| CORPORATE DIRECTORS - AN OVERVIEW OF FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES |
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| AN OVERVIEW OF FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES More... |
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| Monopolization Under the Sherman Act |
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| Section 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.S. § 2, prohibits monopolies and attempts or conspiracies to monopolize. The statute provides for prison terms and fines in actions brought by the U.S. Department Justice and for injunctions and damages in civil actions brought by the Department of Justice, states, and private parties. More... |
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| Multi-Class Mutual Funds |
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| Multi-Class Mutual Fund More... |
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| Minority Shareholder Remedies |
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| 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. 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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