| Formation of a Partnership |
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| A partnership is created when members of the partnership intentionally join together to carry on a business that is not incorporated. Members, or partners, may be individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, or other partnerships. More... |
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| Premerger Second Requests for Information |
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| Parties to mergers or acquisitions involving sales or assets of $100 million or meeting other threshold levels must report their planned merger or acquisition to the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission and wait for 30 days (15 days in the case of a cash tender offer or a bankruptcy sale) following the report before completing the transaction. That waiting period allows the Department or the Commission time to review the transaction for its potential effect on competition before deciding what enforcement action, if any, will be taken. More... |
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| Directors' Liability - Torts and Wrongful Acts |
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| TORTS AND WRONGFUL ACTS More... |
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| The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board |
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| Municipal bonds and other securities offerings by governmental entities generally are exempt from federal securities law registration requirements. However, information about such offerings is available from sources other than the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. More... |
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| Rulemaking by the Securities and Exchange Commission |
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| Federal agencies adopt rules to implement laws. Following the stock market crash in 1929, laws were passed to reform securities markets and to broaden the amount and accuracy of information to be made available to investors by issuers of securities. Those laws included the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Investment Company Act of 1940. The more recently enacted Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 provided additional requirements for corporate governance and disclosure of information. More... |
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