This note briefly describes the most important legal forms of U.S. bankruptcy (Chapter 7 and Chapter 11), and provides definitions of technical terms related to the bankruptcy process.Learning Objective: A handy reference for bankruptcy terminology

Franz Humer, CEO of the Roche Group, must decide whether to mount a hostile tender offer for the publicly-owned shares of Roche's biotechnology subsidiary, Genentech. The case provides opportunities to analyze Roche's strategy with respect to Genentech, the pros and cons of merging the two...