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Transactional Research
Sheri BrendenResearch/Training Librarian
2013 – Bridging the Gap
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X No-Shop
Bear Hug
Sandbagging
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Transactional Research?• What is it?• Who needs it?• What sources or tools are available?• How do you deal with these research
requests?
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Transactional practices involve doing deals
Subtitle
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Transactional Practices• Corporate• Securities• Finance• Some IP• Bankruptcy• Real Estate• Tax
Involves --SEC rules and regulations, Stock market rules, State corporation and LLC laws, UCC, Sample or model docs,Tax codes,Executive agency informationDeal-specific “know-how”Forms
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Who needs help with transactional research?
• New Associates – Law school mostly prepares them for litigation
• Seasoned attorneys – They know they don’t want to invent agreements and clauses from scratch and they value good sources.
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Corporate Practice• Mergers & Acquisitions• Business Entities• Private Equity• Alliances and Joint Ventures
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Corporate Practice Resources
• Practical Law Company• DealLawyers.com – Executive Press• CCH Intelliconnect• Sec. of State web sites
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Print Corporate Resources• BNA Corporate Practice Series• Minn. Practice Series – Methods of
Practice and Corporation Law and Practice• Fletchers Cylopedia of the Law of
Corporations and Fletcher corporation forms annotated
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Securities Practice• Securities offerings (raising money)• Periodic reporting and disclosure• Corporate governance
– Advising on annual meetings, committees, structure
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Securities Practice Resources
• Knowledge Mosaic• Practical Law Company• CCH Intelliconnect• RBSource• CorporateCounsel.net – Executive Press
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TaxTax implications of various transactions -
Joint VentureAcquisitionAsset purchase
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Tax Resources• RIA Checkpoint• CCH Standard Federal Tax Reporter• CCH State Tax Guide: All States
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Other Practice Areas• IP – MB IP Library and CCH Intelliconnect
• Employment – BNA Labor and Employment Library and Practical Law Company -
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Sample request #1Find resources that discuss buy-sell
agreements among shareholders of closely held corporation
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Define your terms & concepts
• What is Buy-Sell agreement? – PLC has a great glossary– Other options: lexisweb.com or AmJur
– Use that information to search for relevant articles
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18B Am Jur 2d Corporations
§ 1692 Repurchase agreements with corporate employees
§ 1782 Problems when dealing with buy-sell agreements
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PLCStockholders Agreement: Deadlock (with Mediation)Other Resolution Procedures• Buy-Sell Provisions. Some agreements provide that if the parties
cannot resolve their differences, one of the stockholders has the right to buy the shares of the other stockholders. In these cases, the critical consideration becomes the price to be paid by the buying stockholder. For an example of these buy-sell provisions, see Standard Document, Stockholders Agreement (Two-party): Section 2.04.
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More Resources• Minnesota Practice Series – Methods of
Practice 15.18 Buy-Sell Arrangements
• Knowledge Mosaic (SEC documents referencing buy-sell and law firm memo)
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Sample Request #2What does a BYOD Policy look like?
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Bring your own device• PLC has a standard document available in
Word with drafting notes• Bloomberg BNA Labor & Employment
Resource Center has an article from Sept. 2012 – “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: The
Unintended Consequences of Using Your Personal Devices for Work”
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Sample question #3We helped a client purchase the assets of
Company A in Israel. Now a creditor is asking my client to pay off Company A’s
debt. How does Israel deal with successor liability?
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Take note of key terms• Look for variations that will illicit more
optionsInstead of “successor liability” look for “purchase agreements”
• Remember to check your own catalog
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Transactional best practices
1) Define terms;2) Get familiar with the strengths and limits
of your resources;3) Note key terms and exploit them;4) Remember to check your print options;5) Ask your Librarian for guidance.
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