Is the legal opinion worth it? While cost-benefit analysis varies from company to company, there are a few basic principles to keep in mind. This website contains statements from the Attorney General and the Office of the Legal Counsel that the Office has deemed appropriate for publication. In addition to publishing individual opinions in a sortable table on the “Notices by Date and Title” page, the Agency publishes its opinions in traditional book series. Volumes 1 to 35 of the main book series Opinions of the Office of the Legal Counsel (op. cit. O.L.C.) contain the official versions of the notices for the years 1977 to 2011 and are available in PDF format on the Opinions by Volume page. Volume 1 of the supplementary book series, Supplemental Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel (Op. O.L.C. Supp.), contains additional opinions on the origins of the Agency in the 1930s and is also available in PDF format on the Notice by Volume page. The purpose of the supplemental series is to fill gaps in historical records and provide materials that may not have been suitable for publication when they were distributed to the client, but have become publishable over time. Notices published by the Bureau are also available on Westlaw and LEXIS. The Attorney General receives briefings on pending requests for expert advice from government agencies, organizations or individuals, including members of the public.
The information session must be emailed to opinion.committee@oag.texas.gov. All submissions and documents submitted are subject to the Information Act. A management consultant`s opinion is intended to provide investors with additional comfort with respect to the legal issues covered by the opinion, but does not replace the “due diligence” that must be performed by investors and their legal counsel. A legal opinion is an official letter from your company`s management consultant to investors that contains the advisor`s conclusions on various legal issues relevant to the company and the transaction, based on the consultant`s review of a defined body of documents and information. The Attorney General instructed the Office of the Legal Adviser to issue opinions selected for the convenience of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the Government, as well as the professional chamber and the public. The law firm`s power to prepare legal opinions derives from the authority of the Attorney General. Under the Judicial Act of 1789, the Attorney General was empowered to issue opinions on legal matters at the request of the President and the heads of the executive divisions. This authority is now codified in 28 U.S.C.
§§ 511-513. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 510, the Attorney General of the Legal Counsel is responsible for preparing formal opinions of the Attorney General, preparing advisory and legal opinions for the various executive branches, assisting the Attorney General in the exercise of his or her functions as an adviser to the President, and advising the Attorney General and the heads of the various administrative units of the Department of Justice. transmit. 28 C.F.R. § 0.25. Opinions on this website are organized in the order they are signed, but not necessarily added to the website. Over the years, various state and local lawyers` organizations have published reports on legal opinions.
Below you will find links to some recent reports as a research aid for those concerned with opinion practice. In establishing these links, the Legal Advisory Committee does not represent that they are all existing reports, does not undertake to update these links when the reports are modified or republished, and does not necessarily endorse the content of these reports. Void or cancellable? – Fixing Deficiencies in Delaware Law v. Stephen Bigler and Seth Barrett Tillman, 63(4): 1109-1152 (August 2008) It is not uncommon for the stock records of a Delaware corporation to contain omissions or procedural irregularities that raise questions about the valid authorization of some of the outstanding shares. Faced with such irregularities, most corporate lawyers would likely attempt to remedy the deficiency through ratification by the board of directors and, if necessary, ratification by shareholders. However, in a number of landmark cases, the Delaware Supreme Court has considered the legal formalities for the issuance of shares as substantive conditions for the validity of the shares issued, and the court has held that failure to comply with these formalities invalidates the actions in question, i.e.: Not curable by ratification. Unfortunately, Delaware court decisions have not provided the certainty necessary for practitioners to decide whether a particular error in inventory issuance is a material defect that invalidates inventory levels or a purely technical defect that makes inventory levels voidable. This article analyzes the cases that have led to this ambiguity and suggests that Delaware courts apply the policy underlying Section 8 of the Delaware Uniform Commercial Code to validate actions in the hands of innocent buyers to determine whether the actions are invalid or objectionable. Opinion on the role of normal practice in preparing and understanding third-party legal opinions 63(4): 1277#151;1280 (août 2008) Assurance négative dans les offres de titres (revised 2008) Rapport du Sous-comité des avis sur le droit des valeurs mobilières, Comité sur la réglementation fédérale des valeurs mobilières, Section ABA du droit des affaires, 64(2): 395-410 (février 2009) Special report on the preparation of substantive consolidation opinions The Structured Finance Committee and the Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Committee of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 64(2): 411-432 (février 2009) The Role of Lead Counsel in Syndicated Lending Transactions Reade H.