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On October 26, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) voted unanimously to adopt a new rule under the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) t...
On October 19, we posted about the Federal Reserve’s recently released report detailing its horizontal review of incentive compensation practices at 25 large banking organizations. The...
On October 13, 2011, the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (“DOJ”), Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) (together, the “U.S. agencies”) and the Competition Directorate-Ge...
On October 14, 2011, the Delaware Court of Chancery entered a $1.26 billion damages award in In re Southern Peru Copper Corp. S’holder Derivative Litig., a derivative action challenging...
The staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance recently issued Disclosure Guidance on cybersecurity risks. The guidance does not impose any new disclosure obligations but rather...
The Federal Reserve recently released a report detailing its horizontal review of incentive compensation practices at 25 large banking organizations. The findings and recommendations are...
Yesterday the SEC Staff issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14F (SLB 14F), which addresses the mechanics related to proof of eligibility to submit shareholder proposals under Rule 14a-8(b), t...
What will cause ISS to recommend withhold or against the election of compensation committee members as a result of poor say-on-pay votes in 2012? A hint lies in the just-released ISS dra...
On October 12, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or the “Commission”) proposed, by a 3-1 vote, rules under the Dodd-Frank Act to provide for the registration...
On October 4, 2011, we blogged about the dismissal of a series of lawsuits filed in New York by Goldman Sachs shareholders. We noted that a similar shareholder suit against Goldman Sachs...