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RAJU, SRINIVAS M., GREGORY V. VARALLO AND, A Fresh Look at Deal Protections Devices: Out from the Shadow of the Omnipresent Specter REGAN, PAUL L., What's Left of Unocal STRINE, JR., LEO E., WILLIAM T. ALLEN, JACK B. JACOBS, AND, Function Over Form: A Reassessment of Standards of Review in Delaware Corporation Law VARALLO, GREGORY V. AND SRINIVAS M. RAJU, A Fresh Look at Deal Protections Devices: Out from the Shadow of the Omnipresent Specter VEASEY, E. NORMAN, The Role of the Delaware Courts in Merger and Acquisition Litigation TABLE OF LEADING ARTICLES — TITLES THE CORPORATE DIRECTOR'S COMPLIANCE OVERSIGHT RESPONSI- BILITY IN THE POST CAREMARK ERA. H. Lowell Brown .... A FRESH LOOK AT DEAL PROTECTIONS DEVICES: OUT FROM THE SHADOW OF THE OMNIPRESENT SPECTER. Gregory V. Varallo and Srinivas M. Raju FUNCTION OVER FORM: A REASSESSMENT OF STANDARDS OF REVIEW IN DELAWARE CORPORATION LAW. William T. Allen, Jack B. Jacobs, and Leo E. Strine, Jr. INTERFERENCE WITH VOTING RIGHTS: THE METAPHYSICS OF BLASIUS INDUSTRIES V. ATLAS CORP. David C. McBride and Danielle Gibbs JUDICIAL STANDARDS OF REVIEW OF CORPORATE FIDUCIARY ACTION (May 23, 2001) ...........0ccceceeeceeeeees THE MOTHER OF ALL PATH DEPENDENCIES: TOWARD A CROSS- CULTURAL THEORY OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS. Amir N. Licht REINING IN GOOD INTENTIONS: COMMON LAW PROTECTIONS OF VOTING RIGHTS. Frederick H. Alexander THE ROLE OF THE DELAWARE COURTS IN MERGER AND ACQUISI- TION LITIGATION. E. Norman Veasey STANDARDS OF REVIEW IN CONFLICT TRANSACTIONS: AN EXAMINATION OF DECISIONS RENDERED ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS. Lewis H. Lazarus UNOCAL FIFTEEN YEARS LATER (AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT It). Ronald J. Gilson WHAT'S LEFT OF UNOCAL. Paul L. Regan (iv) To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: FIDUCIARY DUTIES AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS. PaulaJ . Dalley TABLE OF NOTES/COMMENTS — TITLES Page BREHM V. EISNER, OR SOME REFLECTIONS ABOUT THE DISNEY CASE. VladimirS . Korolev, Note FIDUCIARY DUTIES AND DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS: RESOLVING QUESTIONS AFTER MALONE V. BRINCAT. Holly M. Barbera, REMOVAL OF THE ERISA PREEMPTION SHIELD: WILL THE THIRD CIRCUIT'S APPROACH MAKE A DIFFERENCE?—IN RE U.S. HEALTHCARE, INC. Deborah J.M assaro,Comment .... 585 CASE INDEX ANDRA v. BLOUNT, No. 17,154 (Del. Ch. Mar. 29, 2000). STRINE, Vice Chancellor BARTLETT, STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD v., No. 17,727 (Del. Ch. Feb. 24, 2000). STEELE, Vice Chancellor BLOUT, ANDRA v., No. 17,154 (Del. Ch. Mar. 29, 2000). STRINE, Vice Chancellor BOZIC, HILLS STORES CO. v., No. 14,527, DOLOWICH v. EDELSTEIN, No. 14,460, and FUSCO v. EDELSTEIN, No. 14,787 (Del. Ch. Feb. 22, 2000). STRINE, Vice Chancellor CANTOR, CANTOR FITZGERALD L.P. v. , No. 16,297 (Del. Ch. Mar. 13, 2000). STEELE, Vice Chancellor CANTOR FITZGERALD L.P. v. CANTOR, No. 16,297 (Del. Ch. Mar. 13, 2000). STEELE, Vice Chancellor CENTOCOR, PAINEWEBBER R & D PARTNERS II, L.P. v., INC., No. 14,405 (Del. Ch. Jan. 31,2000). STEELE, Vice Chancellor COOKE v. OOLIE, No. 11,134 (Del. Ch. May 24, 2000). CHANDLER, Chancellor IN RE CENCOM CABLE INCOME PARTNERS, L.P. LITIG., No. 14,634 (Consolidated) (Jan.27, 