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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 05 2012 @ 12:09 AM EDT |
There's still (there was now I guess) a contract between Google and MMI before
the merger was finalised. That's what a merger agreement is. Google's ok was
required for some action (ie settling patent litigation).
So uh yeah - to at least that extent Google did have influence over MMI's legal
direction and no one cared... because that's pretty normal, particularly if
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- What? - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 05 2012 @ 01:18 AM EDT
- What? - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 05 2012 @ 02:58 AM EDT
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| Authored by: complex_number on Tuesday, June 05 2012 @ 01:55 AM EDT |
Any legal (or other) action that could jeopardize the value of the company (ie
Motorola) to its purchaser would have to be cleared with the purchasers legal
team.
AFAIK, this is SOP in memoranda of agreements that get signed when a deal like
this is done.
Part of the Due-diligence that Google will(or should) have done was to uncover
all the current legal cases and ALL the potential ones. These all have a $$$$
value on the asset being purchased/sold. Every one requires an individual risk
assesment.
If Moto didn't clear this and the value of the purchase fell then Google would
be suing the pants off the Moto directors who gave the go ahead for this case.
The Moto shareholders would no doubt join the feeding frenzy.
IANAL etc.
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