Monthly Archives: February 2022

COURT UPHOLDS GM DECISION TO APPROVE DEALERSHIP SALE WITHOUT REQUEST FOR RELOCATION TO BUYER’S SITE

The court concluded that GM’s refusal to grant buyer’s request to move the seller’s dealership to the buyer’s location was not a violation of applicable Missouri law. M&A Stories February 23, 2022 Introduction The sale of an auto dealership requires

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BUYER OF WASTE TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS WINS POST CLOSING COMMON CARRIER CERTIFICATE DISPUTE WITH COMPETITOR

The buyer was aware that the seller had granted a license to use seller’s common carrier certificate to a competitor before the closing. But closed anyway because buyer’s lawyer thought it was not enforceable. M&A Stories February 18, 2022 Introduction

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COURT AWARDS $9.2 MILLTION TO BUYER FOR SELLER’S FAILURE TO DISCLOSE THAT IT HAD GRANTED A PATENT LICENSE FOR ITS MEDICAL DEVICE TO A COMPETITOR

There was apparently no public record of the seller’s license with its competitor. M&A Stories February 12, 2022 Introduction A buyer often buys a company to commercialize exclusive rights to intellectual property. The deal In this 2006 deal a medical

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MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE CAN SUE BUYER OF RESEARCH SCIENTISTS’ BIOTECH ASSETS, FORMER INSTITUTE EMPLOYEES, FOR TRADE SECRET MISAPPROPRIATION

Court held that institute’s allegations if true could establish that the buyer knew or should have known that the seller’s owners had stolen the trade secrets from the medical research institution. M&A Stories February 3, 2022 Introduction The value of

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