2000). STEELE, Vice Chancellor COCHRAN v. STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP., No. 17,350 (Del. Ch. Mar. 8, 2000). STRINE, Vice Chancellor IN RE DELTA & PINE LAND CO. SHAREHOLDERS LITI- GATION, No. 17,707 (Consolidated) (Del. Ch. June 21, 2000). CHANDLER, Chancellor DOLOWICH vy. EDELSTEIN, No. 14,460, and FUSCOv. EDELSTEIN, HILLS STORES CO. v. BOZIC, No. 14,527, No. 14,787 (Del. Ch. Feb. 22, 2000). STRINE, Vice Chancellor EDELSTEIN, DOLOWICH v., No. 14,460, and FUSCO v. EDELSTEIN, HILLS STORES CO. v. BOZIC, No. 14,527, No. 14,787 (Del. Ch. Feb. 22, 2000). STRINE, Vice Chancellor CASE INDEX (Continued) EDELSTEIN, FUSCO v., No. 14,787, HILLS STORES CO. v. BOZIC, No. 14,527, DOLOWICH v. EDELSTEIN, No. 14,460, and (Del. Ch. Feb. 22, 2000). StrRINE, Vice ESE SR Ce ee ee eea e 365 IN RE ENCORE COMPUTER CORP. SHAREHOLDERS LITIGATION, No. 16,044 (Del. Ch. June 16, 2000). JaCOBS, Vice Charcellor 2... ccc ccc cccccccccccccces 652 IN RE FREDERICK'S OF HOLLYWOOD, INC. SHAREHOLD- ERS LITIG., No. 15,944 (Consolidated) (Jan. 31, 2000). PE, FED oc cc ccc cccessvcercccescess 351 FUSCO v. EDELSTEIN, No. 14,787, HILLS STORES CO. v. BOZIC, No. 14,527, DOLOWICH v. EDELSTEIN, No. 14,460, and (Del. Ch. Feb. 22, 2000). STRINE, Vice CSG caceiat 2a ido bie Se as 365 HILLS STORES CO. v. BOZIC, No. 14,527, DOLOWICH v. EDELSTEIN, No. 14,460, and FUSCO v. EDELSTEIN, No. 14,787 (Del. Ch. Feb. 22, 2000). STRINE, Vice EEN Se ere ne A DEAN A er 365 JOHNSTON, TECHNICORP INTERNATIONAL II, INC. v., No. 15,084 (Del. Ch. May31, 2000). JAcoBs, Vice i el a ene ode ae eee oo tee hee ees 689 LEUNG v. SCHULER, 17,089 (Del. Ch. Feb. 29, 2000). PA, PEGE io ccccccccccssceccccccvcess 401 IN RE MARRIOTT HOTEL PROPERTIES II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITHOLDERS LITIG., No. 14,961 (Consolidated) (Del. Ch. Jan. 24, 2000). LAMB, Vice 424 I OOLIE, COOKE v., No. 11,134 (Del. Ch. May 24, 2000). Se IE go cercecccccccecutcceccces 609 PAINEWEBBER R & D PARTNERS II, L.P. v. CENTOCOR, INC., No. 14,405 (Del. Ch. Jan. 31, 2000). STEELE, EET IR ra PoE ene aE ee 460 POGES, RYPAC PACKAGING MACHINERY INC. v., No. 16,069 (Del. Ch. May 1, 2000) (Revised May 26, 2000). JACOBS, Vice Chancellor .......ccccccccccccccccces 666 RYPAC PACKAGING MACHINERY INC. v. POGES, No. 16,069 (Del. Ch. May 1, 2000) (Revised May 26, 2000). CUE So cedcecececdccesedeconcss CASE INDEX (Continued) SCULER, LEUNG v., 17,089 (Del. Ch. Feb. 29, 2000). JAcoss, TIS SESE, Pps ony Gen ee STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD vy. BARTLETT, No. 17,727 (Del. Ch. Feb. 24, 2000). SI PUNE iov vvccnscveccvevscnvcesces STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP., COCHRAN v., No. 17,350 (Del. Ch. Mar. 8, 2000). STRINE, Vice Chancellor ........... TECHNICORP INTERNATIONAL II, INC. v. JOHNSTON, No. 15,084 (Del. Ch. May 31, 2000). Jacoss, Vice Chancellor USA CABLE v. WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION ENTERTAINMENT, INC., No. 17,983 (Del. Ch. June 27, 2000). CHANDLER, Chancellor ............0200e008: IN RE WESTERN NATIONAL CORP. SHAREHOLDERS LITIGATION, No. 15,927 (Consolidated) (Del. Ch. May 22, 2000). CHANDLER, Chancellor ..............+4.. WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION ENTERTAINMENT, INC., USA CABLE v., No. 17,983 (Del. Ch. June 27, 2000). CHANDLER, Chancellor ee (ix)