Our UK Corporate Finance Update looks at key developments from the past six months or so in corporate finance law, regulation and practice that are relevant to London-listed companies and...

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), which took effect January 1, 2018, made sweeping changes to the federal tax landscape. Of particular relevance in the estate planning context we...

The latest issue of our quarterly report on developments in IP, data privacy and cybersecurity law includes summaries and analysis on matters including: The Supreme Court’s grant of ce...

CII has published an update to its analysis of disclosure on board evaluations in proxy statements, highlighting as “Seven Indicators of Strength” a wish list of information. The repo...

Fitch Ratings announced on Monday that it has launched a new integrated scoring system that shows how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, such as climate change, human rig...

At the very end of the year, the SEC announced the entry of an administrative order instituting cease-and-desist proceedings in connection with financial reporting at a major rental car c...

As 2018 came to a close, U.S. financial regulators continued to pursue anti-money laundering (“AML”) enforcement actions against financial institutions, announcing monetary penalties ...

Due to the government shutdown, SEC staff members will not consider requests for acceleration or qualification of registration or offering statements until further notice. Companies may, ...

On December 26, 2018, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in a shareholder derivative action that alleged that Disney’s board of directors and several corporate officers participated in...

The SEC instituted a cease-and-desist proceeding in a fairly straightforward enforcement action that nonetheless emphasizes the importance of the requirement that GAAP measures must be pr...