On January 11, 2013, the SEC approved the NYSE and Nasdaq listing standards, as amended, to implement the SEC’s requirement that national securities exchanges prohibit the listing of an...
In the current environment and in the wake of Dodd-Frank mandated rules requiring shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation, shareholder-plaintiffs have more aggressively chall...
On January 4, 2013, the Sixth Circuit denied the U.S. government’s petition for en banc review of its September 2012 decision in United States v. Quality Stores that certain severance p...
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SEC Staff Responds to Questions About Form PF
SEC Releases Guidance on Advisers Act Exemption for CFTC-Registered Investment Advisers that Advise Private Fun...
On November 16, 2012, Institutional Shareholder Services issued its final updates to its proxy voting guidelines for the 2013 proxy season. The key items of change from last year’s guid...
On Tuesday, October 16, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) proposed updates to its proxy voting guidelines for the 2013 proxy season.
ISS’s proposed policy would:
Recommend voti...
On September 25, 2012, both the NYSE and Nasdaq proposed listing standards to implement the SEC’s requirements regarding the independence of compensation committees and their advisers. ...
On June 20, 2012, the U.K. Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable announced a package of proposals intended to curb executive pay. This follows the U.K. govern...
Yesterday, the SEC finalized rules implementing the Dodd-Frank Act’s requirements regarding the independence of compensation committees and their advisers. For the most part, the SEC ma...
Today President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”), which was passed by the House of Representatives on March 27, 2012 in the same form passed by th...
