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Activist Investing Today: Skadden's Breheny on Expected SEC Shifts

By Ronald Orol
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Published: June 13th, 2025
Brian Breheny, the former chief of the SEC's M&A division, discusses expected changes to regulations affecting activist investors, including why he thinks the nation's securities regulator can eliminate activist shareholder proposals.
Activism

Activist Investing Today: Eldar on Anti-Activist Pill Evolution

By Ronald Orol
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Published: May 23rd, 2025
When corporations install anti-activist poison pills they're less likely to implement new share buybacks and their operationally focused capital expenditures tend to be higher, UC Berkeley School of Law professor Ofer Eldar explains.
Activism

Pills Emerge Amid Tariff Uncertainty, Activism

By Ronald Orol
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Published: April 28th, 2025
As the markets face tariff-related volatility, some companies, especially biotechnology and pharmaceuticals companies, are setting up or extending shareholder rights plans, known as poison pills, to discourage unsolicited bidders and activist accumulations.
Activism

Activists Leverage 'Network Effect' to Drive Campaigns

By Ronald Orol
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Published: March 24th, 2025
Niche sector expertise helps activists develop share-price improvement ideas, improving their credibility with corporate executives, directors, bankers, PE shops and others who also work in their ecosystem.
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