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Board 15(c) Options and Strategies

February 03, 2009

Last month at the Forum's Third Annual Directors' Institute in Fort Myers, FL, John W. Gerstmayr, a partner at Rope & Gray LLP, delivered a talk entitled, "Working with Management to Address Performance and Expense Problems –Board Options and Strategies." This year's case study… read more

Jones v. Harris Associates Plaintiffs Appeal to the Supreme Court

November 12, 2008

On November 3, 2008 petitioners filed a petition for a writ of certiorari for Supreme Court review of the 7th Circuit's ruling in Jones v. Harris Associates L.P., 527 F.3d 627 (7th Cir. 2008).  The petitioners, the plaintiffs in the underlying suit, are requesting that… read more

K&L Gates’ Mark Perlow: “The Seventh Circuit Rejects Gartenberg—How Fund Advisers Might Respond”

October 10, 2008

K&L Gates' Mark Perlow published an article in the September/October 2008 edition of Practical Compliance & Risk Management for the Securities Industry which posits some of the ways fund advisers might respond to the Seventh Circuit's Jones v. Harris Associates opinion rejecting and… read more