Practice Mobile Menu Trigger Overview Experience Team Insights Subscribe to insights November 16, 2010 Articles & Books Comments on Subtitle E of Title IX–Accountability and Executive Compensation under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act We are submitting this letter in response to the solicitation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission... October 11, 2010 Client Update Delaware Court Permits Stockholders to Shorten Term of Airgas Staggered Board The Delaware Chancery Court has upheld the validity of a bylaw amendment adopted by the stockholders of Airgas, Inc. at it... October 8, 2010 Client Update Top-Up Options – Looking Better and Better As the percentage of tender offers in friendly transactions has risen in recent years, so too has use of so-called “top-... October 4, 2010 Client Update SEC Stays Proxy Access Pending Court Review The SEC has stayed the effect of newly adopted proxy access Rule 14a-11 and the related amendments to the Commission’s r... September 27, 2010 Client Update Reverse Termination Fees: A Resurgence -- The Deal Video Interview In the few years before the credit crisis, financial buyers often arranged to buy businesses in deals that required a term... September 16, 2010 Client Update Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on Private Equity Funds, Hedge Funds and Their Investment Advisers The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), enacted after a long and intensi... September 16, 2010 Client Update Proxy Access Rules Effective November 15, 2010 The SEC’s new proxy access rules, announced on August 25, 2010, finally appeared in the Federal Register today, which me... September 7, 2010 Client Update Proxy Access Year One: What to Expect and What to Do Now Proxy access will be a reality beginning in the 2011 proxy season. The SEC’s new Rule 14a-11 will enable long-term subst... August 25, 2010 Client Update SEC Adopts Proxy Access for 2011 Proxy Season As expected, the SEC voted today to adopt mandatory proxy access for all U.S. public companies. Under the new rule, any s... August 18, 2010 Client Update Delaware Court Upholds Barnes & Noble Shareholder Rights Plan The Delaware Chancery Court last week upheld a shareholder rights plan adopted by Barnes & Noble’s board of directors in... Load More
November 16, 2010 Articles & Books Comments on Subtitle E of Title IX–Accountability and Executive Compensation under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act We are submitting this letter in response to the solicitation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission...
October 11, 2010 Client Update Delaware Court Permits Stockholders to Shorten Term of Airgas Staggered Board The Delaware Chancery Court has upheld the validity of a bylaw amendment adopted by the stockholders of Airgas, Inc. at it...
October 8, 2010 Client Update Top-Up Options – Looking Better and Better As the percentage of tender offers in friendly transactions has risen in recent years, so too has use of so-called “top-...
October 4, 2010 Client Update SEC Stays Proxy Access Pending Court Review The SEC has stayed the effect of newly adopted proxy access Rule 14a-11 and the related amendments to the Commission’s r...
September 27, 2010 Client Update Reverse Termination Fees: A Resurgence -- The Deal Video Interview In the few years before the credit crisis, financial buyers often arranged to buy businesses in deals that required a term...
September 16, 2010 Client Update Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on Private Equity Funds, Hedge Funds and Their Investment Advisers The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), enacted after a long and intensi...
September 16, 2010 Client Update Proxy Access Rules Effective November 15, 2010 The SEC’s new proxy access rules, announced on August 25, 2010, finally appeared in the Federal Register today, which me...
September 7, 2010 Client Update Proxy Access Year One: What to Expect and What to Do Now Proxy access will be a reality beginning in the 2011 proxy season. The SEC’s new Rule 14a-11 will enable long-term subst...
August 25, 2010 Client Update SEC Adopts Proxy Access for 2011 Proxy Season As expected, the SEC voted today to adopt mandatory proxy access for all U.S. public companies. Under the new rule, any s...
August 18, 2010 Client Update Delaware Court Upholds Barnes & Noble Shareholder Rights Plan The Delaware Chancery Court last week upheld a shareholder rights plan adopted by Barnes & Noble’s board of directors in...