  When plaintiffs' lawyers in a medical-device class action case were deciding where to file suit, their choice of venue was obvious.

• Sending Them Home: Forum Non Conveniens and Global Class Actions
  Plaintiffs' attorneys are going global in their efforts to assemble class-action lawsuits.

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