Using the event study methodology introduced by Brown and Warner (1985) for six Greek industrial and construction firms, we attempt to measure the abnormal returns on stock prices on the day of the acquisition announcement. Estimation period and event period in our market model is -211 -11 -10,...

This paper analyses lawsuits against shareholders' resolutions according to the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) and the German Reorganisation Act (UmwG). A merger passed at the General Annual Meeting will not move forward as long as any lawsuit is pending with a court. In particular, mergers...